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Scope of Work Independence National Historical Park

Bishop White House & 313-317 Walnut Street Museum Collection Move and Storage

Project Goals Provide labor and materials to pack, transport, offload, reload, unpack, and install historic museum collection objects from 309 Walnut (Bishop William White House) and 313-317 Walnut Street (Architectural & Archaeological Study Collection) in Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia PA. Objects include furniture, books, ceramics, metals, glass, textiles, building parts and hardware, and archaeological specimens. Objects range in size and weight from a teaspoon to a 14-foot cast iron stair railing. Storage will be onsite in three locations at Independence National Historical Park and offsite at one location under National Park Service management.

Part 1—Bishop William White House (309 Walnut Street)

1. Pack ten rooms of antique furniture and furnishings (1,938 objects including a library— see attached inventory) located on three floors of an historic building without an elevator.

Objects are extremely fragile. NPS will label boxed and wrapped objects according to their room locations. Contractor will perform packing according to these standards:

a. All furniture will be individually wrapped in heavy plain paper. NO

PLASTIC PACKING MATERIALS ARE PERMITTED.

b. All hand-held objects will be individually wrapped in plain newsprint paper and boxed in cardboard boxes. NO PLASTIC PACKING MATERIALS ARE

PERMITTED.

2. Hand load packed objects and transport them by truck to the Independence National Historical Park facility the City Tavern, a three-story building without an elevator, at 138 S. 2nd Street.

3. At the conclusion of the storage period (date will be determined after the conclusion of other contract work going on in the facility), hand load museum objects and return them to 309 Walnut Street. Deliver wrapped and boxed objects to designated rooms on three floors, unpack and place objects as directed by NPS personnel.

4. Remove all trash from facility.

Part 2—Architectural & Archaeological Collection (313-317 Walnut Street)

1. Thirty-eight cabinets that will retain their contents will remain onsite. The contractor will wrap every cabinet individually to seal them all against dust.

2. Contractor will individually wrap each cabinet three times: first with brown paper, then with plastic, and finally shrink wrapped.

3. Contractor will not unwrap any cabinets at the conclusion of the project.

4. Pack eighteen rooms of antique architectural and archaeological objects (1,226 individual objects—see attached inventory—and 598 prepacked boxes of archaeological specimens) located on three floors of a modern building with a small elevator. Objects are extremely fragile. Wooden doors and shutters have peeling lead-based paint and must be wrapped before transport. NPS will label boxed and wrapped objects according to their room locations. Contractor will perform packing according to these standards:

a. All hand-held objects will be individually wrapped in plain newsprint paper and boxed in cardboard boxes or moving C-bins.

b. All large objects (doors, windows, shutters) will be wrapped in heavy plain paper and taped shut to enclose any peeling paint.

c. NO PLASTIC PACKING MATERIALS ARE PERMITTED FOR OBJECTS

NOT IN DRAWERS.

d. PRE-PACKED BOXES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS WILL BE

STACKED NO MORE THAN THREE BOXES HIGH FOR TRANSPORT

AND STORAGE.

5. Hand load packed hand-held objects and transport them by truck to the Independence National Historical Park facility, a three-story building without an elevator, at 339-341 Walnut. Hand load all wrapped doors and shutters and transport them by truck to the National Park Service-managed facility at 167 W. Oxford Street (a one-story garage with a loading bay). Hand load all archaeological boxes and transport them to the Independence National Historical Park facility the Declaration House first floor theater at 700 Market Street.

6. At the conclusion of the storage period (date will be determined after the conclusion of other contract work going on in the facility), hand load packed objects from all storage locations and return them to 313-317 Walnut Street. Deliver wrapped and boxed objects to designated rooms on three floors, unpack and place objects as directed by NPS personnel.

7. Remove all trash from facility.

Other Requirements Contractor must submit a safety plan that describes how contractor personnel will be trained to work in the presence of peeling lead-based paint. This plan must be approved by the NPS before contract work begins.

Contractor must secure parking permits for storage locations (i.e. Walnut Street, 2nd Street, and 7th Street or Market Stree)t from the City of Philadelphia.

BISHOP WHITE HOUSE MUSEUM COLLECTION INVENTORY –1,938 objects

Books and other printed items – 1,197

Metal Objects (kitchen items) – 249

Ceramic Objects (food service and decorative items) – 235

Furniture – 113 42 side chairs 18 arm chairs 17 tables (dining, side, end) 7 mirrors 5 chests of drawers 4 beds 3 settee benches 2 sofas 2 wardrobes 2 desks 2 blanket chests 2 stools 1 sideboard 1 piano forte 1 tall case clock 1 bookcase 1 hanging cupboard 1 towel rack 1 washstand

Glass Objects (food service) – 52

Wooden Objects (kitchen items and personal tools) – 42

Framed Prints – 32

Miscellaneous (personal items) -- 16

Paintings – 2

313-317 WALNUT STREET MUSEUM COLLECTION INVENTORY

1, 226 objects Objects (wood, metal, plaster) on shelves – 665

Objects (wood, metal) leaning on walls (ranging in height from 3 to 8 feet)– 157

Objects (wood, metal) on carts – 43

Boards (ranging in length from 1 foot to 9 feet) – 91

Windows -- 70

Masonry (marble, brick, stone) – 57

Furniture -- 38 22 chairs 10 benches 3 tables 2 mirrors 1 desk

Doors—29

Moldings (wood, ranging in length from1 foot to 12 feet in length) – 29

Mantels – 23

Shutters – 14

Firebacks – 9

Rolling display cabinet -- 1

598 boxes of archaeological material (each L15 x W 15 x H 12 inches)