NOI P19AC01039 Full Text.pdf

NOI P19AC01039 Full Text

Recipient Responsibilities

1. The Recipient shall carry out the Statement of Work in accordance with the terms and conditions stated herein. The Recipient shall adhere to Federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and codes, as applicable.

2. Preserve, protect, operate, and maintain (including the payment of all its utilities) the site in a manner consistent with the NPS mission, the mission of the recipient, and prevailing professional standards.

3. Provide for public access to all public portions of the site at reasonable times for a market-based admission fee.

4. Provide monthly visitation statistics to Boston National Historical Park.

5. Grant the NPS right of access to the site at all reasonable times for the purposes outlined in this agreement.

6. Solicit suggestions from the NPS regarding changes to the visitor experience at the site.

7. Develop an annual budget for the operation and maintenance of the site and make it available to the

NPS prior to the commencement of the Recipient’s fiscal year, as consistent with its bylaws.

8. Identify the site as a legislated partner of Boston National Historical Park and cooperate with the NPS in developing interpretive markers, signs, exhibits, and media outside the site and on the site’s website as mutually acceptable to both parties.

9. Provide information to NPS for the annual service-wide combined call to care for the preservation, protection, rehabilitation, restoration, and interpretation of the site. Provide the NPS with scopes and estimates for projects, including any information from architectural/engineering studies and/or reports done by the Recipient that will inform the formulation of projects.

NPS Responsibilities

1. Monitor and provide federal oversight of activities performed under this Agreement. Monitoring and oversight includes review and approval of financial status and performance reports, payment requests, and tasks identified below. Additional monitoring activities may include site visits, conference calls, and other on-site and off-site monitoring activities. At the Recipient’s request, NPS may also provide technical assistance to the Recipient in support of the objectives of this Agreement.

2. Provide support and/or technical assistance for the preservation, protection, rehabilitation, restoration, and interpretation of the site’s collections, as staffing and funds allow.

3. Substantial involvement by NPS is anticipated during the period of performance for this agreement. In support of this agreement, NPS will be responsible for the following:

i. Serve as subject matter experts to monitor all work performance, ensuring consistency with historic preservation standards.

ii. Approve scope of work for any contracted service.

iii. Participate in the selection of recipient’s contractors.

iv. Review and approve work schedules for any contracted service.

v. Perform a technical review of project before each stage.

vi. Participate in the selection of window replacement materials.

vii. Perform routine site visits to review technical details of work.

viii. Aid in the communication of preservation work to site visitors in both a compulsory manner as it relates to park visitation and as an interpretive opportunity to inform visitors of historic preservation techniques and practices.