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CONTRACTING
SERVICES
The Contracting Services (CS) group of the
Denver Service Center (DSC) is the largest contracting office in the
National Park Service (NPS) and serves the Associate Director for Professional
Services in Washington, DC.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES  
The NPS has migrated to an electronic commerce
environment for the majority of its acquisition/procurement activity.
If you want to do business with the National Park Service (or any Department
of the Interior (DOI) bureau), detailed guidance and registration information
is found on our electronic commerce site at http://ideasec.nbc.gov.
When you access the web site, you can:
- Review all requirements posted by DOI
bureaus and offices
- Search for and read any open RFQ, IFB
and RFP
- Quote on RFQs before the posted closing
dates
- Receive electronic awards and notices
for RFQs
- Download solicitation packages and drawings
as desired.
There is no cost to you for this service.
Competing for business with NPS and DOI electronically is painless
and simple. To take advantage of future opportunities electronically
with NPS and DOI, you must:
- Obtain a valid Dun & Bradstreet Number
(D&B) from Dun & Bradstreet through the Internet (http://www.dnb.com)
or by calling them at 1-800-333-0505. Only vendors with valid D&Bs
may submit a quote.
- Register your firm at our electronic
commerce web site http://IDEASec.nbc.gov.
Central registration will not only alleviate
the need for you to submit a separate bidder's application to each
office, the information can be used to notify you when we have a requirement
within your capability. You have control over updating the information
about your firm so that we can match your capabilities electronically
with our needs.
Using 4.0 or newer versions of Microsoft
Internet Explorer or Netscape provides the best results. Your local
Small Business Administration should also be able to help you and provide
access to a personal computer if you do not have one.
Business and Economic Development
(BUDS) Program
If you are a small, disadvantaged, women-owned
business, or an 8(a) contractor and wish to pursue contracting opportunities
with NPS, please call our automated telephone recording at 303-969-2650. We are regularly seeking construction and
architectural and engineering firms to perform work for the National
Park Service.
Department of Interior, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
http://www.doi.gov/osdbu/
Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/
OUR
SERVICES   
Besides being the designated contracting
office for the majority of the line item construction programs of NPS including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Funded Construction,
the CS group provides a wide variety of services to parks and regions
in the national park system, as well as to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Forest Service (Department of Agriculture).
- Solicits, negotiates, awards, and administers
IDIQ Professional Services contracts and purchase orders (under $100,000)
for:
- Construction planning (design)
- GIS services and geotechnical engineering
- Plant propagation
- Noise and vibration evaluation
- Archeological investigations and
evaluations
- Hazardous material surveys
- Aerial photography and topographical
surveying
- Utility surveys
- Construction management
- Financial analysis services
- Boundary and construction layout
surveys
- Transportation and traffic engineering
- Historic resources
- Cultural landscape inventories
- Ethnographic resource studies
- Artifact analysis
- Environmental assessments
- General Management Plans
- Negotiates, awards, and administers task
orders against existing contracts to accommodate the needs of in-house
project managers, regions, parks, and other agencies
- Solicits, evaluates, negotiates, awards,
and administers construction contracts (generally over $100,000)
for the NPS line item construction program, as well as the Fee Demonstration
Program and other fund sources
Harpers Ferry Center maintains a searchable
online database of the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ)
contracts for use by the entire service
WHO
WE ARE 
DOLORES (Dolly) FERNANDEZ
Chief, Contracting Services, DSC
NPS Competition Advocate
dolly_fernandez@nps.gov |
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DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION WESTERN SUPPORT BRANCH |
COMPLIANCE & DATA MANAGEMENT BRANCH |
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION EASTERN SUPPORT BRANCH |
WALTER SCHMIDT
Contract Specialist (Supv)
walter_schmidt@nps.gov |
ED TAFOYA
Contract Specialist (Supv)
ed_tafoya@nps.gov |
RON BAILEY
Contract Specialist (Supv)
ron_bailey@nps.gov |
Each team also consists of a full complement
of contract specialists and procurement technicians to accomplish the
work of the program.

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