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Statement of Work

Design, Fabrication and Installation of Interpretive Exhibits Crissey Field State Recreation Site

Harris Beach Management Unit Highway 101 S

Brookings, OR 97415

USFWS Project Representative:

Dawn Harris, Visitor Services Manager Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex 2127 SE Marine Science Drive Newport OR 97365

(541) 867-4550 Dawn_harris@fws.gov

Project Overview

The project includes the design, fabrication and installation of indoor and outdoor interpretive exhibits at Crissey Field. Its location offers a unique opportunity to introduce principles of seabird and pinniped conservation and protection and to serve as a gateway to Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge and its protected marine resources.

Site Description Located less than a mile from the Oregon/California border, Crissey Field State Recreation Site is the first northbound coastal access point for the travelling public on highway 101. The 40-acre property is managed by Oregon Parks and Recreation Department under the Harris Beach Management Unit. A 4,500 sq. ft. Visitor Center welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. Views from the beach adjacent to Crissey Field reveal multiple seastacks protected under Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge. In the distance, visitors can see several large islands containing nesting seabirds.

The scenic and rugged Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge includes 1,854 rocks, reefs, and islands, and two headland units, and spans 320 miles of the Oregon Coast, from Tillamook Head near Seaside south to the California border. With the exception of Tillamook Rock, all of the rocks, reefs, and islands within the Refuge are included in the Oregon Islands Wilderness. The two headlands are not designated wilderness areas.

Most of Oregon’s estimated 1.2 million nesting seabirds are found on this Refuge. A large percentage of Oregon’s pinniped population use the Refuge for haul-out and/or pupping, including more than 5,000 harbor seals, 4,000 California sea lions, 4,000 threatened Steller sea lions and 100 northern elephant seals.

Background

This project is made possible by the Natural Resource Trustee Council for the 1999 New Carissa Oil Spill. The New Carissa was a bulk freighter that ran aground near Coos Bay, Oregon, spilling 70,000-140,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil and diesel into the marine environment. Federal, State and Tribal natural resource agencies collected 1,085 bird carcasses over the course of the incident. Computer modeling estimated that a total of 2,465 seabirds and waterfowl were killed by the spill, primarily Cassin’s and rhinoceros auklets, common murres, Brandt’s cormorants, surf scoters and northern fulmars. This seabird education project is one of several conservation projects aimed at benefitting seabird species impacted by the spill.

The primary goal of this project is to inform visitors of the protected status of Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge and its wildlife resources and its corresponding theme is that Crissey Field SRS acts as the gateway to Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge and its protected marine resources. The exhibit at Crissey Field is part of a larger project aimed at reducing human-caused disturbance to nesting seabirds and resting pinnipeds (a complementary project will place interpretive panels at key locations along the Oregon Coast that lead visitors to or near seabird colonies or marine mammal haulouts). To succeed, both education projects needs to: 1) make people aware of seabird/pinniped biology and the many challenges already facing these animals, 2) describe what can happen when colonies/haulouts are disturbed by people,

3) inform people of the protected status of seabirds, pinnipeds and the Oregon Island NWR Complex, and 4) instruct visitors to stay off/away from these areas.

The Natural Resource Trustee Council for the 1999 New Carissa Oil Spill believes the benefits of this project will include increased wildlife resource protection, a way to reach hundreds of thousands of visitors annually with interpretive messaging regarding the protected status of seabirds and marine mammals of the Oregon coast, and a reduction in incidents related to people climbing on coastal rocks and islands.

Project Planning and Implementation The successful contractor will prepare schematics for review then design, fabricate and install interpretive panel exhibits both indoors (inside the Visitor Center) and outdoors.

Process – CGS – PLEASE WORK WITH DAWN HARRIS of USFWS at 541-867-4550 to ARRANGE DATE FOR THIS MEETING Interested contractors may attend an on-site tour of the facility at Crissey Field SRS on INSERT DATE. The site visit will include a discussion with the multi-agency project team members.

By INSERT DATE from initial site visit, contractor will need to provide the project team with an exhibit design intent proposal that will include the following:

• Contractor’s summary of a vision for the project in narrative form.

• Draft themes as prescribed above in vision narrative.

• Interior and exterior site plan - black and white sketches are acceptable.

• Proposed schedule identifying when key deliverables will occur. This includes approximate dates for site visits, exhibit plan, product concepts/draft design, final design, fabrication, delivery and installation.

• A line-item budget detailing cost estimates to write, design, illustrate, fabricate and install interpretive panel exhibits at Crissey Field.

• Fabrication recommendations.

Project team will review proposals and the awarded contractor shall be notified of contract award no later than Wednesday, May 25th, 2016.

Once contract is awarded-contract team and contractor will have 60 days to schedule meeting for initial orientation to relate contents of exhibit design and visualize the concept of the interpretive themes and prescribed placement of exhibit panels.

Detailed Descriptions of the Products to be Produced

• The contractor will provide all personnel, materials, equipment and related service as necessary to research, assimilate input from all members of project team, and completed plans, to complete final design, fabrication and installation of all components of the exhibit.

• Contractor will develop a proposed schedule for the project noting major deadlines, reviews with specific percentages of deliverables noted, and expected completion dates for all phases of the project.

• Contractor will provide an exhibit design package that will be used to direct the design, fabrication and installment of exhibits. Contractor to submit rough sketches of illustrations, photographs and draft text for each panel exhibit for review and approval by USFWS and OPRD. This includes samples of typefaces and sizes to be used on the panels including headlines, subheads, body text, and captions. Contractor provides project team three full reviews of rough drafts before contractor goes to final.

• Contractor is responsible for creating any maps used on interpretive exhibits.

• Contractor ensures all artwork/illustrations will be both aesthetically pleasing and biologically accurate. Contractor must submit for approval, samples of illustrations (black and white sketches acceptable) created by the illustrator that will be used to complete this work. All illustrators must have demonstrated experience illustrating biologically accurate marine wildlife especially seabirds.

• Contractor to write and edit text with topic research including interviewing of subject matter specialists. Consultation with USFWS staff and OPRD on themes and topics for each panel should precede in-depth research.

• Exhibits will be designed to complement existing displays and exhibits within the Visitor Center and provide a welcoming environment for visitors.

• Contractor to conduct photo research and purchase photos (include cost estimate for purchase of photographs within the budget) as needed. USFWS and OPRD can provide some images of seabirds and pinniped but contractor should anticipate supplementing the majority of images and should budget accordingly.

In these cases contractor seeks out and secures purchase of use rights for all photographs used in panels. It is anticipated that approximately 40% of the interpretive panels will have photographs and 60% will have illustrations and/or a combination of both.

• A minimum of three agency reviews of drafts are required.

General Design Requirements

• Exhibits should be designed to help interpret the seabird, pinniped and marine resources of Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

• Exhibit design shall take into consideration ADA accessibility guidelines so that messages can reach the widest range of visitors/audience regardless of physical or learning abilities.

• Exhibit design shall take into consideration existing displays currently within Visitor Center to keep consistency throughout center.

• Exterior exhibits/displays must be able to withstand outdoor marine environment which includes but not limited to, high wind and rain, direct sunlight and salt spray. Careful consideration must be given to structural materials, paints, adhesives, pedestals and laminates that they do not pose health or safety risks to visitors or employees.

• Whenever feasible, appropriate objects that may be handled by the public will be incorporated into the exhibit.

• Reproduction objects will be used in all hands-on applications.

• Exhibit designs shall take into consideration alternative/informal learning opportunities such as free-choice learning and visitor interactive displays.

• Consideration should be given to maximizing the exhibit space by using the full height and depth of the visitor center.

• Panel exhibits shall not impede visitor flow in visitor center.

• Contractor will provide fully integrated files, (text, images and maps in a single document) in high resolution Adobe Acrobat (PDF format).

• Upon project completion, contractor will provide on DVD all finalized exhibit layouts, evaluations, text, graphics (in PDF format) so that exhibits may be recreated.

USFWS roles and responsibilities

1. Serve as the lead facilitator in ensuring this project is completed in a timely manner and in accordance with the seabird and marine mammal education directive.

2. Ensure funds from the New Carissa Oil Spill Settlement cover all approved costs associated with design, fabrication and where approved in advance, installation of these panels.

3. Ensure interpretive text and exhibits make visitors aware of the role of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in protecting the seabirds and marine mammals of Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

4. USFWS can provide some images of Refuge-specific wildlife and scenic high resolution digital photographs.

OPRD roles and responsibilities

1. Provide timely review and comment on products developed by contractor.

2. Coordinate with prospective contractors for site visits.

3. Work with contractor on installation of panel exhibits and structures.

4. OPRD will make available its image bank of high-resolution photos of wildlife and rocky intertidal habitats as well as its branding logo. Contractor will consult with USFWS and OPRD prior to purchasing any photographs to determine if USFWS or OPRD has the required photographs in its repository. Contractor is responsible for obtaining and managing copyrighted photos, if necessary.