Maryland Procurement Portal #BPM059254

Waterfront maritime heritage preservation planning and interpretation

The Town of Port Deposit is seeking a consultant team to plan for preservation and interpretation of its waterfront maritime heritage. - Buyer: Town of Port Deposit, Maryland; no sub-agency or specific office is identified. - Scope: Develop historic preservation planning and research to support future interpretation of the waterfront. Potential work includes historic research and documentation, archaeology, oral history, mapping, archival research, and related preservation activities. - Key requirement: The project must include meaningful historic preservation planning; it cannot be limited to designing signs or exhibits. - Providers: No OEMs, vendors, or specific firms are named in the opportunity. Suitable providers may include cultural resources consultants, preservation professionals, historians, archaeologists, and academic institutions. - Estimated project cost: $100,000–$500,000.

Description

The Town of Port Deposit invites expressions of interest from cultural resources consultants, preservation professionals, historians, archaeologists, academic institutions, and others for a maritime heritage preservation and interpretation project centered on the Port Deposit waterfront. The work must include meaningful historic preservation planning and cannot consist solely of designing signs or exhibits. The Town seeks research, documentation, archaeology, oral history, mapping, archival work, or other preservation activities to lay the foundation for future interpretation. The RFEI may form the basis of a contract for up to three years, with two two-year renewals.

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