SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Photography and Merchandise Operations at Hoover Dam Visitor Center
- Notice Date
- 3/31/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region Contracting Office, PO Box 61470 Boulder City NV 89006
- ZIP Code
- 89006
- Solicitation Number
- 09SP308133
- Archive Date
- 3/31/2010
- Point of Contact
- Rita Horkan Contract Specialist 7022938036 RHorkan@lc.usbr.gov;<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region has a requirement for the photography and merchandise sales operations at Hoover Dam, Nevada. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price, performance-based service contract for a base and four (4) option years. Hoover Dam is located approximately 7 miles northeast of Boulder City, Nevada and 32 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. Photography and Merchandise Sales are authorized under the Miscellaneous Sales Act, Public Law 106-461. Reclamation is authorized to sell memorabilia, products, and publications that will enhance the public's visits to Hoover Dam and/or provide information and educational data regarding the Dam and the fish, wildlife, and environment of the areas surrounding the dam. The contractor will display and promote merchandise and sell souvenir photographs. Reclamation manages all of the engineering, maintenance, and public activities that directly involve Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam is perhaps the most historically important dam structure in the United States. It sits across the Colorado River (Nevada/Arizona boundary) and forms Lake Mead. The dam which was built during the depression and completed in 1935 provides power generation, downstream flood protection, and water for agricultural and human consumption. Over 1,000,000 people per year make a specific effort to visit Hoover Dam either on their way through or as a specific side trip. Reclamation operates a large visitor center and also provides a multi-story parking structure, both on the Nevada side of the dam. Visitor services are conducted every day, excluding Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, with spring and summer receiving the highest visitation. There are retail outlets, run by the State of Nevada under the authority of the Randolph Shepard Act, providing souvenirs, food, and beverages to the public. A new bypass with a bridge across the Colorado River is currently being constructed below the dam and when it is completed in 2 or 3 years, it will provide for the through traffic and change the current traffic and congestion crossing the dam. The Performance Work Statement (PWS) of the solicitation will require the contractor to provide all personnel, equipment, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to manage and operate the photography and merchandise sales operations seven days a week, except for Thanksgiving and Christmas days. The contractor will be required to manage and operate an integrated on-site portrait photography and merchandise sales operation for Hoover Dam visitors. Overall management and administration would be expected to assure that all operations run efficiently and provide good value and service to the public by one company. The contractor would be expected to enhance the historic Hoover Dam experience while maintaining the dignity of the area. The work will include the following principal features of work, including but not limited to: (1) Accept, display, sell and account for merchandise sales; (2) Take professional digital photographs of tourists, process photographs and place in an attractive folder, and sell on-site or via the Internet; (3) Account for photography sales; (4) Provide financial and managerial controls to carry out all of the tasks related to photography and merchandise sales; including maintaining a record of the number of photographs sold, merchandise sold, method of payment, price paid, and accounting for all revenue received based on fees collected; and (5) Managerial personnel must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English, and possess good customer relation skills. The Bureau of Reclamation must account for all money due to the Federal Government. Therefore, the contractor must understand and comply with the Federal Treasury Regulations. This acquisition, when announced, will be conducted under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541921, Photography Studios, Portrait. The small business size standard for NAICS code 541921 is $7.0 million. This solicitation is unrestricted. The solicitation, in the form of a Request for Proposal (RFP), will be issued on or about June 15, 2009, with offers due thirty (30) days after issuance. All dates in this announcement are estimates and are subject to change. The actual dates will be included in the solicitation. The RFP in the form of a performance-based solicitation will include a description of the work requirements, instructions to offerors, and required certifications. A pre-proposal site tour will be scheduled for all interested parties (the date and time will be provided in the solicitation). No documents will be available until the solicitation is issued. The solicitation will only be issued electronically via www.FedBizOpps.gov. The solicitation drawings, if any, may be issued either electronically or on CD media depending on the number of drawings issued. The Government reserves the right to issue the solicitation on paper or CD if the FedBizOpps (FBO) website becomes inoperable or if the Contracting Officer determines it is in the Government's best interest to do so. Offerors should register at the FBO to be included on the offeror list in order to receive notifications pertaining to the solicitation, or visit the FBO website after issuance to download the solicitation and any subsequent amendments. Offerors are required to have a current registration on the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to be eligible for contract award. Offerors may register on CCR at http://www.ccr.gov. Questions may be submitted to Rita Horkan at (702) 293-8036 or by email at rhorkan@usbr.gov.
- Web Link
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FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5aed8b7012fe2077c9b8ab5d9c629935&tab=core&_cview=1)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Hoover Dam, NV<br />
- Zip Code: 89005<br />
- Zip Code: 89005<br />
- Record
- SN01781714-W 20090402/090331221102-5aed8b7012fe2077c9b8ab5d9c629935 (fbodaily.com)
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