Formations Inc.

Formations Inc. is a for-profit small business based in Portland, Oregon that specializes in museum exhibit design, fabrication, transportation, installation, and interpretive media services for federal agencies. The company has been registered in SAM.gov since April 17, 2002 and maintains extensive experience designing and installing museum exhibits, interpretive panels, kiosks, and educational displays across multiple federal sites. Formations Inc. serves as a preferred contractor for agencies including the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers, and Air Force Space Command, supporting public education and conservation missions at military installations, national parks, wildlife refuges, and visitor centers nationwide.

Formations Inc. has delivered a diverse portfolio of museum exhibit and interpretive media services through prime federal contract awards totaling approximately $2.9 million in documented individual contract values. Recent significant awards include a $1,992,563 firm fixed-price contract from the Department of the Army for museum exhibit fabrication and installation services at the 1st Infantry Division Museum and United States Cavalry Museum at Fort Riley, Kansas, completed in September 2023, and a $327,000 small business set-aside delivery order from the Army for museum exhibit design services in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District awarded a $245,753 purchase order for exhibit renovation work at the Bonneville Lock and Dam Visitor Center on Bradford Island in Oregon, encompassing project management, exhibit planning, design, production, installation, and personnel training. Additional awards from the Fish and Wildlife Service include contracts for interpretive panels and kiosks at Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge ($47,615), Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge ($50,525), Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge ($67,977), Kern National Wildlife Refuge ($33,359), and Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge ($38,961), as well as exhibits and visitor center services for the South Dakota Huron Weapons of Mass Destruction facility. Other work includes interpretive panels at the VA-Great Dismal Swamp site ($3,222) and various smaller delivery orders for quality control planning and exhibit repair services. These contracts have been funded primarily through small business set-aside designations where applicable, with performance locations spanning multiple states including Kansas, North Carolina, Oregon, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Alabama.

Formations Inc. currently holds six active indefinite delivery vehicles with a combined ceiling value exceeding $90.5 million. The largest is a $45 million single-award IDIQ with the National Park Service National Office, effective through May 12, 2027, providing nationwide exhibit fabrication and installation services to assist parks in rehabilitating, replacing, or producing new museum, visitor center, and interpretive exhibits. A $20 million multiple-award IDIQ with the Department of the Army, effective through July 29, 2027, provides museum exhibit fabrication and installation services supporting the Army Museum Enterprise System through task orders for exhibit design, fabrication, and installation at various military facilities. The Army also awarded a $7.5 million multiple-award IDIQ effective through September 26, 2028 for museum exhibit design services designated as a total small business set-aside. Most recently, Air Force Space Command awarded a $7 million multiple-award IDIQ effective through September 29, 2030 to support museum and exhibit design, fabrication, transportation, installation, and programming services at Scott Air Force Base. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $6 million single-award IDIQ, which expired February 13, 2023, that provided interpretive media and services across the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories, under which Formations Inc. received multiple delivery orders for projects at national wildlife refuges and weapons of mass destruction sites. The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $5 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement effective through September 14, 2025 for interpretive media services to the St. Louis District, covering project management, exhibit design, audiovisual production, signage, brochures and curriculum development. These IDVs enable federal agencies to efficiently procure Formations Inc.'s interpretive media services through task orders while supporting government small business contracting objectives.