A12_SSN_FRRI_Bus_Burning_1.docx

United States Department of the Interior

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

DENVER SERVICE CENTER

12795 W. ALAMEDA PKWY

P.O. BOX 25287

DENVER, COLORADO 80225-0287

In Reply Refer to:

D5215 (DSC-CS)

FRRI 274611

This is a Sources Sought Notice (SSN) for the purpose of conducting market research. Proposals are NOT being requested, nor accepted at this time. Responses are being requested from both large and small businesses.

Purpose: The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge regarding the type of interested businesses and their qualifications. The National Park Service (NPS) will use information obtained through this notice to develop an acquisition strategy.

The Government anticipates conducting a competitive acquisition for this requirement. The amount of interest or lack thereof will determine the possibility of a small business or other socio-economical small business set-aside for the solicitation. Analysis of the quality of responses to this source sought announcement will be considered in the market research being conducted, and in the making of any small business set-aside determination for this requirement.

Additional Information: No proposal package, solicitation, specification or drawings are available with this notice.

Cost Reimbursement: Response to this announcement is strictly voluntary; no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources sought announcement or any follow-up information requests.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code:

541320 - Landscape Architectural Services

Small Business Size Standard: $8,000,000

Solicitation: The NPS anticipates issuing a request for proposals in the summer of 2023.

Project Description:

Scope:

The National Park Service is seeking consultant services to develop a comprehensive master plan and memorial design for the Bus Burning Site of the newly designated Freedom Riders National Monument. The site is in Calhoun County, Alabama, and is the location where a violent mob set fire to a bus of Freedom Riders during the 1961 Freedom Rides, a movement to challenge discriminatory state laws and local customs that required racial segregation on buses and in bus station facilities. The bus burning site it one of two sites that comprise the national monument—the other being the bus station in downtown Anniston, Alabama, from which the bus departed. The bus burning site has the potential to serve as a place to commemorate the sacrifice of the Freedom Riders and to contemplate the ongoing struggle for equality and the need for racial reconciliation and healing.

The site has been severely altered since the time of the Freedom Rides, including the development of a state highway immediately adjacent and alteration of the original route that the bus traveled through the area. Much of the site has functionally served as little more than stormwater management since the highway was built, including existing concrete stormwater infrastructure and steep topography—conditions that do not support easy redevelopment for park purposes. Further, the proximity to a busy highway poses challenges for both visitor access and safety. Physical development of the Bus Burning Site will require a creative approach to landscape design and a cohesive vision that meets the functional challenges of this roadside location while effectively memorializing the story of the Freedom Rides and the importance of the Bus Burning Site to generations of national park visitors.

While site design will be the ultimate outcome of the effort, a heavy stakeholder engagement component will be required in the first phase of the project. This portion of the effort will require specialized expertise in civic engagement with communities of color, as well as the ability to understand and convey particularly sensitive stories through landscape development and memorial design. A stakeholder communication strategy will need to be developed as part of the project, to identify specific stakeholder groups, but we anticipate it will include, at a minimum, those directly involved in the Freedom Rides, experts in Civil Rights history and interpretation, and the local and national public. Given the breadth and complexity of outreach required, the consultant should be able to provide specialized civic engagement expertise, with special consideration given to proposals that include minority-owned businesses or can provide similarly diverse perspectives in the engagement and visioning process.

The four primary skillsets required to inform scope of work for this effort include strong community and partner engagements expertise, master planning, landscape architecture, and memorial design.

Details:

· The project is located at Calhoun County, Alabama.

· Civic and stakeholder engagement will take place locally and nationwide.

· The surrounding area is rural with lodging available in Anniston, Alabama.

· The master plan design must take into account stormwater management requirements for the site and the maintenance and/or improvement of historic features and vistas.

· The anticipated period of performance of 650 calendar days

· Primary deliverables through the life of the project are anticipated to be (note that these deliverables are not subject to the Brooks Act, as they are not required to be certified/stamped by a professionally licensed architect or engineer):

· Civic and stakeholder engagement strategy

· Civic engagement materials

· Civic and stakeholder engagement summary reports and analysis

· Draft and final master plan with memorial conceptual design and site plans

· Class C cost estimates for plan implementation

· Draft and final environmental compliance documentation in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Submittal Contents:

Interested (small and large) businesses must submit the following information:

1) The attached “Sources Sought Survey Question” word document, completed by the interested business. The Government will use this information to help determine the appropriate solicitation method.

2) Company name, Cage code number, address, point of contact, telephone number, and email address.

3) Business type: Classification as a Large or Small Business under the above listed NAICS, Small Business Administration (SBA) certified Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE), Indian economic enterprise (IEE), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), SBA certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB). The size of a small business firm includes all parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, etc.—see 13 CFR 121.108.) Misrepresentation of size status can result in penalties.

4) Information demonstrating experience and capability on projects of same or similar size, scope and magnitude, and including similar conditions civic and stakeholder consultation requirements.

5) In addition businesses may submit existing marketing materials such as capability statements and brochures.

Submittal Due Date/Time: 12 PM Mountain Time, 03/16/2023

Submit To: Zaira_Lupidi@NPS.Gov, Michael_Stanard@NPS.Gov image1.jpeg