Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State intends to secure a contract for the Tennessee State Museum that will integrate the activities of Museum Security personnel into the Museums Security program. A large part of the daily activity of most Museum personnel is devoted to providing direct assistance to the visiting public. These services require a broad knowledge of both contemporary cultural life in Tennessee and the key topics (the location of exhibit materials) in the history of Tennessee. These services may also include some knowledge of visual arts. The Museum provides all of the training for this part of the duties of Museum Security personnel. Training time is approximately eight (8) weeks. In addition to cultural and historical training, the Museum also provides training in operation of the Casi Rusco Picture Perfect and Radionics (among others, depending on the requirements of particular exhibitions) security systems normally in operation. Training for security system operations takes about (4) weeks, and is concurrent with other training. Because of the very long training period for Museum Security Personnel, the Museum is best served by having the lowest possible turnover rate in Museum Security Personnel.
