New York State Contract Reporter #2140405

Visitor Interpretive Center trail map and visitor materials

Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences is seeking a qualified provider to create visitor-facing maps and materials for the Visitor Interpretive Center’s 40-kilometer trail network. - Buyer and funding - Buyer: Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences, in Paul Smiths, New York. - The project is partially funded through New York State’s Zoos, Botanical Gardens & Aquaria Capital Grant Program, administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). - Requested services - Create a comprehensive basemap showing trails, waterbodies and streams, infrastructure, topography, natural features, and points of interest. - Design an interpretive kiosk layout and a paper visitor handout. - Produce digital and web map versions, with deliverables that may include PDFs, GIS shapefiles, and geodatabases. - Coordinate with the printer and installation of the map on property kiosks. - Requirements and deliverables - Demonstrate at least five years of experience developing property maps of comparable scale and complexity, and proficiency with ArcGIS. - Provide at least two written references for similar work. - Include itemized pricing separating labor and materials, with hourly rates and estimated hours, and provide a proposed project schedule. - Vendors and OEMs - No vendor or OEM is identified by name in the provided materials. ArcGIS is specified, but its manufacturer is not named.

Description

Paul Smith's College of Arts and Sciences is soliciting bids to develop a new trail map for its Visitor Interpretive Center. The work includes creating a comprehensive basemap of the VIC trail network, designing interpretive kiosk and paper handout layouts, producing digital and web versions, and coordinating with the printer and installation on property kiosks. Bidders must have at least five years of relevant property-mapping experience, proficiency with ArcGIS or similar tools, the ability to provide digital deliverables, and at least two written references for similar projects. The project must be substantially completed by July 1, 2027.

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