National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, Colorado 80225

B -- ETHNOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL WAR DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON AND ANACOSTIA PARK GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLANS SOL 1443-RQ-2000-96-136 POC Sue Trujillo, 303/969-2057 The National Park Service (NPS), Denver Service Center, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225 is seeking a qualified firm, individual, or group to assist NPS staff in their responsibility to manage its cultural and natural resources in an effective, culturally informed manner. In order to accomplish this, the NPS requires the analysis of ethnographic information about contemporary user groups with ties to specific park areas. The proposed ethnographic overview and assessment focuses on the Civil War Defenses of Washington (CWDW, aka Fort Circle Parks) and Anacostia Park and immediate environs, and the associated resources that contemporary user groups define as having significance. Emphasis is on the relevant groups with long term or presently active associations with the park areas and the cultural and natural resources to which they ascribe recreational, religious, historic, or other cultural significance. The principal investigator must be a cultural anthropologist (ethnographer) with a Ph.D (equivalent to a GS-12 level federal employee), or the equivalent as reflected in a publication and professional activity record. The record must demonstrate experience in the independent design and implementation of cultural anthropological field projects involving contemporary peoples; experience in applied anthropology and collaborative studies involving groups represented in Washington D.C.; experience in supervising graduate students in cultural anthropology projects; and the demonstrated ability to carry ethnographic research to completion as evidenced by timely completion of projects and reports, published papers, conference presentations. The Government estimates that the cost of this order will be under $50,000.00. A Request for Quotations will be issued approximately 15 days after publication of this requirement. Interested parties should contact Ms. Sue Trujillo by FAX at 303-969-2040 to obtain a copy of the solicitation. This requirement is reserved exclusively for small business concerns. (0233)

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