Blanket Purchase Agreement 12318721A0021

The USDA Forest Service awarded a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement to Riggs Ward Design L.C. to provide interpretive planning, exhibit design, fabrication, and installation services across the Forest Service. Task orders issued against the agreement include a $100,000 firm fixed price contract for interpretive center exhibit update design services at the GAOA Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Helena, Montana, with performance from October 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024. Additionally, a $34,468 firm fixed price contract was awarded for professional design services to renovate exhibits within the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center in Great Falls, Montana, to be completed by June 13, 2023. The original solicitation sought these interpretive services to be utilized Forest Service-wide in support of the agency's mission to manage national forests and educate the public.

The blanket purchase agreement establishes Riggs Ward Design L.C. as an approved contractor to aid the Forest Service in its work maintaining and enhancing educational sites under its purview. Specific task orders awarded thus far relate to updating existing interpretive center exhibits. The agency undertakes such public-facing projects at locations like these to inform visitors about the natural resources and history within its domain. Contract performance will occur in Montana and furthers the Forest Service's goal of enriching the public's experience and understanding of the lands and facilities under its stewardship.