Call for proposals--Conservation services

The National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center is soliciting
proposals for object conservator(s) to document and treat an
assemblage of Civil War artifacts on-site at the Willow Springs
facility located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The materials are
both organic and inorganic in nature and include, but not limited
to, leather belts, metal buckles, wooden furniture, weapons,
ceramics and glass. All documentation and subsequent treatments
shall conform to the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Code
of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice.

The Government anticipates award of up to five firm-fixed price
on-site contracts. Award is anticipated on or before May 14, 2007
and will continue through October 1, 2007. The contract term is
negotiable. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the
Department of Interior's National Business Center (NBC) website at
<URL:http://ideasec.nbc.gov> on or around March 21, 2007. Paper
copies of this solicitation will not be made available. Questions
should be directed to

    Sheila Spring
    Contract Specialist
    National Park Service
    Harpers Ferry Center
    Office of Acquisition Management
    PO Box 50
    230 Zachary Taylor Street
    Harpers Ferry WV 25425
    sheila_spring [at] nps__gov

Prospective offerors desiring to conduct business with the
Department of Interior are requested to register at the NBC site.

This solicitation is totally set aside for a small business. NAICS
code is 711510, independent artists, writers, and performers, size
standard of $6.5 million average annual receipts for an offeror's
preceding three fiscal years.


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