Creative Exhibit Design Services
Open Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 030ADV27R0010
- Agency
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Library of Congress
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 712110 Museums
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20540, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Library of Congress seeks creative exhibit design services for a Comics changing exhibition in its Southwest Gallery, approximately 3,700 square feet, with proposals due November 16, 2026. This is an unrestricted acquisition with no small business set-aside.
Place of performance is Washington, DC. The contract is firm fixed-price, running from December 15, 2026, through June 21, 2028, and spans ten design phases from Initial Project Set-up through Closeout, concluding July 31, 2028. Deliverables include 3D and 2D graphic design, case layouts for 75–100 artifacts with one rotational package, lighting design, recommended media strategy, and promotional graphics (one brochure, one poster, two SEG banners, and three website graphic designs). AV integration and media production are excluded and subject to separate procurement.
Key personnel must include a Principal/Creative Director, an Exhibit/Project Manager, a Senior/Lead Graphic Designer, and a Senior/Lead 3-D Designer, each with minimum five years' experience. Offerors must demonstrate minimum qualifications by submitting examples of at least five completed projects (minimum 1,000 square feet each) for major museums within the past eight years, with at least one project exceeding 3,500 square feet. Work must comply with Architect of the Capitol Design Standards, ADA accessibility requirements, and Section 508 standards. Past Performance Questionnaires are due no later than November 16 at 12:00 PM Eastern, submitted to Olexiy Levchuk at olevchuk@loc.gov with a copy to Moji Adejuwon at moad@loc.gov.
Evaluation criteria, in descending order of importance, are Technical Approach, Management Approach, Corporate Experience, Past Performance, and Price. The NAICS code is 712110, Museums; PSC is Y1PB, Construction of Exhibit Design (Non-Building).
Notice text
The Library of Congress (“Library”) is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. The Library preserves and provides access to a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge to inform, inspire and engage visitors in their intellectual and creative endeavors.
The Center for Exhibits and Interpretation (CEI) supports the Library’s mission by creating exhibits and publications that forge meaningful connections with the Library’s vast collections.
Within CEI, the Exhibits Office (EO) is responsible for the design, fabrication, installation and maintenance of all components of the permanent and changing exhibitions at the Library. On behalf of the Library/CEI, EO seeks an experienced museum exhibit design firm for a full-service design of its upcoming changing exhibit Comics for its SW Gallery, approximately 3,700 SF, including one rotational package, and promotional graphics (one brochure, one poster design, and three website graphic designs as described below).
The Comics changing exhibit will feature the Library’s unrivaled collections of comic books and related ephemera to explore their power as a storytelling medium and cultural icon. This exhibit will showcase a wide array of objects, images, and stories from the Library’s collections (and potential incoming loans) to tell the unique story of comics.
AV integration and media production is not within the scope of this contract and will be subject to a separate contract.
The Contractor shall provide expert quality creative exhibit design services for the Library’s Comics changing exhibition.
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