Added: Jun 25, 2008 3:11 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, (RL)requires
services to curate, evaluate, track, clean, store, inventory, preserve and
display artifacts related to the Hanford Sites Manhattan Project and Cold
War
Era (hereby referred to as Hanford Collection). The 586-square-mile
Hanford
Site is located along the Columbia River in southeastern Washington State.
A
plutonium production complex with nine nuclear reactors and associated
processing facilities, Hanford played a pivotal role in the nation's
defense
for more than 40 years, beginning in the 1940s with the Manhattan Project.
Today, under the direction of the U.S. Department of Energy, Hanford is
engaged
in the world's largest environmental cleanup project, with a number of
overlapping technical, political, regulatory, financial and cultural
issues.
The Hanford Collection includes, but is not limited to a telephone booth,
signs, books, manuals, newsletters, videos, documents, gas masks, oxygen
masks,
respirators, and over 1200 photographs.
The Hanford Collection must be (1) maintained in a manner compliant with
Title
36 of the Code of Federal Regulations Chapter 1, Sections 79.9, 79.10 and
79.11, (2) available for study, analysis, loan or exhibition, (3) available
for
public viewing on a negotiated schedule but no less than 300 days per year
with
a minimum display area of 2,000 square feet, (4) displayed within the
Tri-Cities, Washington. The contractor will also be required to
periodically
travel onto the Hanford Site to assist in the collection and documentation
of
artifacts as they are identified.
The Hanford Curation Strategy is one of several informational links on the
Hanford Site Historic District web page at
http://www.hanford.gov/doe/history/.
This acquisition is classified under North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) Code 712110, Museum Services. The size standard as defined
by
the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for this NAICS code is
$6,500,000. More information on SBA size standards is available at
http://www.sba.gov/businessop/standards/smallbus.html.
Contract Type and Estimated Value
The government, as a result of this interest announcement, may award a
fixed
price contract for a period of one year with two one year options.
Curation,
preservation, and display responsibilities anticipated under this action
are
not intended to be fully funded and may require the sharing of certain
costs.
The government cost estimate for this work is anticipated to be less than
$200,000 annually.
Content of Responses
The purpose of this notice is to ascertain the extent of interest and
capability of the business community related to the contemplated
acquisition.
Interested businesses are requested to submit a brief Statement of
Qualifications including the following information:
Name and address of firm
DUNS number
Point of Contact (name, telephone number and e-mail address)
Relevant experience of the firm and individuals within the last five
years
providing services to store, handle, maintain and preserve historical
artifacts.
Capabilities of the firm to perform the contemplated work (proposed
display
location, etc.)
Suitability and method of cost sharing i.e., donations
(labor/facilities),
other grants, admission charge, etc.
The Statement of Qualifications is not intended to be a proposal, but
rather
the information will be used by DOE in determining the availability of
qualified offerors. All responses to this notice must be provided
electronically not later than 8:00 AM Pacific Time, July 14, 2008, via
DOEs
Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS). Information is available at
http://www.pr.doe.gov/iips/busopor.nsf/ViewMenu?ReadForm
Interested parties are reminded that all current and prospective
contractors of
the federal government must be registered in the Central Contractor
Registration (CCR) database in order to receive an award. Registration
information is available at http://www.ccr.gov.
NAICS Code 712110
