REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF INTEREST & QUALIFICATIONS
Reproduce Pioneer Furnishings to Enhance the Visitor Experience
August 2019
(Replies Requested by September 30, 2019)
Pipe Spring National Monument (monument) is seeking Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) collaborators to a reproduce a number of original pioneer-era furnishings to display in the monument’s main historic furnished structure, Winsor Castle, using period techniques and materials. This project will work in conjunction with monument staff to identify which pieces are a priority for reproduction. New pieces may be produced that will allow for a more accurate furnished Winsor Castle to aid in the visitor experience. Additionally a video and photographs of the process shall be produced so the work can be shared with future visitors to the site.
All current CESU nonfederal partners will be considered, but the target audience are members of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Desert Southwest CESUs.
The project may draw upon expertise from the fields of history, woodworking, cabinetry, joinery, skilled trades, or comparable fields.
The NPS is requesting information on your interest and qualifications to provide expertise through a collaborative approach where both parties directly benefit from the cooperative process. Following the potential identification of a Principal Investigator (P.I.) and cooperator institution/CESU partner on this project, the NPS hopes to finalize a scope of work governing the project with work beginning in early 2020.
Please submit an electronic statement of interest to PISP Museum Curator, Brandon A. Sexton, at brandon_sexton@nps.gov, by the close of business August 30, 2019 or sooner.
Should you have questions, please feel free to contact the monument’s Museum Curator, Brandon A. Sexton, via e-mail or at (928) 643-7105.
Posted 8/20/19
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