Attachment_1_Statement_of_Work.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

PRESERVE FOUR SIGNIFICANT TEXTILES AT

SAINT-GAUDENS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

STATEMENT OF WORK

1.0 Background

2.0 Scope

3.0 Tasks

4.0 Delivery

5.0 Government-Furnished Property

6.0 Security

7.0 Place of Performance

8.0 Period of Performance

1.0 Background

Following the recommendation of the Park Collections Management Plan (CMP) of 2007, and a Condition Survey by Harpers Ferry of 2013, the project will conserve four important textiles, two Seventeenth Century Flemish Oudenard Tapestries, and two Nineteenth Century Dresses from the collection at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site (SAGA), 139 Saint Gaudens Road, Cornish, New Hampshire 03745. Once used by the family of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, these pieces require stabilization to preserve them for better visitor understanding and enjoyment.

2.0 Scope

A qualified conservator will clean and stabilize the four textiles, following the Treatment Plan in the Collection Condition Survey prepared in 2013 by the National Park Service Harpers Ferry Center. A copy of the Collection Condition Survey is included as Attachment 2.

Qualifications

The contractor shall have a minimum of five years of professional experience examining and treating historic textiles in museum collections, working with historic house museums and historic interiors from the seventeenth and nineteenth century.

Contractor should follow accepted recommendations of the AIC (American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works) for the cleaning and stabilization.

Reference should also be made to the National Park Service Museum Handbook, Part I, Appendix K: 35-39, https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/MHI/Appendix%20K.pdf.

The Conservator(s) will be designated as “Key Personnel” under this contract.

Conservator resumes shall be submitted with quote. Resumes for each conservator submitted shall include sufficient information to identify and describe the qualifications of the conservators as it relates to the conservation of textiles in a museum or equivalent setting.

3.0 Tasks

The contractor shall use the Collection Condition Survey Treatment Plan for this project prepared in 2013 by the Harpers Ferry Center. The four objects shall be packed and shipped to the contractor’s place of work at the contractor’s expense using a COR approved shipping company.

The textiles shall be examined, and then following the Collection Condition Survey Treatment Plan, the textiles shall be stabilized according to the needs outlined in the Collection Condition Survey Treatment Plan. On completion of the work, the four objects shall be shipped back to the park at the contractor’s expense using a COR approved shipping company.

4.0 Delivery

DELIVERABLES: DUE:

Provide Certificate of Liability Insurance, Certificate of Insurance on Conservation Facility, and NPS approved Safety Plan to the Contracting Officer and COR

Within 10 calendar days of award

Return signed Outgoing Loan Agreement to COR

Within 10 calendar days of award

In Consultation with COR and Curator, develop a plan to transport 4 textiles to off-site facility

Within 15 calendar days of award

Begin transport of 4 textiles to off-site facility

Within 30 calendar days of award

Complete Conservation work on 4 textiles and return to SAGA

Within 220 calendar days of award

Provide Treatment Report to NPS Within 230 calendar days of award NPS review and approval of final conservation work

Within 240 calendar days of award

The work shall be completed following the schedule listed above. The contractor shall perform all work within eight months of project award. The contractor shall provide a written report outlining the work completed to conserve each textile, including materials and techniques used. Separate Treatment Reports are required for each object. At a minimum, these reports will include: Condition reports before and after treatment for all four textiles, complete description of all work done, including list of materials used, and accompanying photographs. The reports shall be delivered to the park in written form and saved on compact disc. Photographs of each textile before and after treatment, showing details of work completed shall accompany the report in printed form as well as saved on compact disc.

The Treatment Reports must be accompanied by before, during, and after treatment photographs, showing full-view images of the textile, as well as detailed images of work done. The NPS will own copyright to the images and reports produced under this contract.

The contractor shall return the four textiles to the park, following procedure outlined in

4.0 Tasks above.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR):

Ryan Polk 802-457-3368 x 212 Ryan_Polk@nps.gov

Curator:

Henry J. Duffy 603-675-2175 x 112 Henry_Duffy@nps.gov

The contractor shall perform all work within eight months of project award. The work shall be accompanied by a written report outlining the work completed to stabilize each textile, including materials and techniques used. The reports shall be delivered to the park in written form and saved on a compact disc. Photographs of each textile before and after treatment, showing details of work completed shall accompany the report in printed form as well as saved on compact disc. The contractor shall return the four textiles to the park.

5.0 Government-Furnished Property

Seventeenth Century Flemish Oudenard Tapestry (SAGA # 782) Seventeenth Century Flemish Oudenard Tapestry (SAGA # 1627) Nineteenth Century White and Black Dress Worn by Augusta Saint-Gaudens

(SAGA # 2394)

Nineteenth Century Red Silk Dress Worn by Augusta Saint-Gaudens to

Theodore Roosevelt’s Inauguration (SAGA # 2393)

6.0 Security

The contractor shall sign and return to the COR National Park Service Loan Agreement Forms provided by the COR. Conditions of Loan outlined on the Loan Agreement Form shall be followed in relation to delivery and care of the textiles while in the contractor’s care. The contractor shall provide the CO and COR with written proof of insurance for the textiles in his/her care. Security measures utilized to safeguard the textiles in the contractor’s work place shall be outlined in writing (Safety Plan) and sent to the park for approval.

7.0 Place of Performance

Work shall be performed at the contractor’s place of work pending security requirements listed in section 6.0 above. The contractor is responsible for the cost and acquisition of all project related materials, transportation of the textiles, and related expenses.

The contractor’s conservation facility must be of a size and configuration capable of safely accommodating the textiles to be cleaned and stabilized, and must be equipped with the necessary tools, equipment, security capabilities, and fire safety capabilities.

Refer to the American Alliance of Museums Standard Facility Report. The form is available at http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/dreyfus/docs/Standard_Facility_Report.pdf .

8.0 Period of Performance

The project shall be completed within eight months (240 calendar days) of award of contract following the schedule outlined in 4.0 Delivery. Final written reports shall be completed and delivered to the park within 230 calendar days of award, as outlined in

4.0 Delivery.