National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Contracting Office, Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123

Z -- PRESERVATION OF FOUR HISTORIC CANNONS SOL RQ814099170 DUE 072499 POC Joel Simmons, Contract Specialist, 415-561-4794 WEB: Procurement Opportunities, http://www.nps.gov/goga/procoptn.htm. E-MAIL: National Park Service Point of Contact, joel_r_simmons@nps.gov. The National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, Ca is soliciting proposals from qualified small business organizations to enter into a firm fixed price contract to clean and preserve two historic bronze cannons and two historic cast iron cannons located in San Francisco, CA. The cannons are all located in the marine environment along the coast of the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Each cannon has individual treatment requirements to get them to a state where on-going maintenance will preserve them for the future. The project will be approached in three phases (1) Examination Report and Treatment Proposal, (2) Treatment, and (3) Treatment Report. The following criteria, all of equal importance, shall be considered in evaluation of contractors for award: (a) Documentation of graduate degree or certificate from an accredited conservation program or documented apprenticeship with a museum conservator; (b) Demonstrated experience in conservation of works of art or historic objects in a museum conservation setting; (c) Demonstrated experience in conservation of public sculpture and/or historic cannons; (d) Demonstrated experience in conservation of metal, especially bronze and iron objects; (e) Demonstrated experience in conservation of metal objects in a marine environment; (f) Demonstrated experience in completion of object treatment proposals and object treatment reports; (g) Demonstrated experience in preparing maintenance plans for metal objects; and (h) Demonstrated experience in providing training for non-technical staff in the preservation of metal objects. The National Park Service welcomes the participation of small, minority, and women owned enterprises. This solicitation is 100% Set-aside for small businesses. Individuals interested in receiving a copy of solicitation RQ8140-99-170 available o/a 6/25/99 should submit a written request via letter, email, or fax to the attention of the individual named herein. Faxed requests will be received at (415) 561-4795; email and mailing addresses are contained within this notice. SIC code is 7699. Posted 06/11/99 (W-SN341994). (0162)

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