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Smithsonian Institution Open Quantity Exhibit Design, Fabrication, and Design/Fabrication

Request for Proposals Smithsonian Solicitation Number F14SOL10050

AMENDMENT NO. 2

A. The date and time for receipt of proposals is hereby extended to Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 3pm local Washington DC time.

B. Due to concerns expressed by potential Offerors, proposals must now be submitted in hard copy format rather than via email. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY EMAIL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. As such, Section L.3 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following revised Section L.3:

Proposals and proposal modifications shall be submitted in sealed envelopes or packages, with the technical and business proposals submitted in separate envelopes or packages; and shall be delivered via USPS, commercial carrier, or hand delivered to:

Delivery by U.S. Postal Service ONLY

Office of Contracting Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012, MRC 1200 Washington, DC 20013-7012 Attn: Jennifer L. Kroan

Delivery by Commercial Carrier (Federal Express, UPS, etc.) or hand delivery:

Smithsonian Institution Office of Contracting 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 350 Arlington, VA 22202 Attn: Jennifer L. Kroan

Proposals must be received at the above address by no later than Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 3:00 PM Local Washington DC Time.

Identify your Proposals by including the following information on the outside of your package.

Firm’s Name:

Smithsonian Institution Solicitation No.: F14SOL10050 Location: Washington, DC Project: Smithsonian Exhibit IDIQ Design, Fabrication and Design/Fabrication Services Due Date: September 23, 2014, 3:00 PM Local Washington DC Time

C. Offerors shall submit six (6) hard copies of Technical Proposals, one (1) hard copy of Business Proposals, and an electronic version of both proposals either on cd or USB flash drive.

D. The RFP is hereby revised by incorporating the following Smithsonian responses to questions received by prospective Offerers:

1. Will you be submitting answers for all questions received to all firms that have expressed interest in the

RFP?

Response: Yes, responses to all substantive questions received from prospective Offerors will be responded to by amendment to the RFP and posted on Fed Biz Opps.

2. Approximately how many of each type of contract (design, fabrication, design/fabrication) will be awarded? What's the determining factor as to how many awards will be made? Will each category (Exhibition Design, Fabrication, and Exhibition Design/Fabrication) be separately awarded?

Response: The number of contracts awarded depends on a combination of the quality of the proposals received and the varied needs of the Smithsonian. Each category will be awarded separately. When these IDIQ’s were initially competed in 2001, the Smithsonian awarded ten (10) design contracts, seven (7) fabrication contracts, and six (6) design/fabrication contracts, with some firms being awarded contracts in more than one category. These numbers will certainly vary with the award of the current IDIQ as we anticipate awarding for small, large, and possibly medium sized project categories within each of the three (3) primary exhibit services categories.

3. Will you consider proposals from design/fabrication firms located on the west coast?

Response: Yes. We are often working with limited budgets and compressed schedules which, at least for fabrication services, often necessitate using a local firm. However, we will gladly accept and consider proposals from any location. The geographic breakdown for our current exhibit IDIQ firms is as follows:

for fabrication, 6 firms are in DC, MD, and VA and one firm is located in Buffalo NY. For our design firms, we have 3 in the DC area, 4 in MA, 1 in NY, 1 in the UK, and 1 in Canada. For design/fabrication, we have 4 local firms, 1 in TX, and 1 in CA.

4. How many contracts are awarded per socio-economic status?

Response: We are not breaking down awards under the RFP by socio-economic status. This is a full and open competition though Minority businesses, Small businesses, Small disadvantaged businesses, Women-owned small businesses, Hub-zone small businesses, Veteran-owned small businesses, and Service Disabled Veteran owned businesses are strongly encouraged to apply.

5. Have similar award contracts been issued in the past? If so what was the total number and/or dollar value of the task orders?

Response: Yes, through a similar RFP issued in 2001, the Smithsonian awarded several IDIQ contracts for exhibit services. We are unable to provide the total number of task orders awarded, but the individual task orders awarded varied in value from tens of thousands to several million dollars.

6. Are you able to advise if there is an incumbent contractor for these services? Or is this considered to be a new requirement?

Response: There are incumbents, but those contracts have either expired or will expire within the next year.

7. As the current IDIQ contracts have been extended to run through mid-August of 2015, can you please forecast, for the purpose of properly setting our hourly rates, whether you anticipate the effective dates of the new IDIQ contracts being significantly before August of 2015 or dated to coordinate with the expiration of the current contracts?

Response: The current IDIQ contracts have varied expiration dates. If an incumbent firm is awarded a new IDIQ contract under this RFP, the Smithsonian will likely terminate the existing IDIQ contract and award a new IDIQ contract with a 10-year term. We anticipate awarding the new IDIQ contracts by the end of the 2014 calendar year. If you are an incumbent firm, please contact Jennifer L. Kroan at kroanj@si.edu to discuss further.

8. In Section B.1 (Page 2) it states, "The Smithsonian reserves the right to award individual Task Orders specifically for desired services in a given labor category." Does this mean that a subcontractor could be awarded for a specific task?

Response: We could foresee a situation where the Smithsonian would award a task to the prime IDIQ contractor, but the subcontractor would perform the majority of the services. Obviously, no task orders would be awarded directly to a subcontractor, they would have to be awarded to the prime.

9. What is the anticipated term of the awarded IDIQ contracts?

Response: The contracts awarded from this RFP shall have an initial one (1) year term, with up to nine (9) additional one (1) year option periods for a total term not to exceed ten (10) years.

10. Where can we locate the schedule of fees referenced in Section B.2 of the RFP?

Response: Amendment 1 to the RFP deleted the requirement to use the schedule of fees. Instead, the Smithsonian asks that Offerors submit fully burdened hourly rates for all relevant labor categories set forth in Section C. Proposals only need to address those labor categories for which an Offeror is competing. One should only provide a labor category for positions being offered in proposals. For example, a firm only submitting a proposal for exhibit fabrication services would submit a “Labor Category and Rates” sheet that reads similar to the example found at the end of this Amendment No. 2.

This is the same list of hourly rates reference in Section L.8.2.1 (p.58) and shall be submitted as part of Offerors’ business proposals. Offerors should indicate any mark-ups for subcontractors where subcontractor rates are provided as part of a proposal.

11. Should the burdened rates for subcontractors, submitted in response to Section L.8.2.1, include or not include the prime contractor’s proposed markup which is to be stated in response to Section L.8.2.3?

Response: Business proposals should include proposed markup for any subcontractor rates.

12. Does registering in the SAM database for the Prime only or all team members?

Response: This requirement pertains to the prime contractor only.

13. Is there a schedule/timeline for awarding?

Response: We anticipate making awards by the end of the 2014 calendar year.

14. If a task order is issued, can we (due to capacity issues for example) decline the task order and then you'd offer it to someone else, or would we have to complete all task orders that were sent to us?

Response: As an IDIQ contractor, depending on the size of the project, we would either reach out to you directly and ask you to submit a proposal, or we would invite your firm to compete, along with other IDIQ firms, for certain projects. In either instance, you would not be required to take the task order, you certainly retain the right to decline.

15. Generally, what is the Smithsonian’s basis for determining whether a particular project will be contracted using a single design/build contract or require separate contracts for exhibit design and exhibit fabrication/installation?

Response: We have no set standards for making a determination. The decision depends on the needs of a given project and the desired approach of the given project team.

16. We did not notice any direction as to how the design/fabrication teams can be structured. Do you anticipate the prime contract holders to be fabrication firms?

Response: References supplied, previous experience and size of firm will all be used to determine appropriate designations.

17. Will proposals from fabrication firms with design subcontractors be acceptable?

Response: Proposals with Design firms as prime and proposals with a Fabricator as prime will both be accepted.

18. Can fabrication firms propose using multiple design subcontractors? If so, should their design proposal be referenced as qualifying materials for the design/fabrication submission? We are submitting a proposal as prime contractor for both Design/Fabrication and Fabrication. Our Design subcontractors are independently submitting their own Design-only proposals under Section C.3. May our Design/Fabrication proposal refer to our subcontractors Design-only proposals for evaluation information in lieu of including their qualifications within our Design/Fabrication proposal?

Response: Yes, multiple design firms will be accepted. However, each proposal should stand on its own and include all information required. Referencing other proposals is not acceptable.

19. What, if any, information about the design subcontractor(s) needs to be included in a fabricator’s proposal for design/fabrication?

Response: The fabricator should assume that reviewers are not familiar with any firms and submit qualifications of firms, including key personnel, past projects and references.

20. For Experience and Past Performance, if submitting design/fabrication as fabrication firm with design subcontractors, shall we show 3 past projects from fabricator, and also 3 each for designers?

Response: Three references and past project information for each fabricator and each designer proposed.

21. What is the limit on the number of labor categories that one of our staff may fill? E.g., If the senior designer is also a licensed architect, can the senior designer and the senior architect be listed as one and the same?

Response: There is no limit but staff must be fully qualified for each position proposed with accompanying certifications and/or registrations. Please note that individual Museums may ask that separate individuals be used for actual project work.

22. Section C.3.16 on page 16, Must all individuals on the "preliminary project team and sub-consultants" be listed by name, or can a labor category be satisfied by assigning it a labor rate, with the individual assigned to that role to be determined at a later date?

Response: Names of key personnel are required.

23. Section C.3.16 (v.) on page 19- Q: Must the construction administrator be a professional engineer, or alternatively, if he is a licensed professional architect will this satisfy this labor category?

Response: Licensed professional engineers are required. Some projects will required stamped drawings.

24. Our strength is diorama and mural work, can we submit an RFP for Design/Fabrication for just that?

Response: You may submit for your strengths but most projects, even those that are mostly mural/diorama work, will have additional components. A proposal with subcontractors that could provide additional labor categories would be much more competitive.

26. Are full resumes required for subcontractors and subconsultants?

Response: Yes, full resumes are required.

27. For design firms: Are we required to partner with an A/E firm?

Response: Yes an A/E component is a requirement of this RFP for design firms even though they may not be required on all task orders.

28. Is Form SF330 acceptable in lieu of SF 254 and 255?

Response: Yes, Amendment No. 1 revised this requirement to require form SF330.

29. Is the Standard Form 330 for the Architect Engineer Information listed on page 58, section L.8.1 necessary for offerors only submitting for Fabrication Services?

Response: No, this requirement applies to firms submitting proposals for design and/or design/fabrication services only

30. Is there a standard component /graphics schedule database software and format?

Response: There is no Smithsonian standard.

31. What file format is required for the 95% and 100% design drawings?

Response: We require both native formats (AutoCAD & .doc typically) and PDFs.

32. Should the qualifications for the Senior Landscape Architect listed on page 18 say "Must be a Registered Landscape Architect" instead of "Must be a Registered Architect"?

Response: Yes

33. For Design-Build contracts (pages 29-30 of the RFP), is there a preference for whether the Designer or Builder acts as Prime Contractor?

Response: Proposals with Design firms as prime and proposals with a Fabricator as prime will both be accepted.

34. Section L.8.2.9 in the Solicitation – we do not have audited financials, are there are acceptable alternatives?

Response: As set forth in Amendment No. 1, this requirement has changed to the following “All prospective Offerors are required to provide sufficient information evidencing their financial responsibility, and may do so through documentation other than an audited financial statement (letters of credit, tax returns, insurance certificate, etc.). Any such documentation must be for the company submitting a Proposal, not the parent company, unless a guarantee of the subsidiary’s obligations is provided. A firm’s failure to adequately demonstrate their financial responsibility may result in an evaluation rating of unacceptable. All proposals, including documentation evidencing the financial responsibility of a firm, will be held in strict confidence by the Smithsonian Institution.”

35. With respect to the requirement set forth in Section L.8.2.9 are the following acceptable?: Financials reviewed by a CPA, but not audited; tax returns for the last two years; a Statement of Income and Statement of Cash Flows from our accountant; or compiled statements including a full set of financials and footnotes, prepared by our contracted issuing CPA firm.

Response: Yes, those are acceptable alternatives to meet this requirement.

36. Is a signed statement from a client stating that we successfully completed a high profile, high dollar project an acceptable substitute to the requirement in Section L.8.2.9?

Response: No

37. Regarding Letter “G” of Amendment No. 1, addressing Section L.8.2.9, what other information would be considered sufficient information evidencing financial responsibility?

Response: Examples are set forth in number 32 and 33 above. We ask that firms use their reasonable, good judgment in determining what would be considered sufficient to evidence their financial responsibility. E.g., a note from your mother stating that you are financially viable would not be sufficient. If firms still require clarification on this point, they should contact Jennifer L. Kroan at email address kroanj@si.edu.

38. With regards to the business proposal, section L.8.2.9 Financial Statements: Would Smithsonian permit us submitting only a separate paper submission copy of our financial statements to avoid the accidental risk / exposure associated with an electronic copy of our financial statement?

Response: Due to this and other concerns, we are no longer accepting electronic submissions of proposals.

39. Is it possible that the requirement to submit financial statements might also be ruled as not applying to the design-only scope of work?

Response: No, this requirement applies to all firms submitting a proposal in response to this RFP.

40. Do you know if bonding is a mandatory requirement for this opportunity?

Response: Bonding is a requirement for any task order for fabrication services with a value of $30,000 or greater. There is no bonding requirement for design services.

41. Do we need to submit a separate business and technical proposal? In two volumes?

Response: Yes, per Section L of the RFP, please submit a separate business proposal and a separate technical proposal. The technical proposal must make no reference to pricing.

42. L.8.1.a.1 (p.55) says that Part A of the Technical Proposal may not exceed 75 8.5x11 pages. Do these pages have any format requirements beyond this? Is there any sort of format that must be followed?

Response: No additional formatting requirements beyond those set forth in Section L of the RFP

43. Key personnel- Do you have expectations as to who are the key personnel under this contract?

Response: The following design categories are considered “key”: Project Manager, Senior Designer, Designer, Senior Graphics Designer, Editor, Writer, Researcher, Exhibit Evaluator, and Lighting Designer. The following fabrication categories are considered “key”: Senior Project Manager, Foreman Carpenter/Cabinet Maker, Graphic Foreman, Senior Model Maker, and Senior Audio-Visual Specialist.

44. Resumes- If we include resumes for all labor categories required under the contract, we would go over the 75 page limit for the proposal. Can resumes become an appendix?

Responses: Per Amendment No. 1, resumes and letters of commitment are not included in the 75 page limit.

45. Do covers and dividers count as pages toward the page limit?

Response: No

46. Can one firm submit under multiple categories (e.g., exhibition design and exhibition design and fabrication)? After reviewing section L.8.1, it isn’t clear if we are to provide multiple proposals if we are proposing on more than one service area (i.e. design, fabrication, and design/fabrication) or submit one proposal. Could you please clarify this requirement?

Response: You should submit ONE (1) proposal addressing all service areas for which you are submitting a proposal.

47. For those firms submitting a proposal for more than one service area, should the additional 15 pages provided for the "second" category (e.g., Exhibition Design / Fabrication) be separated into a distinct section that covers points A, B, and C? Or, should those additional 15 pages be integrated into one main Volume I: Technical Proposal?

Response: Those additional pages should be integrated into one main Volume I Technical Proposal

48. How does the Offeror indicate that the firm is submitting a proposal for an exhibit design IDIQ vs a fabrication IDIQ vs an exhibit design & fabrication IDIQ? In the cover letter?

Response: Yes, please clarify this in your cover letter, and by providing the requisite information throughout your technical and business proposals.

49. Can you clarify the following experience requirements for a project manager set forth in Section C under Design/Fabrication services? I'm not sure what the difference is between the 10 year minimum requirement and 5 year minimum requirement.

A minimum of ten years general experience as a project manager on a design/build project, and a minimum of five years specialized experience managing all phases of museum or similar exhibition design and fabrication projects.

Response: The 10 years of general experience is referring to experience on any design/build project whether for a museum or otherwise; and the 5 years’ experience is referring to specialized experience for a museum or similar (i.e. zoo, aquarium, gallery exhibition as opposed to a trade fair exhibition, etc.). We will accept the 5 years of specialized experience as part of the 10 year requirement (so 5 years of general design/build and 5 years of exhibit experience equals 10 years), i.e. we are not insisting on 10 years design/build and 5 years exhibit for 15 years total.

50. What are the ‘blanks’ in Section H that are referenced in this note on page 59: L.8.2.4 Information for all blanks in Sections G and H.

Response: Per Amendment No. 1, Section L.8.2.4 was revised to read as follows, “Offerors shall submit the name and contact information for the appropriate authorized representative to be contacted in the event of an award and to be named in Section G.2 of any resultant contract.” There are no blanks to be filled out in Section H.

51. Can an offeror or subcontractor be included on more than one Design/Fabrication response? Will the Smithsonian allow/accept a firm to submit as teaming partners with several different design firms, all submitting separate RFP responses? Will the Smithsonian potentially award multiple design/fab team contracts having potentially the same fabricator on several contracts, but each with a different designer— the designer being the prime contract holder?

Response: Yes, Smithsonian would not prohibit your firm from inclusion in more than one proposal.

However, a question could be raised as to your ability to provide services on concurrent Smithsonian projects if more than one firm you are affiliated with are awarded contracts.

52. Is teaming allowed or must one firm provide full services?

Response: Yes, firms may combine efforts in submitting proposals. Firms are not necessarily required to have all capabilities required in Section C of the RFP. See also Section 51 above.

53. C5.7 Page 30 - Does this apply for Design only?

Response: This applies to design/fabrication services only, not design separately, not fabrication as a separate service.

54. Once the contractors are selected to receive the IDIQ Contracts, what will be the process and criteria to select contractors for specific Task Orders? (G.4, p. 34)

Response: Depending on the size and dollar value of the project, we would either reach out to you directly and ask you to submit a proposal, or we would invite your firm to compete, along with other IDIQ firms, for certain projects. The specific evaluation criteria will vary according to project.

55. Just to be extra clear concerning some of the requirements spelled out on pages 55-56 of the IDIQ: is sub-section (i.), starting on the top of pg. 56, and containing "critical elements” 1-10, a part of the narrative requested at subsection (a) on the bottom of page 55, or must the offeror address these “critical elements” separately and in addition to this narrative? Or must the offeror’s narrative encompass the "critical elements” listed on page 56?

Response: Any one of these approaches would be appropriate. The initial thought was that the narrative would encompass these critical elements, but it would be perfectly acceptable to address these elements separately provided it is all contained within the Plan of Accomplishment.

56. On P. 57 of the RFP, section L.8.1.b.iii says "When subcontractors will perform critical aspects of the work, past performance of each subcontractor must also be submitted." Can Smithsonian provide any guidance as to what should be considered a "critical aspect"?

Response: Where a subcontractor is providing a key personnel position, as clarified above, or is performing a major function such as providing all design services on a design/fab proposal, providing A/E services, or is providing services in an area of specialized expertise (e.g. lighting design or conservation), etc. are all instances in which a subcontractor will be providing a “critical aspect” of the proposed services.

57. On P. 57 of the RFP, section L.8.1.b.iii, For subcontractors who are deemed expected to perform critical aspects of the work, is subcontractor "past performance" to be demonstrated through three past projects from the past five years (as with the prime contractor) or can subcontractors past performance be demonstrated with a company profile or some other format?

Response: Where a subcontractor is a design firm on a design/fabrication proposal, or a fabrication firm on a design/fabrication proposal, we would ask that the same detailed information be provided for the subcontractor as the prime. For other subcontractors, we would ask that resumes or a similar document that provides sufficient evidence of a subcontractor’s past performance be provided. Offerors need to be certain that they provide sufficient information allowing the Smithsonian to adequately evaluate past performance for all subcontractors. Whatever documentation is provided, Offerors should be certain that it adequately shows that the subcontractors meet the requisite requirements set forth in Section C (e.g. for an A/V integrator, the past performance information provided for a subcontractor would have to show a minimum of five years of experience providing AV integration solutions for exhibits).

58. On P. 57 of the RFP, section L.8.1.b.iii, If Offerors are required to submit three past projects from "critical aspect" subcontractors, can those subcontractor past project pages be included in the proposal appendix or do they have to be included in the 75- or 90-page limit for Volume 1, Technical Proposal - Part A?

Response: Where a subcontractor is a design firm on a design/fabrication proposal, or a fabrication firm on a design/fabrication proposal, we would ask that such information be included as part of the Technical proposal, Part A. For all other subcontractors, that information can be provided as part of an appendix.

59. In response to the section on P. 56-57, section L.8.1.b.iii, related to past projects, if an Offeror has additional relevant past projects including projects completed by the key personnel indicated in the proposal but earlier than the five-year limit indicated in the proposal, may the Offeror include such information in an appendix that is in addition to (and possibly in excess of the page limits of) the 75- or 90-page proposal?

Response: Offerors may provide more than the requisite number of past projects, and while the Smithsonian strongly prefers projects completed within the past five years, Offerors may cite earlier projects. However, such information must be included within the 75 or 90 page proposal limit.

E. All other terms and conditions of the RFP shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

Fully Burdened Hourly Labor Rates

The fully burdened labor rates set forth below shall apply to all individual Task Order contracts issued hereunder.

Labor Category Applicable Rate

Senior Estimator $ Junior Estimator $ Senior Project Manager $ Junior Project Manager $ Plant Manager $ Purchasing Manager $ Detail Director $ Senior Detailer $ Junior Detailer $ Foreman Carpenter/Cabinet Maker $ Senior Carpenter/Cabinet Maker $ Apprentice Carpenter/Cabinet Maker $ Graphic Foreman $ Graphic (Senior) $ Graphic (Junior) $ Finisher/Painter (Foreman) $ Finisher/Painter (Senior) $ Finisher/Painter (Junior) $ Metal Fabricator (Foreman) $ Metal Fabricator (Senior) $ Metal Fabricator (Junior) $ Senior Model Maker $ Junior Model Maker $ Senior Audio-Visual Specialist $ Junior Audio-Visual Specialist $ Senior Installation/Demolition Specialist $ Junior Installation/Demolition Specialist $ Bracket Maker $ Exhibit Maintenance Technician $ Photo Researcher $ A/V Integrator $ Lighting Installer $ Conservator $

Conservation $