SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY - Exhibit Fabrication, 2nd Floor West

The Smithsonian has a requirement for an Exhibit Fabricator for the installation of exhibits in a newly renovated space within the National Museum of American History located at Constitution Avenue and 14th Street, SW in Washington, DC ("NAMAH"). Current renovations to the second floor West Wing ("2W") in NMAH will house upcoming American political and social history exhibitions. Three of the 2W Galleries are to be fabricated and installed under the soon to be released solicitation: the Landmark Concourse Exhibits (Concourse), the American Democracy, A Great Leap of Faith Gallery (American Democracy), and the Many Voices, One Nation Gallery (MVON) are scheduled for overall and final completion in June of 2017. The resulting contract will exist of a base with options to be specified in the solicitation package. The Base Bid and Options incorporate, among other things, glass display cases, raised plinth/platforms areas, scenic backgrounds, kiosks, reader rails, wall graphics, period props, and Integral LED fiber optic lighting. All those components and any and all others will be based on the detailed sets of functional specifications for the projects which will be released with the RFP.
Firm evaluation and selection will be conducted as a Best Value Procurement. Solicitation for this requirement is a Request for Proposal ("RFP") numbered T16SOL10027, which will issue between March 28 and April 1, 2016. The successful offeror for this contract will be competitively selected using negotiated procurement procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15 and Section M of the forthcoming Request for Proposals.
The Smithsonian Institution intends to award one firm-fixed priced contract.
This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. The contract awarded will be firm-fixed-price. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this procurement is 712110.