Replace garden key harbor light shutters and doors

The National Park Service Southeast Region seeks replacement of historic wooden shutters and doors at the Garden Key Harbor Light in Dry Tortugas National Park, with proposals due August 5 and questions due July 14. This is a Total Small Business set-aside competitive procurement.

Place of performance is Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida. The contract is Firm Fixed Price Construction with magnitude between $250,000 and $500,000. Performance must commence within 10 calendar days of notice to proceed and be completed within 60 calendar days. NAICS code is 238350, Finish Carpentry Contractors; PSC code is Z2JZ, Repair Or Alteration Of Miscellaneous Buildings.

Scope requires rehabilitation, fabrication, and installation of four single shutters (Watch Room), four double-leaf shutters (Tier Two), two double-leaf shutters (Tier One), one double-leaf door (main terraplain), and one double-leaf door (Watch Room), plus all associated custom-fabricated hardware matching salvaged historic samples with no commercially available substitutes permitted. A mockup consisting of one complete shutter assembly and one full door leaf requires NPS approval before production commences. Wood species is cypress with salvaged old-growth Miami-Dade Pine as acceptable alternate. All work must comply with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

Contractors must demonstrate at least three comparable historic preservation projects within ten years involving exterior wood shutters or doors, proficiency in traditional joinery and late-19th-century maritime or lighthouse carpentry, prior remote-location construction experience, and custom wood assembly capability. An organized site visit is scheduled for July 10 at 10:45 a.m. ET; attendance confirmation due July 9 by 5:00 p.m. ET. NPS ferry transportation costs $180 per person.

Proposals must include technical approach (not to exceed 20 pages), minimum three past performance questionnaires from clients on similar-magnitude projects within five years, and detailed cost breakout. A 20 percent bid guarantee is required; 100 percent performance and payment bonds are required upon award. Davis-Bacon wage determination applies. Contractor must furnish liability insurance of $1,000,000 workers' compensation, $500,000 general liability per person/$1,000,000 per occurrence, and $2,000,000 property damage. The site superintendent must be a prime contractor employee. Normal work hours are 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, maximum 40 hours per week, no weekend or holiday work without authorization.

Amendment 0001, issued July 6 (effective July 16), attaches a contractor Q&A document providing clarifications on the Drawings document; all other terms remain unchanged.