SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION -IDIQ for Packing and Shipping Museum, Archives, and Library Collections
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 33330224RF0010033
- Agency
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Smithsonian Institution
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 712110 Museums
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20013, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Smithsonian Institution is seeking proposals for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide packing, shipping, and related services for museum artifacts, archives, and library collections. The contract will enable the Smithsonian and its units to obtain these services for specific projects through task orders. Bidders must have a minimum of 5 successfully completed complex museum collections handling, transport, and installation projects over the past 5 years. The RFP outlines detailed requirements for labor categories, vehicles, personnel, and insurance. Proposals are due by October 1, 2024, and the Smithsonian expects to notify selected IDIQ firms in December.
This solicitation has no set-aside designation. The services will primarily be provided for Smithsonian facilities in the Washington, DC and New York metro areas, though they may be required at other Smithsonian locations as well. The contract will have an initial one-year term, with options to extend for up to 9 additional one-year periods. No specific award value or budget range is provided in the information available.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
RESPONSES TO BIDDER QUESTIONS ARE ATTACHED AS AMENDMENT #1 DATED September 4, 2024.
The Smithsonian Institution invites bidders to submit a proposal for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract for packing and shipping museum artifacts, archives and library collections. These contracts are designed to enable the Smithsonian Institution and its units to obtain services for specific projects via a task order to the IDIQ contract. Anticipated projects awarded under the contracts may vary from individual task order and will vary depending on the complexity of each individual project. Services shall primarily be provided for the Smithsonian museums and facilities located in Washington DC and New York but may be provided for Smithsonian facilities in other areas.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT:
This solicitation has a minimum requirement that bidders must have had recent and demonstrated experience with various packing and shipping tasks including handling, housing, packing, crating, and moving a range of museum, archives, and/or library collections materials, to include works of art, historical artifacts, natural and physical science specimens, images, bound materials,, audiovisual media, paper records, photographs, and/or digital assets for complex museum projects involving display, storage, and/or research. Recent and demonstrated experience shall be a minimum of five (5) successfully completed museum collections handling, transport, and installation projects over the last five (5) years.
*A complex museum project is defined as one consisting of packing/crating; shipping and installation; tracking individual collections item locations on a daily basis; working with, assembling, disassembling and/or moving of collections of a variety of sizes and material types. Project examples should include examples of art and artifact handling, transport both domestically and internationally and installation of both small and large-scale artifacts relevant to the scope of work noted in this RFP.
*Museum classified (or museum quality) collections are defined as cultural heritage items, objects, artworks, artifacts, archival collections and/or records and library collections that are held in the public trust and carry a high burden of public accountability for their preservation and accessibility due to historical, intellectual, scientific and/or aesthetic significance, in addition to monetary value. For the purposes of the minimum requirement, no other materials other than what is defined may meet the requirement.
FIRMS MUST CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY MEET THIS REQUIREMENT AT THE FRONT OF THEIR TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.
Update #1 ·
The Smithsonian Institution invites bidders to submit a proposal for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract for packing and shipping museum artifacts, archives and library collections. These contracts are designed to enable the Smithsonian Institution and its units to obtain services for specific projects via a task order to the IDIQ contract. Anticipated projects awarded under the contracts may vary from individual task order and will vary depending on the complexity of each individual project. Services shall primarily be provided for the Smithsonian museums and facilities located in Washington DC and New York but may be provided for Smithsonian facilities in other areas.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT:
This solicitation has a minimum requirement that bidders must have had recent and demonstrated experience with various packing and shipping tasks including handling, housing, packing, crating, and moving a range of museum, archives, and/or library collections materials, to include works of art, historical artifacts, natural and physical science specimens, images, bound materials,, audiovisual media, paper records, photographs, and/or digital assets for complex museum projects involving display, storage, and/or research. Recent and demonstrated experience shall be a minimum of five (5) successfully completed museum collections handling, transport, and installation projects over the last five (5) years.
*A complex museum project is defined as one consisting of packing/crating; shipping and installation; tracking individual collections item locations on a daily basis; working with, assembling, disassembling and/or moving of collections of a variety of sizes and material types. Project examples should include examples of art and artifact handling, transport both domestically and internationally and installation of both small and large-scale artifacts relevant to the scope of work noted in this RFP.
*Museum classified (or museum quality) collections are defined as cultural heritage items, objects, artworks, artifacts, archival collections and/or records and library collections that are held in the public trust and carry a high burden of public accountability for their preservation and accessibility due to historical, intellectual, scientific and/or aesthetic significance, in addition to monetary value. For the purposes of the minimum requirement, no other materials other than what is defined may meet the requirement.
FIRMS MUST CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY MEET THIS REQUIREMENT AT THE FRONT OF THEIR TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 SI packing and shipping museum objects.pdf | ||
| Smithsonian RFP for Packing and Shipping IDIQ.pdf |
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