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BICENTENNIAL EXHIBITS,

FORT VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE,

PHASE II

1. BACKGROUND

In 2025, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will commemorate the bicentennial of the founding of the British fur-trading post of Fort Vancouver through the installation of three new exhibits. These exhibits will highlight new topics for visitors to the site, including the history of childhood at Fort Vancouver and the story of the fort’s construction and reconstruction. Exhibits will be installed in the Visitor Center and in two rooms of the

Counting House.

The design work was completed in FY24 as part of “Phase I” of this project. This work was accomplished in-house and through a series of contracts with local artists and writers. The park will provide files for exhibit panels fabrication as described below. All design files will be InDesign and/or PDF files.

2. PURPOSE

The purpose of this contract is to fabricate and install exhibit panels and other necessary components in three areas in the park.

3. SCOPE OF WORK

The Contractor shall provide the National Park Service with all labor, supplies, materials, facilities, travel, and deliveries necessary to fabricate/install exhibit panels and other necessary components in four (4) areas of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. See below.

a. Counting House Exhibits: A Changing World (160 square feet) and Fort

Vancouver on the Landscape (240 square feet)

The Contractor will then fabricate and install six (6) each 24H x 36W, 1/2" thick, with wall mounting hardware, color, full bleed, matte finish, interior gel coat laminate or comparable panels for A Changing World exhibit in the Fort Vancouver Counting

House East Room using files provided by park. Files will be ready on or before July

31, 2025.

The Contractor will fabricate and install seven (7) each 24H x 36W, 1/2" thick, with wall mounting hardware, color, full bleed, matte finish, interior gel coat laminate or comparable panels for Fort Vancouver on the Landscape exhibit in the Fort

Vancouver Counting House West Room using files provided by park. Files will be ready on or before June 1, 2025.

b. Visitor Center Exhibit

The Contractor will fabricate and install four (4) each 24H x 36W, 0.125” thick color, full bleed, matte finish, interior gel-coat laminate or comparable exhibit panels from files provided by the park. Files will be ready on or before July 31, 2025.

4. DELIVERABLES

The Contractor shall submit the following for COR review and written approval in accordance with items A through C before proceeding with the next phase. The review phases are as follows:

A. Submit full-size, color paper proofs of all panels and one color lab sample per exhibit.

Once approved by NPS, proceed to fabrication. NPS requires 10 business days for review.

B. Submit proposed hanging specifications. Once approved by NPS, installation may be scheduled. NPS requires 10 business days for review.

C. Install all exhibit components, to be completed on or before December 1, 2025.

5. DESTINATION POINT

Unless they are oversize, submissions shall be delivered to:

National Park Service

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

800 Hatheway Road, Building 722

Vancouver, WA 98661

Larger items delivered on pallets shall be delivered to:

National Park Service

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

501 E 5th Street, Building 400

6. TRAVEL

The Contractor shall be responsible for all travel necessary to successfully perform the work outlined in the Scope of Work, specifically a minimum of two trips to Vancouver, WA.

7. REVIEW AND APPROVAL

The COR will notify the contractor, in writing, of approval or rejection of the work within 30 days. Any additions or corrections shall be completed within 45 calendar days.

In the event the government delays comments beyond the period specified, the contractor shall be entitled to a day-for-day extension to the completion date.

8. PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Upon completion and acceptance of work, and receipt of a proper invoice, the contractor shall be paid a firm-fixed price in accordance with the following schedule:

Payment # Description of Work Payment Amount

1 Upon completion of first site visit to

Vancouver, WA

2 Upon submittal of panel proofs and color sample. July 31, 2025

3 Upon installation/acceptance of all components. December 1, 2025

*** Contractor shall propose payment amounts in dollar amounts.

9. TIME FOR COMPLETION

All work including review, approval and deliverables installed shall be completed on or before December 1, 2025.

10. WARRANTY

The contractor shall guarantee the workmanship against defects in work and material for a minimum of one year upon acceptance and final payment and shall include all labor, materials, etc. at no additional cost to the government.

If, during this warranty period, defective workmanship, materials, or equipment are identified by the government, the contractor will be notified, in writing, as to liability and responsibility for corrective action at no cost to the government.

Action may include but is not limited to:

A. Placing all work into satisfactory condition;

B. Making good all damages to equipment, the site, the building, or contents thereof, that have resulted from such unsatisfactory work; and

C. Making good any work, materials, or equipment that are disturbed in fulfilling the guarantee including any work, materials, or equipment that may have been guaranteed under another contract.

Should the contractor fail to proceed with work in accordance with the guarantee within seven (7) calendar days from the notice of corrective action(s), the contractor shall have such work performed at no expense of the government.

In no event will the government be responsible for any extension or delays in the scheduled deliverables or periods of performance under this contract as a result of the contractor’s obligations to correct defects, nor shall there be any adjustment of the delivery schedule or period of performance as a result of the correction of defects unless provided by a supplemental agreement with adequate consideration.

If the government returns any work to the contractor for correction or replacement under this contract, the contractor shall be liable for transportation charges up to an amount equal to the cost of transportation by the usual commercial method of shipment from the place of delivery specified in the contract (irrespective of the F.O.B. point or the point of acceptance) to the contractor’s plant and return to the final place of delivery specified in the contract “Section 3”. The contractor shall also bear the responsibility for insurance of the panels while in transit.

The contractor shall be liable for the reasonable costs, including travel of personnel, and disassembly of larger items when it is necessary to remove the work to be inspected and returned for correction or replacement.

11. ATTACHMENTS

Attachment A: Photographs of exhibit spaces.

12. CONTACTS

Meagan Huff, Curator

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

800 Hatheway Road, Bldg. 722

Vancouver, WA 98661

(360) 409-3737 meagan_huff@nps.gov

Paul O’Dell, Business and Administration Manager, Contracting Officer’s

Representative

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

800 Hatheway Road, Bldg. 722 paul_odell@nps.gov

Add CO and CS contact info mailto:paul_odell@nps.gov