A04-LONG_Wallpaper_SOW.docx

SCOPE OF WORK

REPLACEMENT OF WALLPAPER AT

LONGFELLOW HOUSE-WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

PMIS 322350A, 329027A

105 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138

Background:

The Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site is in Cambridge, MA; the Georgian structure housed occupants who shaped our nation. It was George Washington’s first long-term headquarters of the American Revolution, and the place where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his canon of 19th-century American literature.

This project aims to replace irreparably damaged historic wallpapers with accurately reproduced new wallpapers. The wallpapers in three of the house museum’s rooms are in various degrees of deterioration and are in dire need of replacement.

The required wallpapers and ceiling papers will cover approximately 1,365 square feet of wall space. Three distinct custom reproduced wallpaper patterns are required for the three rooms: the 2nd Floor Hallway (Room 211); the Maid’s Room (203); and the Master Bedroom (205).

The wallpaper will be installed in rooms that are open to the public for tours and interpretation. These rooms are central features of a furnished historic house museum. The wallpaper will substantially enhance visitor experience, especially in the Master bedroom, where the current wallpaper does not accurately reflect the Period of Significance for the Park.

Based on a Wallpaper Study that was carried out in 2021 and on evidence available in the Park’s archives, the recommendation is to reproduce historically appropriate patterns for all three of the rooms.

Images are as follows:

Image A: Image of 2nd Floor Hallway (211) Paper Image B: Image of the Maid’s Room (203) Paper Image C: Image of the Master Bedroom (205) Paper Floor Plans of the Three Rooms

Image A: 2nd Floor Hallway (211) Paper

Image B: Maid’s Room (203) Paper

Image C: Master Bedroom (205) Paper

SAM.gov Registration Contractor shall be registered in SAM.gov.

Type of Contract The Government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract.

Site Visit All offerors submitting a quote for this contract are strongly encouraged to do a site visit for the purpose of examining the original framed works of art and furniture, estimating dimensions, and understanding transporting/preservation requirements. Failure to do so will not relieve the contractor from responsibility for having estimated properly the difficulty or price of successfully performing the work.

A site visit can be scheduled by contacting Angela Campbell, NPS Technical Point of Contact, or David Daly, Park Curator. See contact information below.

Angela Campbell Angela_Campbell@nps.gov 978-954-2364

David Daly David_Daly@nps.gov 978-502-5491

Scope:

The contractor shall provide Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site of the National Park Service with all of the labor, supplies, materials, travel, facilities, and shipping/delivery necessary to fabricate and deliver rolls of reproduction wallpaper sufficient to replace the damaged wallpaper in the Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site. The historic wallpaper will be accurately reproduced. The paper will be delivered to the park prior to December 15, 2025.

Production shall include pattern drafting and pattern fabrication for three (3) wallpapers: wallpaper to hang in the 2nd Floor Hallway Room 211 (pattern 1); the Maid’s Room 203 (pattern 2); and the Master Bedroom 205 (pattern 3). Furthermore, sufficient commercially available ceiling paper will be provided for the library; the den, the master bedroom; and the sitting room, which is attached to the master bedroom.

For all papers, sufficient yardage to accommodate pattern matching and unavoidable waste due to normal installation procedures and accommodating unique configurations of the rooms plus an additional 10% surplus yardage for Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site to keep on hand shall be provided.

The Contractor shall:

1. Work closely with the COR and insure clear and accurate communication.

2. Have access to samples of the original wallpaper for the purpose of drafting the patterns and selecting colorways. These samples will be sent to the Contractor for analysis and review. They shall remain the property of the US government and shall be returned with the final shipment of printed wallpaper.

3. Verify the amount of wallpaper to be provided for the three rooms.

4. Submit a detailed plan of work, to include equipment, materials, and methods.

5. Draft patterns for the reproduction paper to include the complete pattern with original width and repeat length and identify original colorways with accuracy.

6. Test patterns and colors and create test prints of all wallpapers for approval by Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site Curator (David Daly) and Project COR (Angela Campbell).

7. Use commercially available pigmented printing inks of the highest possible archival quality.

8. Use commercially available support paper that is of the highest archival quality, and will closely match the appearance, texture, and weight of the original wallpaper.

9. Produce and deliver finished rolls of historically-accurate reproduction wallpapers for Rooms 211, 203, and 205.

Deliverables and Payment:

· Deliverable One: Approved conceptual designs. The artwork will be submitted within 60 days of the task order; NPS will respond within 10 business days following receipt of submission.

· Deliverable Two: Design and repeat in approved color, ready for production. Patterns are formally designed and colorways are delivered and approved no later than September 15, 2025.

· Deliverable Three: Printed wallpapers for three rooms outlined above. After the patterns are designed and colorways are delivered and approved, the final wallpapers must be completed, delivered, and approved/accepted by NPS no later than December 15, 2025.

Payment will be made upon delivery and acceptance of the following deliverables:

1. Upon approval by NPS of Deliverable One (20%) payment

1. Upon approval by NPS of Deliverable Two (30%) payment

1. Upon approval by NPS of Deliverable Three (50%) payment

Period of Performance:

Contractor shall begin work one day after receiving the purchase order. The final rolls of wallpaper for the three rooms of the Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters shall be delivered to the National Historic Site no later than December 15, 2025.

Delivery:

The Contractor must deliver enough paper to cover the areas outlined above plus an additional 10% for the Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site to keep on hand. The rolls may be shipped directly to the Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site upon completion of production. Should printing hardware be produced by the manufacturer, they will remain the property of the Contractor.

The wallpaper rolls must be delivered by December 15, 2025. Delivery must be made at a mutually agreed upon time on or before December 15, 2025.

Government-Furnished Property:

The park will provide access to original archival wallpapers from the rooms of the Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site for the purpose of pattern drafting and color selection. The Contractor shall be responsible for the preservation and care, including fine arts insurance, for the limited duration of the study.

Place of Performance:

The project shall be accomplished at the contractor’s facility.

Evaluation Methodology:

The Government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract to the responsible offeror whose quote conforms to the solicitation and represents the best value to the Government based upon an integrated assessment of the evaluation factors listed below. The Government will consider: Technical Capability, Personnel, Past Performance, and Price. The factors listed below are in descending order of importance.

When combined, all other evaluation factors are significantly more important than price. However, price will contribute substantially to the selection decision. The evaluated price will not be rated or scored but will be a consideration for reasonableness in the final source selection decision. The government reserves the right to award this action to other than the lowest priced offer.

1. Factor 1- Technical Capability (limited to 2 pages) Offeror shall submit a written description that demonstrates they have the required technical knowledge and necessary equipment to successfully complete this project. Said description shall specify what techniques, equipment, and labor will be employed to complete this project as well as methods to protect and meet preservation concerns of the original wallpapers while in the offeror’s possession.

2. Factor 2- Personnel (limited to 2 pages per resume) Offeror shall demonstrate skills and training of personnel involved in this project, showing minimum required skills are met.

3. Factor 3- Past Performance (limited to 4 pages)

a. An evaluation of offeror’s past performance information will be conducted subsequent to the technical evaluation. The offeror must have demonstrated successful completion of projects similar in quality, technique, and complexity. Preference will be given to quotes that demonstrate past performance of similar projects related to wallpaper reproduction services of similar historic significance.

b. The evaluation will be based on information obtained from the written proposal, photographs, other relevant past performance information obtained from sources known to the Government, and any other information supplied by the offeror, to include problems encountered on the identified contracts and corrective action taken.

c. The Government will assess the relative risks associated with each offeror. Performance risks are those associated with an offeror’s likelihood of success in performing the acquisition requirements as indicated by that offeror’s record of past performance.

d. The assessment of performance risk is not intended to be the product of a mechanical or mathematical analysis of an offeror’s performance on a list of contracts, but rather the product of subjective judgement by the Government after it considers all available and relevant information.

e. When assessing performance risks, the Government will focus on the past performance of the offeror as it relates to all acquisition requirements, such as: 1) the offeror’s record of performing according to specifications, including standards of good workmanship; 2) the offeror’s record of controlling and forecasting costs; 3) the offeror’s adherence to contract schedules including the administrative aspects of performance; 4) the offeror’s reputation for reasonable and cooperative behavior and commitment to customer satisfaction; and 5) the offeror’s business-like concern for the interest of the customer.

f. The Government will consider the currency and relevance of the information, sources of the information, context of the data and general trends in the offeror’s performance. The lack of a relevant performance record may result in an unknown performance risk assessment, which will neither be used to the advantage nor disadvantage of the offeror.

Note: Contractors submitting offers without past performance will receive a neutral rating.

g. Offerors shall provide three (3) projects completed in the past ten (10) years with a similar scope. Describe any previous experience in acquiring and delivering product of this kind, including the scope and complexity of the project. Contractor shall also submit detailed photographic samples from previous contracts, specify techniques utilized to complete the work (machine vs. handmade etc.), photographic samples of any proposed materials not supplied by the government, technical data on fiber content, and any chemical-related treatment.

Note: Listing completed projects does not address this criterion. A narrative that articulates past experience and description of successful completion of deliveries should be discussed.

Price

a. Offeror’s price quote will not be point scored or adjectively scored but will be evaluated on price reasonableness and realism. The price quote will also be used as an aid to determine that the Offeror understands the requirements of the solicitation, price reasonableness and to assess the validity of the offeror’s approach to managing and performing the work.

b. The offeror shall submit a price quote separate from all other volumes; any pricing information found in the technical or past performance volumes will be removed prior to evaluation.

c. The Government will evaluate the price quote for reasonableness. The Government will also evaluate price with regards to the ability of the offeror to meet requirements in terms of skills required, complexity of disciplines and job difficulty, if the Government deems such analysis necessary.

Terms and Conditions:

DOI-AAAP-0028 Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) - Treasury Electronic Invoicing System, Version 3 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (April 2013) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice:

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRBSTL) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

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