Site work and paving for a sidewalk / parking lot in Vail, Colorado. Completed plans call for site work for a sidewalk / parking lot; and for paving for a sidewalk / parking lot.

In 2012, Gore Creek was listed as an "impaired waterway" by the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE). The Town of Vail undertook a comprehensive study of the causes of Gore Creek's declining macroinvertebrate populations and, in 2015, adopted the Gore Creek Strategic Action Plan. Due to the non-point source nature of the pollutants impacting Gore Creek, the plan identified Education and Outreach as a key strategy to raising awareness and fostering community engagement to restore Gore Creek. The Town has developed educational programing, advertisements and videos and hosted events to spread the message in the community that all residents and guests need to work together to Restore the Gore. The Town of Vail is now seeking to expand its Gore Creek Education and Outreach programs and reach new audiences through a series of interpretive installations along Gore Valley Trail, the recreation trail that parallels Gore Creek. In 2020, the Town hired Howard and Revis (H+R), a Washington DC-based interpretive design firm to complete the design package for the Gore Valley Trail Interpretive installation. Town of Vail is now seeking a creative and capable partner to fabricate the interpretive elements based on the attached plan. The Town of Vail is seeking a qualified firm to fabricate the interpretive panels, sculptures, spotting scopes and other elements as designed by Howard & Revis (H+R) and shown in the attached Drawings. See Attachments A and B. Please pay particular attention to the drawing package by the Town of Vail that specifies the scope of work that the onsite contractor will be performing, and the ways in which it is largely distinct from the fabricator's, but with definite areas of overlap and coordination onsite between the two firms. The Town of Vail seeks a firm or team with the capacity and ability to fabricate the interpretive elements shown in the Design Drawings Package, and to work collaboratively with an on-site contractor (see separate drawing package attached) hired separately by Town of Vail. That contractor will build and install the paved pull-outs, concrete footers with stainless steel hardware, and the added woodwork needed at existing fences at those stations as indicated in the drawings. The fabrication firm will be expected to oversee the onsite contractor to the extent that that contractor understands how to properly install each type of exhibit element. The aim is to streamline the fabricator's time on site while ensuring that all exhibit components are securely installed. The qualified fabrication firm should possess a team with documented ability to create shop drawings, fabricate direct-embedded, powder-coated aluminum interpretive panels, weld and form complex shapes from welded wire mesh panels, fabricate weathering steel (Cor-ten or equal) sculptures to specified designs, and affix bronze sculptures produced under a separate contract to the tops of the direct embed panels using hidden fasteners. Both creativity and an ability to navigate the logistics of fabrication and delivery of interpretive elements to Vail, Colorado while remaining within a budget will be necessary for the completion of a successful interpretive installation. The Gore Valley Trail Interpretive Installation centers around several design themes that extend across nine geographic locations along the Gore Valley Trail (a paved stream-front recreation trail) in Vail, Colorado. The images and language that comprise the main content of the installations will primarily be communicated using powder coated aluminum panels with direct embedded graphics and text that are folded into "peaks and valleys" as detailed in the drawing package. These panels will either be fixed to gabion mesh "baskets" filled with cobble, existing bridge and fence railings, or existing picnic tables. These main exhibits will be complimented by secondary interpretive elements including spotting scopes, sighting tubes, weathering steel animal sculptures and a projected gobo image (projector and its installation and power and signal wiring by Owner's contractor). A successful candidate firm must have documented experience working in all the materials proposed for use in the attached interpretive design drawings. Inquiries should be directed to: Pete Wadden, Watershed Specialist Town of Vail, Environmental Sustainability Department 970-479-2144 or pwadden@vailgov.com RFP Question and Answer Period Submit questions via email to pwadden@vailgov.com Jan. 20, 2023- Feb. 3, 2023