Final Design and Fabrication of East End Exhibits and Common Areas at National Air and Space Museum

Amendment #3 dated July 13, 2021, on RFP 33330221RT0010010 Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum Design Completion and Fabrication of East End Exhibits and Common Areas provides responses to bidder questions, revises the bid sheet, and revises the period of performance (section F).  Amendment #1 dated June 3, 2021 on RFP 33330221RT0010010 Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum Design Completion and Fabrication of East End Exhibits And Common Areas provides responses to bidder questions, adds clauses to the RFP, offers a second opportunity for bidder questions, extends the proposal due date, and adds files to the Dropbox has been attached.Amendment #2 dated June 22, 2021 on RFP 33330221RT0010010 Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum Design Completion and Fabrication of East End Exhibits And Common Areas provides responses to bidder questions, extends the proposal due date, and adds files to the Dropbox.The RFP covers limited design

completion, fabrication, and installation for five state-of-the-art exhibitions and common areas located at the Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. Thisi si primarlity an exhibit fabrication project. The base bid of five exhibits and common areas is about 50,000 sq feet. There are 5 priced options for an additional 5 exhibits (22,800 sq feet) and two unpriced options for 2 exhibits (10,000 sq ft). The exhibits have been designed to 65% completion and cover a range of aerospace topics including WWI, WWII, the space age, and a highly interactive gallery about how things fly. These are complex exhibits that consist of very large, large, medium, and small objects as well as graphics, casework, multimedia, tactiles, and mechanical interactives.**The design completion work will involve detailing the 65% design including verifying artifact dimensions and clearances, refining case dimensions, refinement of graphics quantities, detailing structural mounts, refining AV hardware and lighting and resolving conflicts and detailing base building infrastructure impacts and life safety modifications, and finalizing installation sequencing.This solicitation has a minimum requirement that the offeror must have served as the prime contractor on the fabrication of at least three complex museum exhibits in the past ten (10) years. One of the examples must be completed and must be larger than 35,000 sq-ft.; and one of the examples must be larger than 40,000 sq-ft. At least one of the projects cited must have had a final cost over $15 million dollars. A complex exhibit is defined as one that consists of museum objects (large and small), graphics and images, custom casework, tactile models, multimedia, interactives, security, lighting, and multiple subcontractors. Subcontractor performance cannot satisfy the minimum requirement for the prime contractor. Teaming arrangements where more than one firm combines experience to meet the minimum requirements will not be accepted.Bidders who have the minimum requirement experience detailed above, can obtain a copy of the RFP and attachments by signing the attached Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Note that the contents of this RFP are proprietary. Email a signed NDA for everyone who will review the documents.  Bidders should not share the documents with anyone who has not signed the NDA.   To obtain a copy of the solicitation, include signed NDAs via email to berked@si.edu. Each firm bidding should send one email containing all the signed NDAs rather than numerous emails from each staff.  After review of the NDA, bidders will be sent a copy of the RFP and a link to the attachments on or around May 4, 2021.