Exhibit Design, Fabrication and Installation

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Michigan History Center is procuring exhibit design, fabrication, and installation services for the Heart of the Great Turtle Island/Gchi Mshiiken Deh Minising Project located at Straits State Park in St. Ignace, Michigan. The project requires development of a 2,500 square foot exhibition space consisting of a 1,400 square foot entrance gallery featuring three-dimensional exhibits, interpretive graphics, fabricated interactives, and hands-on activities, plus a 1,100 square foot programming space with two-dimensional interpretive panels. Work will be completed in three phases: Conceptual/Schematic Design, Design Development, and Final Design, Fabrication, and Installation, with a contract start date of September 10, 2024, and term expiring September 30, 2026, with an option for one renewal year at the State's discretion. Proposals must be submitted electronically through the SIGMA VSS system by August 23, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. EST, with questions due by August 9, 2024, and answers posted by August 16, 2024. Technical evaluation criteria are weighted as follows: Vendor Questions Worksheet (20 points), Schedule A-Statement of Work (20 points), and Attachment 1-Contractor Experience and Portfolio Examples (60 points), with the experience category subdivided into project understanding, exhibit design experience, exhibit fabrication experience and techniques, exhibit installation experience, key team member qualifications, and portfolio examples. Only proposals receiving 80 or more technical evaluation points will have pricing evaluated, and the State reserves the right to conduct facility tours, require oral presentations, and perform reference checks. Contractors must submit pricing proposals separately covering all costs for design, fabrication, installation, travel, and required equipment or machinery, with pricing firm for the entire contract length subject only to documented changes in actual contractor costs and mutual agreement.

No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises or restrictions limiting eligible respondents are detailed in the available procurement documents. Contractors must maintain commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence with $2,000,000 general aggregate, umbrella or excess liability insurance of $5,000,000, and automobile liability insurance of $1,000,000 per accident. All contractors and subcontractors are subject to prevailing wage requirements established by the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, Wage and Hour Division, with comprehensive wage schedules provided for the Mackinac region covering over 100 distinct job classifications with specified hourly rates including wages and fringe benefits. Liquidated damages of $5,000 plus $500 per day will be assessed for late or improper completion of contract activities. No incumbent vendor information or existing infrastructure integration requirements are specified in the procurement documents. The specific budget or award value for this procurement is not disclosed in the available documents.