Project Information

Bid Title

Downtown Business District Historic Resource Survey

Issuing Agency

City of Cartersville

Location

Georgia

Published Date

Feb 19, 2026

Closing Date

Mar 13, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

RFP 26-002

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Project Description

Bid Number:	RFP 26-002
Bid Title:	Downtown Business District Historic Resource Survey
Category:	Bids & RFPs
Status:	Open

Description: The City of Cartersville is requesting proposals from qualified historic preservation consultants to update the Historic Resource Surveys for all properties in the Downtown Business District historic district. Publication Date/Time: 2/19/2026 12:00 AM Closing Date/Time: 3/13/2026 5:00 PM Related Documents: CityofCartersville_DBD HRS_RFP 2025_ 2-19-26_Final_

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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND FEE PROPOSAL

Update to the Cartersville Historic Resource Surveys

for the

Downtown Business District Historic District

By:

The City of Cartersville

Planning and Development Department

2nd Fl

10 N. Public Square

Cartersville, GA 30120

Contact: David Hardegree, AICP

Phone: (770) 387-5614

dhardegree@cartersvillega.gov

February 19, 2026

I. CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

The City of Cartersville is soliciting competitive sealed proposals from qualified historic

preservation consultants to update the historic resources survey for the Downtown Business

District historic district.

Respondents must submit five (5) copies of their qualifications and fee proposal in an opaque

envelope marked on the outside with the Request for Proposal – Cartersville Historic District

Resource Surveys and Company Name. Proposals will be received until 5:00 P.M. on March

13, 2026. at the City of Cartersville Planning and Development office.

Proposals may be submitted via USPS to:

City of Cartersville

Planning and Development office

ATTN: David Hardegree

P.O. Box 1390

Cartersville, GA 30120

Re: Cartersville Historic District Resource Survey

In person or other delivery services submitted to:

City of Cartersville

Planning and Development office

ATTN: David Hardegree

2nd Floor City Hall

10 N. Public Square

Cartersville, GA 30120

Re: Cartersville Historic District Resource Survey

The proposal must be signed by an official authorized to bind the firm to the project and contain

a statement to the effect the proposal is binding for at least one hundred twenty (120) days from

the submission deadline date. The proposals must contain all of the information listed in Section

IV Required Information of the RFP.

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The City reserves the right to consider modifications to proposals prior to the award of a contract

and to reject any and all proposals received as a result of the RFP. The City is not liable for costs

incurred by respondents prior to contract award.

The written proposal documents supersede any verbal or written prior communications between

the parties.

Selection criteria is outlined in Section V Criteria for Evaluation and Selection of Consultant.

The City of Cartersville reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive technicalities,

and to make an award deemed in its best interest.

We look forward to your proposal and appreciate your interest in the City of Cartersville.

David Hardegree, AICP

Assistant Planning Director

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II. 2025 Historic Preservation Fund Grant Cycle

The City has been awarded a Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant by the Department of

Community Affairs Historic Preservation Division (HPD) for the purpose of assisting with

updates to the historic resource survey for the Downtown Business District (DBD) historic

district. Selected applications will be announced no earlier than March 18, 2026. No work

related to the RFP shall take place before this date or before all award requirements have been

met.

Revisions to this RFP scope of work may be required once the winning grant applications are

announced. Revisions, if any, will be discussed with the consultant after the announcement.

III. SCOPE OF SERVICES AND PROJECT BUDGET

The City adopted five (5) historic districts (districts) between 2004 and 2010:

1. Cherokee- Cassville

2. Granger Hill

3. Olde Town

4. West End

5. Downtown Business District (DBD).

Historic resources surveys are required to be updated every 10 years by HPD. This will be the

first update to the surveys since the DBD district was adopted in 2004.

Within the (5) districts there are at least (630) parcels. One Hundred Fifty Five (155) properties

have been identified within DBD. Of these, (135) properties are grant funding eligible for the

resource survey based on the 40-years or older criteria for the age of the properties. The

consultant will produce updates to the historic resource surveys for the (135) grant eligible

properties in the DBD district. The City also asks that resource surveys be created or updated for

all non-grant eligible properties in the DBD historic district.

A breakdown of the number of parcels within the DBD district is provided with the historic

district maps and spreadsheets in the Appendix. Due to the grant requirements, the cost proposal

should include a separate line item for survey updates to the (135) grant eligible properties and a

separate line item for survey updates to the remaining non-grant eligible properties,

approximately (20).

Not all parcels at the time of initial adoption had a survey. At least one parcel was identified as

being in the district when it was, in fact, not in the district. New parcels have also been created

since 2004 through subdivision or development processes. The consultant will be responsible for

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creating surveys for the parcels with no surveys. Staff will assist with identifying any remaining

parcels without a survey.

The consultant will have access to all digital and paper files and surveys associated with the

district on file with the City.

Historic resource surveys should be completed according to standards and parameters defined in

the Georgia Historic Resources Survey Manual Survey forms and addendums used for new

surveys or survey updates should be acquired from Georgia Historic Preservation Division

(HPD) as they are used for GNAHRGIS and in the field to gather the information needed to

record a resource in GNAHRGIS. The form lists all questions that should ideally be answered

about each resource, and the addendum presents all possible answers for those questions that are

multiple-choice in GNAHRGIS.

Unless otherwise directed by HPD, the consultant will be responsible for submitting completed

surveys to HPD for review and comment until survey submissions are fully accepted by HPD.

The consultant shall be responsible for submitting a draft of the final survey report to HPD and

to the City for review. The City will be responsible for submitting the final survey report to

HPD through NRTigers.

Unless otherwise directed by HPD or City staff, the consultant will also be responsible for

updating the GNAHRGIS database with new and updated surveys. The consultant will

coordinate with the City to ensure that any required logins and passwords are mutually agreed

upon and shared.

The resource numbers from any previous surveys and the present survey should be cross-

referenced and documented.

All new and updated surveys shall be submitted to the City in PDF digital format. The consultant

will also submit any Microsoft Excel files documenting the properties surveyed to the City.

Images should be in color and submitted in JPEG format or other format as agreed to by the City.

Funding for a portion of the project has been secured in the 2025-26 city budget effective July 1,

2025. The City has also received a grant award for the 2025 HPF grant cycle. Refer to Section

II.

This is a reimbursable project. All invoices will be processed per HPD requirements.

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 541620Environmental Consulting Services
• NAICS 541690Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
• NAICS 541720Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
• NAICS 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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