CUGA_HRS_SOW_for_solicitation.doc

SCOPE OF WORK

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Bell and Harlan Counties, Kentucky Claiborne County, Tennessee Lee County, Virginia Historic Resource Study Scope

This scope of work directs the contractor to prepare a Historic Resource Study (HRS) for Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (CUGA, the Park), located in Bell and Harlan Counties, Kentucky; Claiborne County, Tennessee; and Lee County, Virginia.

The HRS would be the first one produced for the Park and will account for changes to the Park since its establishment, incorporate additional scholarship, and update resource documentation for this core baseline document. The HRS will synthesize all available cultural resource information from all disciplines in a format designed to serve managers, planners, interpreters, cultural resource specialists, and the interested public as a reference for the history of the Park and its resources. The updated HRS will broaden the historic context of the Park to include current scholarship and include a comprehensive survey and assessment of all buildings, structures, objects, and historic sites within the Park, using the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) criteria.

The contractor shall provide all materials, supplies, labor, supervision, coordination, and management necessary to complete the work as and when required, as specified in this scope of services.

Confidentiality

The information developed under this task order is the property of the U.S. government and shall be kept in strict confidence.

Performance Period

The work shall begin following the issuance of the delivery/task order, proceed by the schedule for submittals, and be completed no later than 12 months after the award.

Points Of Contact Contracting Officer (CO): TBD

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR):

TBD

Park Contact:

TBD

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to complete a new HRS for the Park by completing a comprehensive survey of all aboveground cultural resources and updating and supplementing existing all previous inventories and designations. The HRS will update the historical overview of the Park and establish the historical context for the identification, evaluation, and re-evaluation of the Park’s cultural resources. Newly identified and previously recorded resources will be documented according to the standards of Section 110 consultation for the National Park Service (NPS) as well as the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) with the Kentucky Heritage Council (KHC), Tennessee Historical Commission (THC) and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR). The HRS will synthesize all readily available cultural resource information on Park resources, including past inventories and assessments, in an accessible narrative designed for use by the Park in its interpretation and management of its historic properties, and for use by the Park as a whole.

Under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (Section 110, NHPA), the NPS is responsible for identifying and planning for the protection of cultural resources in its care. The HRS will supply data for resource managers and aid in decision-making for historic resources within the Park. Historical background information for resource management and interpretation is an important facet of the HRS and should be of sufficient scope and scale to provide an explanatory framework for the identification, evaluation, and interpretation of Park assets and resources, and should account for physical setting, property relations through the establishment of the Park and the role of human activity to fully account for the historical production of the contemporary Park landscape.

Project Background Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (CUGA, the Park) is on the boundaries of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia and encompasses 24,547 acres. The park occupies four counties in these three states, ranges from one to four miles in width, and stretches for 20 miles astride the forested Cumberland and Brush Mountains. East of the Cumberland Gap (the Gap) lies 15,470 acres of roadless area that extends 15 miles along the Cumberland Mountain Ridge. The park was authorized by Congress on June 11, 1940, to commemorate the story of the first “doorway to the west.” Carved by wind and water, Cumberland Gap forms a prominent break in the formidable Appalachian Mountain chain. The purpose of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is to preserve, protect, and interpret the geologic Cumberland Gap through the southern Appalachian Mountains, together with the natural, historic, and cultural features that have made the area integral to and symbolic of centuries of American history.

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park preserves significant historic sites including the Hensley Settlement, which was first established in 1903 and features numerous hand-hewn cabins made of American chestnut and oak, a one-room schoolhouse, and fenced fields that were once used for grazing and farming. The park preserves Civil War earthworks and numerous pre-Columbian archeological sites. The oldest standing structure in the park, the Iron Furnace, where locally mined iron ore was processed from 1820–1880, represents early industrial activity in the area. The Chadwell Gap Coal Company mining operation is an extant and remarkably intact example of one of several small family mining operations formerly occupying parklands and as such is emblematic of the industrial history of this area of Appalachia. Additionally, the Park’s cultural environment was shaped by NPS Mission 66 and the Cumberland Gap Job Corps, producing important historic resources in need of assessment.

For the HRS, an asset or resource is defined as any building, structure, object, or cultural landscape that is 25 years of age or older, including cemeteries, the location of interred human remains. The NPS defines historic properties as properties that are listed or are eligible for listing in the NRHP, including buildings, structures, objects, sites, and historic districts. To be eligible, significant properties must also retain integrity, which refers to the ability of the property to convey, through distinctive physical characteristics, the qualities that constitute its historical and/or architectural significance, as evidenced through its location, setting, design, workmanship, materials, association, and feeling.

CUGA was administratively listed in the NRHP from the time of its designation. There are three other National Historic Districts within the Park’s boundaries (Cumberland Gap Historic District, Chadwell Gap Coal Company District, and Hensley Settlement), however, the Park was never surveyed and assessed in total. Currently, there are 73 entries in the CRIS production database for Historic Structures (CRIS-HS), denoting historic properties, an additional resource noted in the general inventory that would require survey and assessment, in addition to any previously unidentified properties. A list of resources in the CRIS-HS is attached.

Statement of Work The updated HRS would include the results of background research and field investigations for the inventory and assessment of all cultural resources within the Park boundary. Full inventory would include all resources that are either previously identified historic properties, potential historic properties that may have sufficient significance and integrity for NRHP eligibility, or resources that lack significance or integrity for NRHP eligibility. Inventory of any existing or potential historic property would include the definition of a proposed historic property boundary.

The research will meet NPS standards for a thorough investigation, meaning that research will be done in selected published and documentary sources of known or presumed relevance that are readily accessible without extensive travel and that promise expeditious extraction of relevant data.

The HRS will serve as documentation for consultation with the three state SHPOs in achieving a consensus determination of eligibility for all properties in the Park by categorizing properties as NRHP listed or eligible or not eligible for the NRHP or identifying properties that require additional assessment beyond standard NRHP evaluative methods (e.g. ethnographic resources). All built/landscape resources need a definitive NRHP evaluation.

Tasks

1. Literature Review: The contractor will identify and map the locations of all previously recorded Park assets and resources. To accomplish this, the contractors should review all NRHP documentation and examine the online CRIS database, as well as the records of the Kentucky Heritage Council (KHC), Tennessee Historical Commission (THC), and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR), through a file search at SHPOs and at the Park. Inventories should include the NPS CRIS (composed of the former NPS Archeological Site Management Information System, the old List of Classified Structures, and Cultural Landscape Inventory), the Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory, the Tennessee Historical and Architectural Survey, the Virginia Cultural Resource Information System, National Historic Landmarks (NHL), the NRHP and Determinations of Eligibility (DOEs), the Historic American Building Survey (HABS)/Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and available county surveys and cultural resource reports covering the Park.

The contractor should examine the documentation, including any statement of significance, that supported the determination or listing of each historic property, visit each resource in the field to confirm its condition and assess integrity, and define the relationship between historic properties and any contributing resources. The dataset of previously recorded resources provides an overview of the known types, locations, and ages of architectural resources within the Park.

2. Historic Contexts: A well-defined historic context is critical to the accurate evaluation of significance under the National Register criteria; the evaluation of significance is critical to assessing effects on historic properties. For this study, the extent and quality of previous work make the development of an entirely new set of historic contexts redundant. However, several important historical trends that have shaped the Park warrant further investigation and definition. An updated HRS should include an analysis of Survey and Settlement, the African American experience, Native American use of the landscape, Civilian Conservation Corps, Mission 66 and Cumberland Gap Job Corps developments. This study should integrate data from the architectural, archeological, historical, and cultural landscape studies that have been developed as well as account for the identification efforts that have resulted from ongoing work under the NHPA.

3. Field Survey: The approach to the field survey includes a phased systematic survey and mapping of all buildings, structures, and objects 25 years of age or older in the Park to affirm the NRHP status and condition of existing historic properties and identify those with and without NRHP potential, followed by more intensive documentation and evaluation (detailed study) of those potentially eligible resources identified in consultation with the NPS. The comprehensive survey would involve the recording of each property 25 years of age or older to a baseline level of documentation on a tabular version of the CRIS and three state SHPO data fields to collect and an analysis of field data at the Park scale. Once the contractor has collected a baseline set of data detailing the location, age, architectural, and historical features of the resources, the contractor would then supplement the field survey data with a close examination of Park records and NPS databases including, the electronic Technical Information Center (ETIC2), Integrated Resource Management Applications portal (IRMA), Tract files, tax records, historic aerial photographs, and cartographic sources.

4. Survey Results: A summary and analysis of the field data detailing the overall architectural and cultural character of the Park should be included in the body of the report. Photographs of every resource that is 25 years of age or older, keyed to the results table, should be included as an appendix to the report. Documentation tables completed in the field will be reviewed for accuracy, completeness, style, and compatibility with the CRIS and the three state SHPO data fields and updated for any previously recorded properties that have experienced significant changes in resource condition. Information regarding the date and result of any previous resource condition assessment should be included in the results table, as would all previous assessments of NRHP eligibility.

Field survey results should be used to confirm the adequacy and completeness of the historic contexts developed from the literature review. Any updates that are needed for the historic contexts should be done before the final reported assessment of historic properties. All assessments of historic properties that are recommended for a determination of eligibility for the NRHP should include a statement of significance, including a historic context under which it has been evaluated, a period of significance, any significant dates, such as the date of construction and/or settlement, or the date of demolition and/or abandonment, and a condition statement discussing the relevant aspects of integrity. Any resource assessment that recommends a determination of not eligible for the NRHP should include a justification based on NRHP criteria.

5. Detailed Study: The properties advanced to detailed study should be documented in the HRS in a resource-specific summary that contains detailed historical and descriptive information, a location map, a site plan, photographs, and an NRHP eligibility assessment. This additional research should include additional background research, the examination of census records and tax data, placing each property within a historic context(s), and informant interviews if possible. The additional research should support final recommendations of non-eligibility or eligibility, and the delineation of historic property boundaries.

In addition to evaluating individual properties, the contractor will follow the NPS guidance outlined in, but not limited to, How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (National Register Bulletin 15) and National Park Service Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes (National Register Bulletin 30) to help in the assessment of the historic districts and cultural landscapes. To be eligible for inclusion in the NRHP as a district or rural historic landscape, a place or locality must retain the fundamental spatial relationships that convey historical or architectural significance within an established historic context and a defined period of significance.

6. Recommendations: The HRS would also include recommendations for additional research and documentation through the preparation of new or updated NRHP nominations, development of Special History Studies, or completion of any additional identification and evaluation efforts such as a Rapid Ethnographic Assessment Project (REAP) or Ethnographic Overview and Assessment (EOA).

7. Conclusions: The HRS will conclude with a summary of the survey and assessment, identification and definition of existing historic properties, identification of properties assessed and recommend as eligible for the NRHP, and identification of properties recommended as not eligible for the NRHP. Finally, the HRS will produce maps coded to show the location and NRHP status of all resources and all historic property boundaries accompanied by a table that accounts for and resolves all previous inventories and assessments and provides condition assessments in a format suitable for use in both NPS inventories (including CRIS and the Facilities Management Software System [FMSS]), as well as the three state SHPO inventories, and provide analogous geospatial data developed to the NPS standards. The completed CRIS/state inventory and assessment forms would be appended to the document.

Deliverable Products The contractor will present the results of archival research, field survey, analysis, and NRHP assessment in a detailed final HRS report. Information will be presented in a manner to facilitate the completion of required Section 106 and Section 110 documentation. The report will include appropriate maps, tables, and photographs to support the text and the author’s recommendations.

Additionally, the contractor will submit CRIS and respective state inventory forms with data on each property documented, digital photographs of each property documented, GIS data for each property documented, and summary documentation (consistent with the state inventory standards and the CRIS) for any newly surveyed properties determined eligible for listing in the NRHP. The forms will be submitted in both hard copy and digital format that can be edited.

The contractor will create the GIS datasets (as well as any additional novel datasets or graphics) to assist in data analysis and to present the survey findings to NPS and the Park, including GIS data coverage defining Park and a property mosaic within its boundary; GPS data locating by a single point (southwest corner preferred) and property boundary each property recorded during the survey, as appropriate, for all known and recommended historic properties; and GIS layers shapefiles.

In addition to the professionally produced HRS, maps, and geospatial data, other deliverables include a well-organized copy of all research notes, photos, and electronic documents, except copies of photographs or documents for which another institution has either the copyright or, has placed restrictions on its distribution. The researcher’s final draft, including all photographs, maps, etc. shall become the intellectual property of the NPS. The study will include a comprehensive list of references and a list of information repositories. Appendices, including relevant existing documentation, tables, maps, and sources will be included as noted above.

Report Format Frontmatter will include a concise executive summary that summarizes the HRS in a clear and accessible manner that is useful to Park planners, resource managers, and facilities staff, as well as the expected table of contents, list of illustrations, list of tables, acknowledgments, and list of abbreviations and/or acronyms that must include nonstandard abbreviations and acronyms used in the report. The spelled-out version of a term should be given the first time the term appears within the study but may be replaced by an acronym thereafter.

The main body of the HRS must include an introduction and must include general background information on the geographic location, history, and significance of the resources. The HRS will include a research design, the results of the literature review and synthesis of previous designations and assessments in both narrative and tabular form, the historic contact, the results of the field survey, assessment of properties advanced to detailed study, identification, and confirmation of historic properties, and recommendations for further study, as well as a clear conclusion with a closing statement that provides further comment, if appropriate, on the interpretation of the information found in the study.

The references must list the primary and secondary source materials researched and used for the preparation of the study broken into sections by kinds of materials (i.e., primary, and secondary sources, etc.) as directed in The Chicago Manual of Style. Back matter includes appendices, including tables, assessment or inventory forms, copies of key documents, and geospatial data.

The researchers will deliver the final version of the HRS the NPS as a print-ready 508 compliant Adobe Acrobat formatted PDF file and as other electronic files (e.g., Microsoft Word). The general formatting of the document will be in portrait orientation with a single column of text to ease readability in electronic form, laid out with mirror margins: 1.25 inches inside; .75 inches top, bottom, and outside; and headers and footers should be 0.5 inches from the edge of the paper. The text should be left-justified, ragged right in block paragraphs with no indent, set-in single-spaced lines with paragraphs double spaced

All illustrations used in the final document will be credited. If any of the illustrations carry restrictions (such as one-time-use limitations), the researchers will provide this information to the NPS. The electronic file(s) supplied to NPS will be adequate for transmission to a printer or for incorporation into a final file or files to be prepared by NPS for transmission to a printer to be selected by the NPS.

All photographs and other illustrations will be fully referenced to their source, including a catalog or accession number, drawing number, etc., if applicable. Appropriate permissions will be obtained for the use of all illustrations. This is especially important for any publication that may ever be used as a sales item in any form.

All digital images used in the document shall be individually scanned relative to the final image size in the report at a minimum of 300dpi, JPEG or TIF format, medium-high to high resolution. The resolution of original files should not be increased to meet this requirement. Image files should be saved through FTP transfer in a folder entitled “IMAGES.” Image files should be named as follows: Subject, Figure #, Brief Description, Year taken.

Site maps shall be completed using ArcGIS (version information and all other GIS/GPS requirements are attached). A jpg version of the site maps will also be provided with a print size that will fit on either 8 ½ inch x 11-inch or 11-inch x 17-inch sheets. The contractor shall provide NPS with the final map document (.mxd) as well as digital copies of the geodatabases, shapefiles, CADD data, coverages, aerial photographs, DOQQs, and any other data used to produce the maps. Metadata should accompany all GIS files created by the contractor.

Additional formatting guidance includes:

· Leading (space between lines of type in a paragraph) should be chosen for readability. In general, at least two extra points of leading (e.g., 12/14) are advised.

· All headings should be caps/lowercase; all upper-case headings are never to be used.

· The use of bold, underline, and italic type within the text should be limited.

· The traditional American form of dates will be used: August 18, 1978.

· In the text, the treatment of numbers will be consistent with the Chicago Manual of Style.

· All numbers used with units of measurement will be numerals (e.g., windows measure 2 feet by 4 feet).

· Footnotes or notes at the end of each chapter may be used. Endnotes for the whole document will not be used.

· The most current edition of the Chicago Manual of Style should guide questions of style that are not addressed here. Most publications use the humanities-style notation (see Chapter 15). If the manual offers options or does not address an issue, consistent treatment within the document should be the rule.

· The latest edition of Webster’s Dictionary should be used for spelling.

· Acronyms should be introduced in parentheses after the full name at the first appearance of the full name. Acronyms may then be used for subsequent references.

Stipulations

1. The contractor and key team members will meet the requirements specified in 36 CFR Appendix A, Professional Qualification Standards, and the intent of Section 112 (a)(1)(of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as Amended through1992. (http://www.cr.nps.gov/local-law/arch_stnds_9.htm )

2. The contractor shall coordinate with the COR as necessary to complete the work as and when required and determine the appropriate point of contact. This coordination must include participating in consultant-led regular monthly conference calls and product review meetings.

3. All work shall be technically and legally defensible.

4. Contractor shall use Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition or later.

5. The HRS should be written in Plain Language to the degree possible and make use of the Harper’s Ferry Center Editorial Style Guide to inform the use of language (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/hfc/hfc-editorial-style-guide.htm)

6. Research will meet NPS standards for a thorough investigation, i.e., research will be done in readily available primary and secondary source material and perform on-site archival investigations as necessary in sources of known or presumed relevance. This study will require archival and primary source research at repositories.

7. All documentation (field and research notes, photographs and negatives, sketches, finished original drawings, narratives, computerized inventories, forms, assessments, GIS Shapefiles, and reports) produced by the contractor in connection with this project are to become the property of NPS (public domain). All documentation shall be delivered to the NPS upon completion of contract services. The completed documentation may be used and reproduced in any fashion that the NPS chooses, with appropriate credit given to the researcher. A researcher may publish articles based on the research covered under these contracts if appropriate credit is given to the NPS.

8. The contractor's quality control efforts shall ensure that all draft and final deliverables are completed documents, as specified, that have been reviewed for academic excellence, professional and copy quality and technical accuracy. Documents not displaying such efforts will not be accepted.

Fee and Payment Progress payments to the contractor shall be made based on proper and acceptable invoices submitted consistent with the quality requirements described in Stipulation 6 above, according to the following schedule:

Contract Award

Submit Results of Field Survey, Initial

Assessments and Recommendations Within 30 Days of the Interim Deliverable of the List

Appendix A:

NPS GIS Standards and Guidance GIS data must follow the National Park Service Cultural Resource Spatial Data Transfer Standards found at: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/639911 At the contractor’s option, an empty GIS template that contains all the various feature classes, feature-level metadata fields, and domains associated with the cultural resource spatial data transfer standards can be downloaded here:

https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2206880 Please note that this template was not designed for GPS data collection. GPS data should be used to guide the creation of GIS data in this template.

Further information regarding spatial data for cultural resources can be found at:

https://www.nps.gov/crgis/ GPS Equipment and Field Recordation:

GPS Equipment. GPS/GNSS units must be of acceptable precision rating, produce data that can be differentially corrected (whether real-time or not), and be capable of exporting data into a format compatible with ESRI ArcGIS software.

The Contractor shall use their own computers and software capable of producing data and metadata compatible with ESRI ArcGIS. Though older NPS standards call for use of Trimble equipment and software, it is understood that a variety of GPS equipment and software, both from Trimble and other manufacturers, will be suitable for producing the required data deliverables.

GPS Equipment Precision Rating. GPS equipment must be capable of submeter accuracy when used with adequate position averaging and differential correction.

Field Recordation. The contractor shall plan to record all features identified through the project, both those that are potentially contributing (historic) and those that are non-contributing (non-historic). Typically, buildings, structures, and objects larger than 3 meters across should be recorded by GPS with at least one corner point when possible, GPS may be appropriate for other types of resources such as site areas and linear features. An offset must be used for GPS data collection adjacent to structures when the structure deflects the satellite signals enough to move the estimated accuracy out of the required accuracy radius.

Use of Total Station. In cases where the contractor uses a total station with integrated GPS, separate GPS field recordation of all features may not be required. This version of field recordation should be noted in the metadata.

Metadata:

GPS Metadata Collection. GPS Metadata must be collected with the features, including max PDOP, HDOP, and VDOP, positions averaged, standard deviation, GPS unit, correction status, and date. Metadata for GPS data files must include the GPS software and version, post-processing software and version, and a description of the RTK system if used.

GPS Metadata Deliverables Format. The metadata must be included in the attribute fields that are exported to GIS format.

GIS Metadata. Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata requirements must be followed. No data shall be accepted from consultants/cooperators/Principal Investigators or sub consultants/cooperators/Principal Investigators without Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)-compliant metadata, which can be created in ESRI ArcCatalog or by any other metadata software which results in FGDC-compliant documents.

USGS Metadata Wizard: https://www.usgs.gov/products/data-and-tools/data-management/metadata-creation Metadata Process Step. The “process step” for the GIS metadata (Data Quality Process Step) must be populated detailing the steps taken to collect, create, convert, and edit the geospatial data. Additional documents describing the processes used should be attached to the ArcCatalog Metadata (Metadata Properties > Enclosures > Add).

GIS Metadata Deliverables Format. Metadata should be provided as XML files. Either the FGDC CSDGM or the latest ISO standard may be used.

GIS Data Management

GPS Data Correction. All GPS data shall be differentially corrected as outlined in the specifications noted above. Data must be corrected: real-time (SBAS, WAAS), post-processed, or RTK. Corrected GPS data must be provided in GIS format (shapefile or file geodatabase) in the appropriate UTM zone using the NAD83 (2011) datum. X and Y coordinates must be included in the attribute tables in decimal degrees.

Data storage. Data may not be stored on third-party cloud platforms such as ArcGIS Online, Trimble Connect, or Google Earth.

Deliverables Format. Data deliverables must include raw GPS data files, corrected GPS data files in the export format of ArcGIS file geodatabase or shapefiles, the GPS data dictionary, and the final GIS data product that describes the cultural landscape features as a geodatabase or shapefiles.

Ownership of Data. Deliverables can be provided on an external hard drive. All GPS data, including original files, and post-processed and re-projected data files are the property of the NPS and may not be transferred, published, or otherwise used for purposes other than this project without NPS permission (needs wordsmithing). All data becomes the property of NPS and is delivered to the project Contracting Officer’s Representative for hand-off to Christopher Barrow, GIS Coordinator, Southeast Region (Christopher_Barrow@nps.gov) and the Park contact.

Appendix B - Glossary of NPS Documents

Historic Structure Report (HSR) The historic structure report (HSR) is the primary guide to the treatment and use of a historic structure and may also be used in managing a prehistoric structure. A separate HSR should be prepared for every major structure managed as a cultural resource. Groups of similar structures or ensembles of small, simple structures may be addressed in a single report. In no case should restoration, reconstruction, or extensive rehabilitation of any structure be undertaken without an approved HSR.

Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)

The CRIS is a computerized, evaluated inventory of all historic and prehistoric structures having historical, architectural, or engineering significance in which the NPS has or plans to acquire any legal interest. Included are structures that individually meet the criteria of the National Register or are contributing elements of sites and districts that meet the Register criteria. Also included are other structures–moved, reconstructed, and commemorative structures, and structures achieving significance within the last 50 years–that are managed as cultural resources because of decisions reached through the planning process. The CRIS assists park managers in planning, programming, and recording decisions on appropriate treatment. CRIS forms, including attachments, will be maintained at the support offices and the Parks. The CRIS database may also be maintained at the Park.

National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and administered by the NPS in the National Center for Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnership Programs, the National Register is the nation's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects in both public and private ownership that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. The National Register includes historical areas of the national park system, properties designated by the Secretary of the Interior as national historic landmarks, properties nominated by SHPOs and federal preservation officers, and cultural properties on the World Heritage List. The NPS is required by law to survey, inventory, and nominate to the National Register properties of national, state, and local significance in its custody that meet the National Register Criteria for Evaluation and to document to National Register standards its historical areas administratively listed in the Register. NPS nominations and documentation are submitted through the NPS federal preservation officer. Cultural resource studies that establish historic contexts and describe and evaluate historic properties can form the basis of National Register nominations when this information is transferred to nomination forms.

Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI)

The Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) is a computerized, evaluated inventory of all cultural landscapes in which the NPS has or plans to acquire any legal interest. Its purpose is to identify cultural landscapes in the national park system and provide information on their location, historical development, character-defining features, and management. The CLI assists park managers in planning, programming, and recording treatment and management decisions. CLI forms, including maps, drawings, and photographs, are maintained in the support offices and parks.

For more information on documentation, evaluation, and registration see National Register Bulletins 18, 30, 38, 40, 41, and 42 and the Cultural Landscapes Inventory Professional Procedures Guide.

Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) A cultural landscape report (CLR) is the primary guide to the treatment and use of a cultural landscape. Based on the historic context provided in a historic resource study, a CLR documents the characteristics, features, materials, and qualities that make a landscape eligible for the National Register. It analyzes the landscape's development and evolution, modifications, materials, construction techniques, geographical context, and use in all periods, including those deemed not significant. Based on the analysis, evaluates the significance of individual landscape characteristics and features in the context of the landscape as a whole. Typically, interdisciplinary in character, it includes documentation, analysis, and evaluation of historical, architectural, archeological, ethnographic, horticultural, landscape architectural, engineering, and ecological data as appropriate. It makes recommendations for treatment consistent with the landscape's significance, condition, and planned use.

Appendix C - Criteria for Evaluating Proposals The project will be awarded on a best-value basis with technical factors more important than price.

The technical factors are equal in importance to each other. The relative strengths, deficiencies, significant weaknesses, and risks supporting the proposal evaluation shall be documented in the Technical Evaluation Board report. Elements within each technical factor are also of equal importance within the factor.

1. Understanding of the Requirement: Sound and thorough understanding of the work to be performed, issues to be addressed, and problems that may be encountered.

2. Technical Approach:

· Appropriateness and completeness of methods and procedures

· Schedules, including sequencing and duration of various phases, and allocation of time among project activities

· Allotment of time among team members, including but not limited to key personnel defined for undertaking the documentary research, field investigation, analysis, and report preparation and editing.

3.

Professional experience of key personnel in undertaking the evaluation of architecturally and historically significant districts with a cultural landscape component of similar magnitude, significance, and complexity. Resumes of project team members, examples of similar projects, and references should be provided for purposes of evaluation.

4.

Management Capabilities and Organization of the firm as it relates to the ability to assemble multi-disciplinary teams and to meet the graphic and other technical requirements of the work.

5.

Demonstrated Past Performance: Provide contact information (owner’s name, contact, and telephone number) and description for 3-5 similar projects completed within the last five years.

Appendix D – CRIS-HS Data

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