A12_SSN_REQ_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)

DEVA-316016

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, or Scope of Services is 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: 541990

Small Business Size Standard: $16,500,000

Solicitation: The NPS anticipates issuing a request for proposals in the within the next few months.

Project Description:

Project Conditions:

· Scotty’s Castle is located at Death Valley National Park, CA. The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at Scotty’s Castle, the current collection storage facility in Los Angeles, and the location of any new storage facility.

· The Park will remain open during the contract, thus contract activities and logistics must be structured and scheduled to minimize visitor impact.

· The site requires protective measures to ensure the surrounding area remains undisturbed and secured.

· The collection is a historic resource.

· The anticipated period of performance of up to 5 years (base plus options; option years to be exercised at the government’s discretion).

Project Scope:

Scotty’s Castle is located in the north section of Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA. The historic site is a National Register property managed by the National Park Service. Scotty’s Castle dates primarily to the 1920s and is described as Spanish Eclectic in style. In mid-October 2015, the Scotty’s Castle Historic District survived a 100-year flood event which caused a mudslide and destroyed the utility systems and infrastructure that support the museum and visitor center functions. In order to complete the repairs and to protect the museum collection, approximately 12,380 museum objects and 151 boxes of various quantities of museum items were moved from the site and relocated to a professional museum quality storage facility.

The museum collection is an integral part of the historic site and directly contributes to its significance.

The Contractor shall be responsible for providing all labor, materials, supplies, equipment, fuel, transportation and off-site storage for the historic objects and fine art pieces that are exhibited and/or stored at Scotty’s Castle and the current storage facility in Los Angeles. The volume of the entire packed collection in storage is estimated to be approximately 21,600 cubic feet of materials and is currently occupying approximately 12,000 square feet of space.

The collection consists of an estimated 6,700 cataloged objects, totaling 12,380 individual items. Items include historic furnishings and decorative objects - including textiles, mirrors, mattresses, paintings, ceramics, rugs, furniture, books, and other household objects, music rolls; ephemera; fragile glass, horse and mule tack; lamps; books; ceramic pots; mounted taxidermy specimens; metal hardware; tools; architectural samples, large antique tables and desks; upholstered chairs; other large and small objects that have been placed into specially prepared boxes and/or crates.

The Contractor must coordinate with the National Park Service and/or current contractor for collection and workspace access, and to unpack, inventory, inspect condition, and re-pack the collection from the current storage location in the Los Angeles area into the Contractor’s facility as necessary. This may entail coordinating with the National Park Service to have items moved to an auxiliary location where the unpacking, inventory and re-pack can take place, or coordination with the current contractor to conduct the inventory at the contractor’s facility. The current crating systems and soft pack surrounding the items are approved but some may need to replaced after unpacking for the inventory.

The Contractor shall be responsible for the safe-handling and transportation of the collection to a secure, Contractor-furnished, museum quality, off-site storage facility. The storage facility will have 24/7/365 monitoring and security and the facility will meet the requirements for temperature and humidity control, integrated pest management, etc. The items will be stored such that the park staff can access the items, if necessary.

Upon completion of the Scotty’s Castle site restoration, the Contractor shall return all specified items to the site. After an acclimation period, the Contractor will unpack and relocate items to the areas inside Death Valley National Park specified by the Park curatorial staff. While approximately 1650 items will return to the site, other objects may be stored for a longer period of time and then returned or transferred to another storage facility.

In addition, the Contractor will create a move inventory and park staff will verify the inventory accuracy for all the items that leave the current storage site. The inventory will be utilized to account for all the items stored at the off-site facility and upon return to the park site.

Submittal Contents: Interested (small and large) businesses should submit the following information:

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

Submittal Due Date/Time: 12:00 pm Noon Mountain Time, 2/18/2022

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