SOW D-H Canal UPDATE .pdf

National Park Service

U.S. Department of the Interior

Interior Region 1, North Atlantic - Appalachian

History and Preservation Assistance

Philadelphia, PA

SCOPE OF WORK

NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK NOMINATION UPDATE

FOR DELAWARE AND HUDSON CANAL

Credit: Library of Congress, HAER PA-1

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking the services of a qualified consultant to prepare an update to the National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for the Delaware and Hudson

Canal in Pennsylvania and New York according to requirements specified in this Statement of

Work (SOW).

I. PROJECT BACKGROUND

Operating under the authority of the 1935 Historic Sites Act (16 U.S.C. 461-67) and the National

Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (54 U.S.C. § 300101 et seq.), the NPS administers the NHL Program, which provides for the identification, documentation, preservation, and interpretation of the Nation's nationally significant historic buildings, sites, objects, structures, and districts. NHLs are nationally significant historic places designated by the

Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Currently, over 2,600 historic places bear this national distinction.

The purpose of the current project is to update the NHL nomination for the Delaware and

Hudson Canal under Criterion 1 for its association with nationally-significant events, including economic and labor history, and Criterion 5 as a nationally-significant discontiguous district. The

Delaware and Hudson Canal was designated as a NHL in 1968. The National Survey of Historic

Sites and Buildings Form (NHL documentation) does not meet current NHL documentation standards. The national significance of the property as stated in the form is:“ Completed in 1828, the Delaware and Hudson Canal was the main waterway from the anthracite coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania to the industrial and domestic furnaces of New York.”

The length of the canal is approximately 108 miles; however no boundary or contributing resources were defined or georeferenced. The NHL documentation identifies five locations with a high degree of integrity:

1. Company Office at Honesdale, Pennsylvania;

2. Roebling Aqueduct (now a vehicular bridge) between Minisink Ford, New York and

Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania;

3. basin and canal bed at Cuddebackville, New York;

4. 5,000-foot section at Alligerville, New York; and

5. Locks 15 through 20 at High Falls, New York.

There may be additional resources that contribute to the NHL.

There are multiple property owners throughout the district. A portion of the Delaware and

Hudson Canal is now part of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (UPDE) NPS unit.

The NHL nomination update for the Delaware and Canal will document the physical characteristics of the district through an architectural description and inventory of resources on the property, including landscape features and characteristics. The nomination will include a general property development history and will develop scholarly arguments for why the property possesses exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United

States. The nomination will provide historic context adequate to make a clear, convincing, and concise argument for national significance under one or more NHL Criterion. The focus of the nomination should be on the significance statements, not on creating a complete narrative of the building’s design and construction. The research and evaluation should be adequate to identify events or activities of clear significance to national history.

This project will build on existing documentation including:

• National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings Form (NHL documentation)

• HAER and HABS documentation

• National Register of Historic Places listings

• Delaware and Hudson Canal Resources of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational

River-Field Survey Results and Data Analysis

• Historic Structure Report, Historical Data Section: The Delaware Aqueduct, Upper

Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River, New York - Pennsylvania

• Vogel, Roebling's Delaware And Hudson Canal Aqueducts

The completed NHL nomination will be reviewed NHL Program staff, State Historic

Preservation Office (SHPO) staff, relevant partners, and two peer reviewers, then by the

Landmarks Committee of the National Park System Advisory Board. This committee reviews and recommends properties to the NPS Advisory Board for consideration as NHLs. The NPS

Advisory Board then reviews and recommends properties to be forwarded to the Secretary of the

Interior (SOI) for potential designation as NHLs. The SOI has the sole right to designate, or not designate, sites as National Historic Landmarks, pursuant to the Historic Sites Act of 1935.

II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Completed in 1828, the Delaware and Hudson Canal was the primary waterway linking the anthracite coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania with New York. The 171-mile-long Delaware

& Hudson Canal operated from 1828 to 1898, and included 16 miles of gravity railway, 108 locks over 108 miles stretching from Honesdale, Pennsylvania, to Kingston, New York, and four cable-suspension aqueducts to connect the coal fields of Pennsylvania with the Hudson River and New York City markets. The canal proved to be enormously profitable during the middle years of the 19th century. During the 1860s when anthracite coal was the chief fuel utilized by

American industry and likewise a significant domestic need, northeastern Pennsylvania produced from 40 to 50 percent of the nation’s entire supply, and the Delaware and Hudson Canal carried the greater share of it to tidewater. The Delaware and Hudson Canal remained an essential artery for the transportation of this material until its effectiveness was supplanted by railroad transportation, leading to its ultimate demise in 1899. Especially noteworthy and intact remains of the canal include the Company Office at Honesdale, Pennsylvania; the Roebling Aqueduct, now a vehicular bridge, between Minisink Ford, New York, and Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania; the basin and canal prism at Cuddebackville, New York; a 5,000-foot section at Alligerville, New

York; and Locks 15 through 20 at High Falls, New York.

The Delaware and Hudson Canal was one of three waterways built in the 1820s to make the anthracite coal of eastern Pennsylvania marketable in New York. As the new nation grew in population and began to develop industrially, the demand for sources of heat, light, and power increased. Prosperity finally came to the enterprise in the 1840s, at which time profits finally began to achieve those first envisioned. Although its capital had doubled by this time, the company still earned from 10 to 20 percent net per annum. In 1864 the company raised its capital stock to $10,000,000, and even this amount earned 31 percent the following year. Part of the reason for this prosperity was due to the acceptance of anthracite coal as an excellent fuel for domestic, commercial, and industrial uses.

After the 1860s, however, the company began to decline. The increasing use of bituminous coal by industry meant fewer profits. But, most of all, a better means of transportation had been developed. The railroad was faster, and it was cheaper. For a time the company rallied by buying railroads to supplement the canal and reach wider markets. In 1872 the canal carried its peak load of 2,930,333 tons of coal down to tidewater. After that year, however, its tonnage steadily declined as railroads proliferated. In 1899 it was over. The company dropped the word

“Canal” from its name and ceased to operate the waterway and the gravity railroad.

III. PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The project will produce a finished and fully complete updated NHL nomination for Delaware and Hudson Canal in New York and Pennsylvania, for presentation to the Landmarks Committee of the National Park System Advisory Board.

The selected consultant will be expected to complete the following tasks:

1) General Requirements:

a) Become familiar with the site and historic property, referenced NPS Guidelines, NPS supplied materials, and Requirements listed in this Task Order. Conduct site visits and research to gather and report required information

b) Review all documents supplied by the Government. Conduct new, historical research to supply relevant and missing information related to the construction, evolution and use of the property, and to the site’s historical context.

c) Provide all incidentals required to perform the services in this task order including but not limited to: travel arrangements, work to be performed, and accuracy and completion of all reports and graphics.

d) Attend scheduled progress meetings and furnish a written record of each meeting. Email a written record of site meeting minutes within five (5) business days of the meeting to the COR.

e) All field and research notes, photographs, sketches, finished original drawings, narratives, computerized inventories and assessments, maps, and reports produced by the

CONTRACTOR in connection with requirements of this contract become the property of the Government and shall be delivered to the COR upon completion of the Task Order.

f) Do not submit or issue any project information, data, drafts or any version of the proposed reports to any individual or to any federal, state or local authority without prior written approval of the COR.

2) Project Requirements

a) Complete Nomination Outline: The outline should include a draft nomination cover sheet and an outline of the NHL nomination form that includes proposed NHL criteria with brief explanation of how each criteria will be explored and an outline of the description section laying out how the site will be broken down for description purposes.

b) Complete National Historic Landmark Documentation:

i) Contractor will provide documentation on NPS Form 10-934, which will be provided by NPS using a program compatible with Microsoft Word and that is compliant with

Section 508 of the United States Workforce Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

ii) Contractor will base documentation on National Historic Landmark criteria for significance and the integrity of resources, and it will consider appropriate historic contexts and comparable properties.

iii) Contractor will apply the guidelines of the National Register of Historic Places

Bulletin, How to Prepare National Historic Landmark Nominations

(https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/nhl-bulletin.htm), and online guidance for National Historic Landmark nominations

(https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/nhl-nomination.htm). The

NPS will provide the contractor with the May 2018 Draft Revised National Register of Historic Places Bulletin, How to Prepare National Historic Landmark

Nominations.

iv) Contractor will consult the NHL documentation submitted for the recently-designated

New York State Barge Canal as an example for documentation requirements.

v) Contractor will use all readily available primary and secondary source material, perform physical investigations as necessary

vi) Contractor will follow the guidelines for counting contributing and non-contributing resources in National Register Bulletin: Guidelines for Completing National Register of Historic Places Forms. The resource count will conform to the Rules for Counting

Resources in Bulletin 16A. http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/index.htm#bulletin.

vii) Contractor will include select photo log and photographic views that represent the overall character of the property as required for a successful NHL nomination to be submitted electronically on the template provided by NHL Program staff and completed according to NR guidelines, using a program compatible with Microsoft

Word and that is compliant with Section 508. The contractor shall adhere to the

National Register Photo Policy Fact Sheet

(http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/guidance/Photo_Policy_final.pdf). Identify any material for which copyright is unknown and/or for which permission to use must be sought. Seek and obtain permission after consulting with NPS. Note: Any photograph taken as part of a project funded by NPS is not copyrighted and can be used in the public domain.

viii) Contractor will prepare and provided electronic copy of a detailed site plan and location map(s) of the property to show the nominated areas with contributing and noncontributing resources identified, following the instructions contained in Bulletin

16A, How to Complete the National Register Form, and the NR Bulletin, How to

Prepare National Historic Landmark Nominations and in the National Register Draft

Electronic map Policy Factsheet:

(http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/GIS_maps/GIS_Guidance_2013_05_15

.pdf)

ix) Contractor will include USGS quadrangle or electronic map(s), which will be annotated with the boundary, bounding polygon, and UTM and/or lat-long coordinates

c) Complete revised draft NHL nomination for the property in consultation with NPS staff that appropriately addresses comments received, following review of the draft nomination. Additional research and graphic materials may be required to address any questions, comments, or concerns.

d) Deliver the revised draft NHL nomination to the NPS for review electronically in MS

Word format. The NHL program will send the revised draft NHL nomination to select scholars for peer review.

e) Prepare the final NHL nomination following and based on comments received from the peer review, in consultation with NHL program staff.

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f) Deliver the final NHL nomination package to the NPS for final submission to the

Landmarks Committee, electronically in MS Word format, which will include images and figures (with appropriate permissions to use) and maps.

g) Provide the NHL Program with contact information for the property owner(s), the highest local official, all Congressional legislators (two senators and one representative), as well as all other interested parties.

h) Prepare draft and final versions of an executive summary on the template provided by the

NPS for the final nomination in accordance with NPS standards, for presentation at meetings of the Landmarks Committee. The consultant will revise and edit the draft executive summary, based on comments received from NHL Program staff. The consultant will deliver the executive summary to the NHA and the NPS electronically in

MS Word format.

i) Deliver field notes, research notes, data collected, all photographs, and maps included data to the NPS.

IV. GUIDELINES, POLICIES, STANDARDS AND CODES

1) All work to be performed under this agreement will comply with all applicable federal standards including but not limited to those found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

Chapter 36; the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards

(http://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_9.htm); the Secretary of the Interior's

Standards for Archaeology and Historic Preservation (as amended and annotated); the

Antiquities Act of 1906 (Pub.L. 59–209, 34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. § 431–433); the Historic

Sites Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467); the Historic Preservation Act of 1966

(as amended--Public Law 89-665; 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.); National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (PL 91-190, 83 Stat. 852 42 U.S.C. §4321 et seq. (1969); 1969 Archaeological and

Historic Preservation Act of 1972 (AHPA); Archaeological Resources Protection Act of

1979 (ARPA); American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 (AIRFA); Native American

Graves and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA); and any other applicable laws, standards and/or guidelines.

2) All work must be technically and legally defensible.

3) Additional specific technical standards and guidelines to be applied include:

a) U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin: How to Prepare National Historic Landmark Nominations. Washington, DC, 1999.

http://www.nps.gov/NR/publications/bulletins/nhl/index.htm

b) Guidance presented in archived webinars available on the NHL website:

http://www.nps.gov/nhl/learn/webinars.htm

c) Style Sheet for the National Historic Landmarks Program:

http://www.nps.gov/nhl/apply/pdfs/NHLStyleSheet.pdf http://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_9.htm http://www.nps.gov/NR/publications/bulletins/nhl/index.htm http://www.nps.gov/nhl/learn/webinars.htm http://www.nps.gov/nhl/apply/pdfs/NHLStyleSheet.pdf

d) Photo and map guideline found on the NHL’s webpages: http://www.nps.gov/nhl/apply/compile.htm (Use drop down headings)

e) National Register's Photograph Policy Factsheet:

http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/photopolicy/Photo_Policy_update_2013_05

_15.pdf

f) National Register's guidelines for electronic maps:

http://www.nps.gov/NR/publications/bulletins/GIS_maps/GIS_Guidance_2013_05_15.pd f

g) The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.):

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/contents.html

h) National Historic Landmark Program Nomination Checklist:

http://www.nps.gov/nhl/learn/pubs/NominationChecklist.pdf

4) The researcher 's quality control efforts must ensure that all draft and final deliverables are completed documents, as specified, that meet the standards of scholarship as defined by the guidelines of the various professional organizations including but not limited to the American

Historical Association and the National Council for Public History and that have been reviewed for copy quality, technical accuracy, and consistency with style guidelines.

Submittals not displaying such efforts will not be accepted.

5) The researcher must coordinate with the NPS as necessary to complete the work as and when required. This may include participating in conference calls and product review meetings.

6) The researcher must obtain prior Government approval from the Contracting Officer for any public information releases concerning this award (including outside publication) which refer to the Department of the Interior or any bureau or employee (by name or title). The specific text, layout photographs, etc. of the proposed release must be submitted with the request for approval.

7) All research material collected in conjunction with this project remains in the public domain and is archived and otherwise managed by the National Park Service, Region-1.

V. Delivery/Performance Schedule

All work specified shall be completed in accordance with the following schedule and all deliverables will be made to the NPS. In addition to the products listed below, the researcher shall provide the project manager with a quarterly report outlining the work accomplished in the preceding three months and providing an outline of work to be done in the forthcoming three months.

1) An official schedule of deadlines will be included in a contract with the selected preparer.

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2) Proposed Schedule of Deadlines:

Due Date Project Milestone

No later than

September 15, 2020

Project officially begins with kickoff meeting including contractor, site owners, and Contracting Officer’s Representative

March 1, 2021 Submit Outline

April 1, 2021 Retuned by NPS with comments

September 1, 2021 Draft historical narrative based on research, with arguments for NHL

Criterion and national significance, and figures as needed for NPS internal review

October 1, 2021 Retuned by NPS with comments

March 1, 2022 Draft physical description including contributing resource list and maps, and figures as needed for NPS internal review

April 1, 2022 Returned by NPS with comments

September 1, 2022 Submission of complete draft NHL nomination to NPS for internal review revised to address NPS comments

November 1, 2022 Returned by NPS with peer review comments

February 1, 2023 Submission of revised draft NHL nomination to NPS to reflect comments and revisions suggested by NPS for external peer review

March 1, 2023 Submission of final draft NHL nomination package

VI. SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT

While the specific terms of payment will be included in a contract with the selected preparer, suggested terms of payment appear below:

1) Schedule of Payments:

a) Upon signing contract: 10% of total payment

b) Upon accepted nomination outline: 10% of total payment

c) Upon accepted draft historical narrative based on research, with arguments for NHL

Criterion and national significance, and figures as needed for NPS internal review: 20% of total payment

d) Upon accepted draft physical description including contributing resource list and maps, and figures as needed for NPS internal review: 20% of payment

e) Upon accepted submission of complete draft NHL nomination to NPS for internal review: 20% of total payment

f) Upon accepted submission of revised draft NHL nomination to NPS to reflect comments and revisions suggested by NPS for external peer review: 10% of total payment

g) Upon accepted submission of final draft NHL nomination to NPS revised to reflect comments and revisions suggested by external peer reviewers, complete with maps and photographs with full permissions: 10% of total payment

2) Invoicing:

a) All invoices shall be electronically emailed to the Project Manager in PDF format. Also, invoices MUST be submitted utilizing the Invoice Processing Platform System, US

Department of Treasury, http://www.ipp.gov. The PDF copy of the invoice must be in the exact amount entered into IPP. Put IPP invoice number on your invoice.

b) Invoices shall also reference the contract number, task order number, project title, park name, total task order amount, period of performance start and end date, percentage of work complete referenced to scheduled task number and amount due.

VII. EVALUATION CRITERIA

1) Required Consultant Qualifications

a) Contractor and key team members shall 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 through 1992 https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_9.htm.

b) Contractor or at least one key team member will be a qualified historian with demonstrated experience in successfully preparing NHL nominations and/or theme studies, and have the capability of preparing a fully complete updated NHL nomination for Delaware and Hudson Canal, for presentation to the NHL Committee of the National

Park System Advisory Board. The consultant, at minimum, will meet the meet the qualifications for a GS-0170-11 Historian as established by the U.S. Office of Personnel and Management and approved by NPS staff in its Washington Support Office.

Knowledge and experience in Labor History or History of Civil Engineering is highly desired.

c) Contractor shall demonstrate in proposal their ability to complete large scale documentation projects.

d) Contractor shall have experience evaluating and nominating historic properties for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or for designation as National Historic

Landmarks associated with transportation and engineering history. Experience evaluating and nominating nationally significant properties and demonstrated knowledge of the

NHL Program and nomination process is preferred.

2) If the consultant comprises a consulting firm or team, then a Principal Investigator must be designated for the project. The Principal Investigator must meet the minimum qualification requirements specified above and must agree to be principally responsible for all work conducted by other consultant personnel for the project. The individual selected as the

Principal Investigator may not change during the project without prior written approval of the

NPS.

3) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

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a) Past Experience

b) Adequacy, feasibility and soundness of proposed technical approach and methodology

c) Realistic and reasonable project cost proposal demonstrating an understanding of level of effort required to successfully complete the project.

4) All firms shall be registered and certified in www.SAM.gov.

a) Submit Duns number with bid

5) Quotes received by fax WILL NOT be accepted

6) Quotes received after the solicitation close date/time WILL NOT be accepted

7) Past performance is a measure of the degree to which a contractor has satisfied its customers in the past. The NPS will evaluate past performance based on contacting references provided by the contractor, the Government’s knowledge of Offeror’s past performance, and /or references obtained from any other source.

8) Offerors wishing to respond to this RFQ should provide the following:

a) Offeror must furnish a history of past performance with a minimum of 3 references listed with contact information including name, address and phone number. Offerors who do not provide past performance information will be considered non-responsive.

b) Offeror must furnish company name, official point of contact name, DUNS number, TIN number, address, phone and fax number along with email address

9) The Technical Proposal will be evaluated on the firm that meets all the technical criteria and has the lowest price. Consultant shall include in their proposal the following:

a) A letter of interest stating an understanding of the scope of work and estimated costs for each of the tasks identified in the scope of work (Not to exceed 5 pages)

b) At least one but no more than three (3) projects highlighting previous work experience in conducting historic research and preparing Administrative History Reports. This factor will be used to evaluate the offeror’s most recent and relevant experience and performance in accomplishing the type of work required by this solicitation. To be considered relevant, projects submitted must be similar in scope, magnitude and complexity to the requirements of this solicitation. Experience with properties associated with history of transportation or civil engineering required. To be considered recent, projects submitted must be on-going, or must have been completed within the past five

(5) years. This factor will also be used to evaluate how well an offeror has performed on previous projects of similar scope, magnitude and complexity, and is an indicator of the likelihood of completion of new projects in terms of time, cost, and quality of work.

References with contact information must be included for each project (Not to exceed 5 pages).

c) Resumes of key personnel (Not to exceed 2 pages on each resume). This factor will be used to evaluate documented evidence of the offeror’s ability to provide key personnel who meet all contract qualifications requirements. Proposed key personnel must meet all http://www.sam.gov/ minimum requirements specified in the RFP for the duties / positions they are proposed to perform.

VII. PERSONNEL

1) Contracting Officers Representative - All communications and invoices shall be addressed to the Contracting Officer and directed to the attention of:

Contracting Officers Representative (COR) and Project Manager:

Amanda Casper, PhD

History and Preservation Assistance

National Park Service

Interior Region 1, North Atlantic – Appalachian

(267) 357-1602 amanda_casper@nps.gov mailto:kathryn_smith@nps.gov