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SCOPE OF WORK

HISTORIC RESOURCE STUDY

INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK

INDIANA

SECTION C: DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATION/SCOPE OF WORK

I. Introduction

The National Park Service, through the Midwest Regional Office, requires the performance of research and writing of a Historic Resource Study for Indiana Dunes National Park, in Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties in northwest Indiana. The study will help complete basic historical documentation of the park’s story and resources. The information contained in the Historic Resource Study is essential for present and future interpretation and resource management.

This history study is a comprehensive synthesis of primary and secondary source material that is pertinent specifically to Indiana Dunes National Park. It represents the second Historic Resource Study prepared for this unit of the National Park System, the first having been prepared shortly after the authorization of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (see: http://npshistory.com/publications/indu/hrs.pdf ). The project will include completion of at least three new National Register of Historic Places nominations for new historic properties evaluated as part of this study. The study shall conform to professional standards regarding methodology of historical research and writing. Stylistic, bibliographical, and report production standards shall conform to the current edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.

The Historic Resource Study, including enumerated appendices, maps, index, and National Register of Historic Places nominations shall be completed within two and one-half years (30 months) from the date of contract award.

II. DESCRIPTION OF THE RESOURCES

Indiana Dunes National Park (park) is in northern Indiana along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, between Gary and Michigan City, Indiana, approximately 50 miles southeast of Chicago. The more than 15,000 acres that comprise the park include 15 miles of Lake Michigan’s southern shore. It is made up of a series of noncontiguous tracts located in LaPorte, Porter, and Lake Counties and is near 15 cities and towns. Indiana Dunes State Park, Calumet Prairie State Nature Preserve, and Hoosier Prairie State Nature Preserve are located within the designated boundaries. They are owned and managed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

The park is approximately 50 miles southeast of Chicago, the third-largest metropolitan area in the country, and draws nearly two million visitors every year. As a leading destination for recreation in the state, it offers many outdoor recreational amenities, such as hiking, bicycling, and horseback riding trails; campsites; beach access points; a visitor center; picnic tables and shelters; padding locations; and interpretive programs. While many visitors come for recreation, the park also features many natural and historical resources. These include three dedicated Indiana state nature preserves, four national natural landmarks, one national historic landmark, and many historic structures, cultural landscapes, and archeological sites that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

In contrast to these natural and historic features, the park surrounds three residential communities, abuts three major steel mills and two fossil fuel electricity-generation stations, includes three major railroads, numerous transmission lines, pipelines, two U.S. highways, one toll road, one interstate highway, and miles of roads and streets within or adjacent to its boundary. The proximity to vast urban, suburban, and rural settings creates an audience of tremendous scope and diversity.

In 1899, Henry Cowles, a botanist from the University of Chicago, brought international attention to the intricate ecosystems of the dunes with the publication of an article titled Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan. The Prairie Club, including Cowles and others, pushed for creation of Sand Dunes National Park, but the attempt failed in Congress in 1916. In 1926, after a 10-year petition by the State of Indiana to preserve the dunes, the Indiana Dunes State Park opened to the public. The state park was relatively small in size and scope, and the push for a national park continued. In 1949, Dorothy Buell became involved with the Indiana Dunes Preservation Council. The efforts of Buell resulted in a Save the Dunes Council in 1952.

Save the Dunes Council began a nationwide membership and fundraising drive to buy land for preservation, despite efforts to further develop the area for economic activity. Their first success was the purchase of 56 aces in Porter County—the Cowles Tamarack Bog. The movement also gained congressional support through the work of then Illinois Senator Paul H. Douglas, who spoke to the public and Congress in a drive to save the dunes.

The long national campaign for creation of the park reflected an evolving environmental conscience within the American public. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Cowles, Buell, Douglas, and others, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore was established by the U.S. Congress as a unit of the National Park System (Public Law 89-761) on November 5, 1966, in order to “preserve for the educational, inspirational, and recreational use of the public certain portions of the Indiana Dunes and other areas of scenic, scientific, and historic interest and recreational value in the State of Indiana.”

The following significance statements have been identified for the park (sequence of the statements does not reflect the level of significance.)

1. The park contains exceptional biological diversity, especially plant communities; there are more than 1,100 native plant species on more than 15,000 acres.

2. Geological processes are responsible for the formation and ongoing evolution of the impressive dunes, wetlands, and other landscape features of the park. The geologic record of three ancient dune systems, remnants of ancient shorelines, is preserved in the park, as is a mix of eastern deciduous forest, prairies, oak savanna, wetlands, pannes, rivers, and remnants of boreal forests that occupy the dynamic landscapes created by these geologic processes.

3. The park preserves cultural resources from 10,000 years of human occupation. These archeological sites, museum collections, cultural landscapes, and historic buildings are related to human interaction with the natural environment, settlement, urbanization, the rise of environmental conservation, and ecological restoration in Northwest Indiana.

4. Fore more than 100 years, the dunes and plant communities in the park have been natural field laboratories for scientific studies of ecology. The theory of ecological succession was developed from research conducted here. Today the park has long-term and new research projects occurring in many natural resource disciplines.

5. Indiana Dunes National Park, as one of the first parks specifically created to bring national parks close to urban areas, provides outstanding scenic beauty and varied outdoor recreational activities on the Lake Michigan shoreline. The park is approximately 50 miles from Chicago, the third-largest metropolitan area in the country.

The following fundamental resources and values pertinent to this Historic Resource Study contract have been identified for Indiana Dunes National Park:

Scientific Study: The area that is today Indiana Dunes National Park has been a place of scientific study for more than a hundred years, with studies that continue today. Scientific study informs park management decisions, including the methods for restoring habitat and preserving resources.

Archeological and Historic Resources Related to Early Settlement: Cultural resources at Indiana Dunes National Park are central to understanding how humans have used, modified, and interacted with the natural environment. Archeological sites tell the story of 10,000 years of interactions between humans and their environment, and other historic sites are representative of early settlement of the area. The Bailly Homestead, a national historic landmark, is a primary resource that represents a time of dramatic change for the American Indians and Europeans who lived in Northwest Indiana.

Other Resources Related to More Recent Human Activity: The park contains a variety of cultural resources associated with the evolution of human activity along the shoreline, including historic landscapes and structures. These resources are associated with early 19th- to mid-20th-century settlement and immigration; transportation; residential and recreational development; and art, architecture, and scientific research in the dunes.

Finally, the following interpretive themes have been identified for Indiana Dunes National Park:

·· Remarkable Species Diversity – Factors that include geological processes, climate, weather, and the geographical position of Lake Michigan came together at Indiana Dunes to create remarkable species diversity within a variety of ecosystems, providing outstanding opportunities to appreciate the rich ecological relationships that nurture and sustain our civilization.

·· Legacy of Scientific Inquiry – Beginning a legacy of scientific inquiry and education that continues today, Henry Cowles, a botanist from the University of Chicago, published an article titled Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan in the Botanical Gazette in 1899 that brought international attention to and inspired the efforts to preserve the intricate ecosystems on the dunes. Such research at Indiana Dunes National Park is increasingly vital, helping us address current ecological threats to our world, which include human impacts both locally and globally.

·· Human Use of the Lakeshore Over Time – The cultural resources of Indiana Dunes National Park demonstrate a wide range of use and occupation over more than 10,000 years, revealing the dynamic relationship between humans and the environment and our changing perceptions of the value of natural environments, and guiding us to decisions vital to our survival.

·· Natural Setting for Millions of People – Situated close to one of America’s largest metropolitan areas, Indiana Dunes National Park provides a natural setting for millions of people to experience scenic beauty, the wonders of nature, artistic inspiration, and recreational opportunities, reminding us of the costs and benefits of urbanization and industry, and of our need as humans to seek renewal of body, mind, and soul.

·· Reflects National Struggle to Balance Urbanization, Industry, and Conservation – Indiana Dunes National Park, the scene of intensive public interest and passion regarding its preservation for more than 100 years, demonstrates the national struggle between the needs of urbanization, industry, and conservation; reflects the historical national and state park preservation movements; and serves as both model and “cautionary tale” in the fields of resource acquisition, preservation, and restoration.

[The above information was adapted from the park’s 2016 Foundation Document.]

Within the first decade of the park’s existence, NPS programmed for the preparation of the first Historic Resource Study for the new park unit which was completed by Denver Service Center Historian A. Berle Clemensen in 1979. It provided a basic overview of area history and produced historical data useful in park exhibits and interpretive programs. In the four decades since its publication, NPS and other scholars have produced research projects and field investigations which has broadened our knowledge and perspective on park cultural resources. Now is the time to develop a new Historic Resource Study that synthesizes and evaluates this body of knowledge and scholarship.

III. Research Project

The National Park Service is seeking to increase its understanding of the history and extant cultural resources of Indiana Dunes National Park. To accomplish this, a new Historic Resource Study must be compiled. The Historic Resource Study synthesizes cultural resource information from all cultural resource disciplines in a narrative designed to serve managers, planners, interpreters, cultural resource specialists, and the interested public as a reference for the history of the region and the resources within the park. Entailing both documentary research and field observations to determine and describe the integrity, authenticity, associative values, and significance of the resources, the Historic Resource Study supplies data for resource management and interpretation. It includes the application of National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) criteria for evaluation (36 CFR 60) all eligible cultural resources.

It is expected that this project shall produce three (3) new NRHP nominations. The contractor shall shepherd all nominations through the review and approval process, including through the Indiana SHPO, the NPS Federal Preservation Officer, review by the Washington, D.C.-based NRHP staff, and through certification by the NRHP Keeper.

The project shall apply appropriate National Register of Historic Places guidelines (to be found online at: http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/publications/ ), including:

National Register Bulletin, “How to Complete the National Register Registration Form,” and its appendices.

An electronic Form 10-900 and others, in Microsoft Word, can be obtained at: http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/forms.htm

The nomination will meet professional standards of NPS and the SHPO. Contractor will provide the necessary materials required for presentation of the nomination to the State Review Board, if required. U.S. Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) map(s) must accompany the nomination form and include the appropriate Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) reference points. Current photographic documentation according to NRHP guidelines is required.

The Historic Resource Study will provide a historical overview of the park that identifies and evaluates the park’s cultural resources within historic contexts. The study shall use current scholarship and other available cultural resources information to develop a synthesis for placing the history of Indiana Dunes National Park and its resources within a broader local, regional, national, and international context. The Historic Resource Study will provide a Cultural Resources Base Map(s) depicting all known historic sites and structures, cultural landscapes, long-distance trails and roads, as well as known archeological and ethnographic resources. All available cultural resources data will be synthesized in a narrative report. The study will involve documentary and non-archeological field investigations to determine and describe the integrity, authenticity, associative values, and significance of the park’s historic resources, including but not limited to structures, sites, objects, districts, cultural landscapes, complexes, and historic functions. The recommendation section will identify future needs for special history studies, cultural landscape reports, and other detailed cultural resource studies, as well as making recommendations for resource management and interpretation.

Therefore, the Historic Resource Study shall include all of the following elements:

A. A comprehensive literature review and outline to produce a study and synthesis of relevant historical data;

B. An evaluation of cultural resources in the context of the relevant time frames, the surrounding region, and all applicable historic themes;

C. An evaluation of the level of existing knowledge of the resources measured against accepted professional standards;

D. A thorough analysis of post-contact, fur trade, exploration, settlement, development of trails, roads, railroads, highways, communities in the 3-county area along the lakeshore;

E. Solicit and include historical contributions from the park’s Affiliated Tribes;

F. Identification of continuing deficiencies in the inventory, study, evaluation, and treatment of the resources, and recommendations for correcting them;

G. A cultural resources base map as a GIS layer/shape file showing areas inventoried for historical resources and architectural or landscape features. The park will provide an existing GIS layer/shape file as reference;

H. Completed National Register nomination form for three (3) park resources that meet the criteria of eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places within Indiana Dunes National Park;

I. A representative sampling of historic and contemporary photographs of the area and its cultural resources;

J. A bibliography of source material literature;

K. Following final approval of the Historic Resource Study by the National Park Service, an “Index” will be prepared which incorporates all names, places, structures, sites, objects, districts, cultural landscapes, complexes, historic functions, and themes referenced in the document. Used in conjunction with the “Table of Contents,” the index will assist readers in finding particular topics of interest with ease.

Although not to exclude other topics, historical research must, at minimum, be based on current scholarship, and focus in the following areas:

A. Geological history, in context with how it affected cultural history.

B. An overview of the area’s prehistory, and a discussion of pre-contact American Indian cultures.

C. Discussion of known archeological resources (does not involve any new fieldwork or ground disturbance).

D. American Indian history relevant to the Old Northwest Territory and Great Lakes area (includes specific Affiliated Tribal participation in Euro-American conflicts).

E. Euro-American contact/exploration; Euro-American/American Indian relationships and rivalries; treaties/land cessions; and United States control, military presence, and related federal policies.

F. History of land speculation, settlement, American Indian removal, and immigration; an analysis of railroad land acquisition and development of transportation systems.

G. Area agricultural and other natural resource-use history, including development of industries in and around Northwest Indiana and its lakeshore counties.

H. History of the development and use of all land areas included within Indiana Dunes National Park, emphasizing discovery and preservation of significant cultural resources.

I. Summary and conclusion.

It must be emphasized that all known extant cultural resources be correlated both to the narrative history and identified on cultural resource base maps. This includes the potential for traditional cultural properties (TCPs), if any. In cases where identification of significant archeological resources might place those sites in jeopardy, site-specific identifications will be decided on a case-by-case basis during internal review of the Historic Resource Study by the NPS Midwest Archeological Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

In addition to the historical research work, the contractor must consult with the state historic preservation office (SHPO) of Indiana. SHPOs are charged by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, to identify, evaluate, register, and protect cultural resources important to local, state, and national history. As such, SHPOs have developed historic contexts and cultural resource plans for their states as well as amassed cultural resource database files. The contractor shall work with the Indiana SHPO to uncover previous cultural resource survey efforts and incorporate pertinent data in the Historic Resource Study and National Register documentation.

Similarly, the contractor will work with all Affiliated Tribes in researching and developing the Historic Resource Study, including affording Tribes an opportunity to review and comment.

Three National Register nominations: Preparation of three nominations are required under the contract and will be as follows:

West Beach Bath House (1976) – classic example of Brutalist architecture; NPS’s first and only substantial public recreation facility within Indiana Dunes National Park: quoted from park administrative history:

"The significance of the opening of the long-awaited bathhouse was profound. The two million dollar project represented the first national lakeshore development for public use. Not since the bathhouse at the Dunes State Park opened in the 1930s had such a grand public facility appeared on Indiana's lakeshore."

Bailly Administrative Area - NPS Indiana Dunes National Park Headquarters complex: former U.S. Army NIKE missile base transferred to NPS in 1975 and adaptively rehabilitated for use as park headquarters; occupied in 1979.

Cowles Bog - National Natural Landmark (1965); named for Henry Chandler Cowles who performed pioneering studies in ecology and ecological succession there, founding that scientific discipline, and shining international attention on the dunes; this was the first parcel of land purchased by the Save the Dunes Council for preservation purposes and added to the newly-authorized Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

IV. Additional Contract Requirements

A. General provisions

Prospective contractors should note that the research design submitted by the contractor becomes a binding element of the contract. The research performed and reported must meet the minimal requirements.

B. Report standards/format and submission schedule

The final report will be in Microsoft Word (latest version) and include the information required in the specifications listed in Section II, above. It must be on 8-1/2 by 11-inch white paper. All pages must be numbered. All final published copies shall use archival bond. Copies of photographs (screened for reproduction clarity), maps, drawings, and text must be clean, clear, and legible. The format must comply with the current edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. In addition, all reports must contain the following:

1. Title page listing the name of the Principal Investigator. If the report is authored by someone other than the PI, the title page must identify the author(s) and bear the inscription, “Prepared under the supervision of (name), Principal Investigator.”

The title page shall also include signature and date lines for three approving officials in the following order: Recommended/Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Park/Date; Concurred/Associate Regional Director, Cultural Resources, Midwest Region/Date; and Approved/Regional Director, Midwest Region/Date.

2. Five (5) copies of the draft report will be submitted by the date agreed upon by the contractor and NPS. The draft will be typed, double-spaced, with each line of text numbered on the left margin of each page of text, and shall include all maps, graphics, footnotes, and appendices (including cultural resource base maps and National Register nomination) to be included in the final report. The draft report will not be reviewed unless all of these materials are submitted. The contractor shall have the draft material proofread by a professional editor prior to submitting it to the National Park Service for review. Should a substantial number (i.e., more than 50) of editorial errors be found so as to detract reviewers from concentrating on content concerns, the review document shall be returned as non-responsive to the contractor for correction prior to re-submittal—at no additional expense to the National Park Service. The draft will be reviewed by the National Park Service for contract sufficiency and professional quality. Within 45 days of receipt by NPS, the draft will be reviewed and the contractor will be notified when review comments will be transmitted. During the period of revision of the draft, the contractor will consult with NPS to ensure the satisfactory resolution of review comments.

3. Five (5) copies of the final draft report addressing and incorporating NPS review comments—and Section 508 compliant--shall be submitted prior to printing the final document. It will conform to the same standards as the draft material except the line-numbering of text in the left margins shall be removed. The final text may also be single-spaced and formatted in final pre-publication format. The contractor will design appropriate cover art/graphics for the camera-ready final document including the official National Park Service arrowhead logo and devise a descriptive title, leaving “Historic Resource Study, Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana” as its subtitle. Printing on the document’s spine will include the title, author(s), National Park Service, and year of publication. Graphic standards shall conform to the National Park Service’s Graphic Guidelines available online at http://www.graphics.nps.gov . Within 60 days of NPS acceptance of the final draft (indicated by the three required signatures specified above), the contractor will prepare and incorporate an Index into the Historic Resource Study and furnish 100 separately bound copies of the report as well as a CD-ROM containing the final document in WORD (latest format). The CD-ROM will be used to upload the Historic Resource Study to the National Park Service’s website. The camera-ready final document used for publication will also be submitted at the same time to NPS. Estimated length of the final document is 300 to 400 pages, including appendices, and shall consist of at least eight chapters. All press photographic and plate material used to reproduce the final document is the property of the National Park Service and may be used to produce additional copies in the future.

Themes and topics to be covered in the Historic Resource Study:

· Indigenous Cultures use of the land pre-Euro-American settlement

· Influence on the historic ecological communities (such as the role of cultural use of fire in creating and maintaining prairies and savannas).

· Removal Story

· Transportation routes and types from Indigenous Cultures’ trails through Interstate Highways and Railroads.

o How did the South Shore Railroad, U.S. Highway 12, or other transportation links contribute to the development and recreational use of the Indiana Dunes, and the creation of the park o How did the transportation routes influence Westward Expansion?

o Link between Pullman National Monument and Indiana Dunes National Park – production of railroad cars used on the South Shore Railroad.

· Immigration and Early Settlement

· Underground Railroad

· Residential and Recreational Development – park has two context studies on this for reference.

· Industrial Development

· Architecture, and Architects, from 1822 through the mid 1960’s

· Artists of the Dunes – park has a context study on this for reference.

· Maritime History

· Aviation History o Chanute’s work with the Wright Brothers (link to Wright Brothers National Memorial and Dayton Aviation National Historical Park)

· Women's History o Indigenous Cultures (Bailly - link to River Raisin National Battlefield Park) o Early Settlement o Underground Railroad o Environmentalists

· Definitive information on the Fur Trade in NW Indiana in the 1800’s.

· Summer Camps

· Good Fellow Club Youth Camp (link to New River Gorge National Park)

· Sauk Trail Boy Scout Camp

Available Park Reference Materials – this is just a beginning:

· Annotated Bibliography on Swedish History

· HSRs/CLRs

· Century of Progress Homes

· Bailly Homestead

· Chellberg Farm

· Good Fellow Club Youth Camp

· Bailly Cemetery

· Historic Furnishings Report Chellberg Farm

· Interpretive Plan

· Farm Management Plan

· Museum Scope of Collection

· Foundation Document

· South Shore Cars Preservation Plan

· Bibliography on Women of the Dunes

· Noted People associated with the Dunes Preservation: Lee Botts, Dorothy Buell, Sylvia Troy, Herbert and Charlotte Read; Naturalist Edwin Way Teale; Ecologist Henry Cowles; Geologist George Cressey; Arts: Writer and Teacher May Theilgaard Watts, Landscape Architect Jens Jensen, Artist Frank V. Dudley

Archives to be consulted:

Indiana Dunes National Park files

Westchester Township Museum, Chesterton

They have 4 binders on artists, one on aviation, one on shipwrecks, one on fishermen, etc. Materials on early settlement. The curator has stated that she doesn’t trust the information she has on indigenous peoples because all of it was written by white men in the 1800s and early 1900s; there’s a serious bias in their writing. They have information on the Bailly family from a significant exhibit that they developed for the park’s anniversary in 2016, including a bibliography of sources/archives.

Porter County Museum, Valparaiso

Portage Historical Society, Portage

Hourglass Museum, Ogden Dunes

Beverly Shores Museum

Old Lighthouse Museum, Michigan City

Calumet Archives, Gary

History Museum, South Bend

Indiana State History Museum, Indianapolis

Field Museum, Chicago

Little Calumet River Underground Railroad Project

Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi THPO

Miami of Oklahoma THPO

C. Schedule

From the date of contract award, the submission schedule shall be as follows:

Contract award shall occur prior to September 30, 2022. Preliminary historical research begins and the Principal Investigator shall contact the Contracting Officer to schedule a post-award meeting to be held at Indiana Dunes National Park within 60 days of contract award.

Historic Resource Study outline and bibliography are submitted for National Park Service review and comment by January 31, 2023. The outline shall feature descriptions of each chapter containing sufficient detail to demonstrate the complete range of topics and themes to be discussed as well as chronological periods and events. The National Park Service will provide review comments on these products to the PI within 45 days. The PI shall make necessary revisions and re-submit the final chapter outline to the National Park Service within 30 days.

By January 2, 2025, historical research and writing is completed; the Historic Resource Study and National Register nominations are in draft form, and submitted for 45-day National Park Service review and comment.

Principal Investigator resubmits material in final form within 45 days. Index is generated and Historic Resource Study is approved by Regional Director, and 200 copies are off-set printed and perfect-bound by June 30, 2025. During this period, National Register draft nomination completes National Park Service (park and Midwest Region) review; material is submitted for tribal and SHPO review and comment; and material is presented to the Keeper of the National Register for review, comment, revision, and listing. The contractor shall shepherd the documentation through the entire National Register process, to be completed no later than May 31, 2025.

Standards for the published final product are as follows: The cover stock shall be Hammermill CopyPlus (67 lb.), with a pH of 6.8 or higher or its equivalent. Bound copies shall be on PermaDur Bond (20 lb., long grain) archival bond with a pH of 8.5. The Historic Resource Study shall be perfect bound. Plastic-comb binding is not permitted. All costs related to report production, duplication, binding, office supplies, word processing, disk copies, and related production expenses are the Contractor’s responsibility.

V. Additional Contract Requirements

A. The PI shall be responsible for taking minutes of all meetings held with the Contracting Officer and his/her representative(s) in regard to substantive contract issues. Minutes of such meetings shall be circulated within 10 days to the Contracting Officer and his/her representative(s) for review and approval.

B. The PI shall be responsible for determining specific submission deadlines outlined above for all specified components. These calendar deadlines will be determined at a required post-award conference to be held at Indiana Dunes National Park.

C. Disposition of data: All data uncovered during the course of this study are the property of the United States Government. At the conclusion of research and prior to final payment, all notes, records, maps, drawings, photographs, negatives, slides, and other data acquired during the course of this study shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer’s Representative.

D. Submission of quarterly progress reports: Quarterly progress reports shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer which demonstrate work accomplished. Quarterly reports shall consist of no more than 4 pages and shall include, at minimum, a narrative discussion of repositories visited; source materials gathered; identification of deficiencies in data; the status on completion of chapters and appendix materials; and an assessment of how work performed meets the negotiated work schedule; the percent of Historic Resource Study completion; and a detailed discussion of any anticipated problems which may hinder completion of future work. Failure to meet the agreed upon work schedule without satisfactory reasons may result in termination of the contract.

When appropriate, completed sections of the draft work shall be submitted in support of the progress achieved to date. All quarterly reports as well as review and final products will be submitted to the National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68102; Attention: Contracting Officer’s Representative.

E. Payment

The PI will be reimbursed as actual travel costs are incurred. Payment shall be made in increments of 25% of overall contract award. As 25% of work is performed and approved, payment shall be made (prorated to reflect deduction of travel reimbursements). The final 25% payment will be made when all products and research materials are submitted in final form to the National Park Service. This includes the ultimate listing of the National Register documentation by the Keeper.