46-DNCR-25-2065 RFP Bentonville Battlefield Cultural Landscape Report

Solicitation Number

Doc1354627719

Department

Status Reason

Open

Opening Date

2025-02-05T14:00:00.0000000

Posted Date

2025-01-06T16:04:44.0000000Z

Commodity Code

Mandatory Conference/Site Visit

Special Instructions

Description

Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site (hereinafter SHS), a division of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (hereinafter DNCR) seeks a qualified Vendor to assist in documenting, compiling, and analyzing the history and significance of the cultural landscape of Bentonville Battlefield SHS. The Vendor shall provide treatment guidance, identify management objectives, and ultimately prepare a scope of work for the preservation, restoration, and reconstruction of Bentonville Battlefield. The selected Vendor shall provide DNCR and Bentonville Battlefield SHS with a comprehensive cultural resource documentation and analysis of the cultural landscape that will form future stewardship and battlefield preservation. Funding will be made possible by a grant from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP). DNCR seeks a Vendor to produce a comprehensive two-part Cultural Landscape Report for the project area which comprises the entire 6,000-acre battlefield “study area” as defined by the 1993 Civil War Sites Advisory Commission report and by Bentonville’s 1996 National Historic Landmark designation. The Cultural Landscape Report shall be broken up as follows: Part 1: The selected Vendor shall document, compile, and analyze the character-defining features and significance of the battlefield. Part 2: The Vendor shall create a comprehensive treatment plan for the project area. The treatment plan will be divided into two sections, (Part A:) consisting of currently actionable items on 53 tracts totaling approximately 2,000 acres currently preserved by the historic site and the American Battlefield Trust and (Part B:) possible future actions when additional properties are acquired. Treatment recommendations should meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes (“SOI Standards”). This project will be fully funded by a grant from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program and submitted proposals shall not exceed $113,560.00. The most qualified bidder will be selected based on criteria established in this RFP. Bidders should consider in their proposed budgets and timelines that the historic site and its partners retain substantive archival research for the battle period, including historic maps, and firsthand accounts from battle participants – much of which is digitized (though not all). Additionally, a preservation plan was crafted by the Jaegar Company for the battlefield in the late 1990s. These resources will be freely shared with the Vendor.

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