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The City of Russellville is seeking proposals from qualified historic preservation planning consultants to develop the city's first comprehensive historic preservation plan. This plan will serve as a 20-year roadmap for preservation policy, investment, and community engagement. The project is partially funded by a grant from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program under the Certified Local Government program, in partnership with the National Park Service. The scope of work includes assessing historic resources, reviewing policies, identifying best practices, evaluating incentives, developing public engagement strategies, and coordinating with other city planning efforts. Deliverables include draft and final preservation plans, along with ancillary data. Proposals must include a cover letter, project approach, experience qualifications, proposed timeline, and budget. The evaluation criteria are professional education/credentials (35 points), experience (25 points), sample of work (25 points), and references (15 points). Payment will be made in no more than three installments. Work is expected to begin by September 7, 2026, with a draft submission by March 15, 2027, and final deliverables by May 17, 2027. Five hard copies and one digital PDF copy of the proposal must be received by 4:30 pm Central Time on April 17, 2026. Questions can be directed to Sara Jondahl at ***@***. *. * or ****.
The final version of all project deliverables will be submitted to the city and AHPP by May 17, 2027.
Payment shall be made in no more than three 3 installments.
The city of Russellville will evaluate each submission based on professional education/credentials (35 points), experience with projects of a similar nature (25 points), sample of work on similar project (25 points), and references (15 points).
The selected consultant must meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Professional Qualifications as an architectural historian, a historic preservation planner, or a historic preservationist with experience equivalent to one or both of those professions.