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 🔗RFP for the Downtown Cumberland Historic District Update

  • Consultant
  • Cumberland, Maryland (Remote)
  • $25,000 USD / Year
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Historic Preservation
  • Job Summary: The Cumberland Mayor and City Council, and Historic Preservation Commission, seek the professional services of a qualified consultant to conduct the first phase of an update of the Downtown Cumberland National Register Historic District.
  • Job Qualifications:

    All work for this project will be carried out under the supervision of the City of Cumberland Historic Preservation Planner and shall be undertaken in conformance with the National Register Bulletin: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/NRB16A-Complete.pdf), Best Practices Review: Amending National Register Documentation (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/BPR_additional-documentation2023-04-12-FINAL.pdf), and Standards and Guidelines for Architectural and Historical Investigations in Maryland (https://mht.maryland.gov/Documents/research/Survey_standards_architecture_web.pdf). All deliverables will be prepared in consultation with the Maryland Historical Trust’s (MHT) National Register Administrator. The consultant will submit final drafts of all products, including paper survey files, by mid-April 2025 to meet the SHPO deadline of April 29, 2025.
    The Project shall conform to relevant industry professional standards and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historic preservation/upload/standards-guidelines-archeology-historic-preservation.pdf), as well as the Standards and Guidelines for Architectural and Historical Investigations in Maryland (https://mht.maryland.gov/Documents/research/Survey_standards_architecture_web.pdf) or the Standards and Guidelines for Archeological Investigations in Maryland (https://mht.maryland.gov/Documents/archaeology/Archeology_standards_investigations .pdf), as applicable to the Project.

  • How to Apply:

    Sealed Proposals addressed to the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland will be received at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 57 North Liberty Street, Cumberland, Maryland 21502, until but not after 3:00 p.m. (EST), Wednesday, November 6th, 2024.  All proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked on the outside thereof “Downtown Cumberland Historic District Update.”  Proposals will be publicly opened at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 6th, 2024 in City Hall Council Chambers.

  • Application Address: Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 57 North Liberty Street, Cumberland, Maryland 21502

Website City of Cumberland

The City of Cumberland is a small city located in Western Maryland.

The Cumberland Mayor and City Council, and Historic Preservation Commission, seek the professional services of a qualified consultant to conduct the first phase of an update of the Downtown Cumberland National Register Historic District (AL-IV-A-132), nominated in 1983. This 1st phase will include an updated narrative for Sections 7 and 8, an analysis and recommendations for potential boundary expansion(s), and photographic documentation.

The selection process will be graded on a number of criteria and submission requirements.  For additional information copies of the RFP packet may be obtained from Ruth Davis-Rogers, Historic Preservation Planner, at the Cumberland City Hall, 57 N. Liberty Street, Cumberland, MD  21502 or by emailing ruth.davis-rogers@cumberlandmd.gov.  Any requests for information (RFI) for the explanation or clarification of any point not sufficiently covered by RFP packet must be submitted in writing.