SOURCES SOUGHT
71 -- display cases for National Postal Museum - drawings and schedule
- Notice Date
- 11/2/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 337215
— Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Contracting, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 350, Arlington, Virginia, 22202
- ZIP Code
- 22202
- Solicitation Number
- T11SOL10004
- Archive Date
- 12/7/2010
- Point of Contact
- Debra A. Berke, Phone: 2026337414, Thomas E. Dempsey, Phone: 202/633-7259
- E-Mail Address
-
berked@si.edu, dempseyt@si.edu
(berked@si.edu, dempseyt@si.edu)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- project schedule concept drawings The Smithsonian Institution is issuing a Sources Sought Announcement for the National Postal Museum to indentify vendors with the capability to construct museum quality display cases that contain banks of pull out frames to display stamps and letters for a future gallery expansion. This is not a Request for Proposal. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents is strictly voluntary. This Sources Sought Announcement does not restrict the Government to a particular acquisition strategy. Any procurement resulting from this announcement will be synopsized separately. Please note that prospective contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to award of a contract. Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling 1-888-227-2423 or via the Internet at http://www.bpn.gov. The work is to obtain museum quality display cases that contain banks of pull out frames to display highly valuable stamps and letters. There are a total of 468 pull out frames which go into 21 display banks. See the attached concept drawings for sizes and details. The display banks will be placed throughout the Museum galleries. The attached drawings are concept plans only and are not final engineered drawings for construction. The selected vendor will work with Museum staff to develop engineered drawings for production of one prototype display bank for testing and aesthetic review, followed by final engineered drawings, manufacturing, shipping, and installation of the display banks and pull out frames at the National Postal Museum. A mock-up of a complete bank of 25 larger-format frame cases (32" x 40" size) will be reviewed by Museum staff at the manufacturer's facility. The completed banks and pull out frames must be delivered and installed in the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE in Washington, DC no later than August 31, 2012. (See attached Project Schedule for specific dates.) The vendor must be able to provide a warranty of ten years on the banks and pull out frames, and the ability to negotiate long term maintenance agreements beyond the warranty period. The display banks are to be constructed of steel framing with sliding mechanisms. The larger size units will have lockable storage cabinets within the lower portion of the units. The frames are two-sided to allow for a viewing panel on each side. The exterior of the display cases will be clad with a combination of wood, bronze and stone; which may or may not be part of the scope of work for the selected pull out frame casework manufacturer. The total number of display banks and sizes of frames are as follows: 3 banks of six (6) 18" x 22" pullout frames 2 banks of twenty-five (25) 18" x 22" pullout frames 16 banks of twenty-five (25) 32" x 40" pullout frames Interested firms should review the drawings and the information provided and submit a capabilities statement package to the contracting office point of contact. All responses shall include company name, company address, points of contact, and if company is small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Woman-Owned. The capabilities statement shall address at a minimum the following: 1. Prior experience with the design and production of display cases and conservation quality storage apparatus of similar complexity and in the amounts needed for this work. Provide at least three examples of prior experience in this regard. For each such experience, please provide information on organization supported, images of the completed work, dates work completed, and point of contact information for each example. 2. Ability of firm to complete the work within the time frame required. 3. Ability of the firm to handle all the required tasks including but not limited to preparing final engineered plans from concept drawing, production of prototype, fabrication of the banks and pull out frames to the required conservation quality, and to provide long term maintenance agreement and warranty on the product. Describe portions of the project scope that may be subcontracted, if any. Do not submit cost or price information with the statement/package. Responses will be accepted until November 22, 2010 at 9:00 AM EST via Email, US Postal Service, or Fedex or UPS. Point of Contact: Debra A. Berke Contract Specialist, Smithsonian Institution 202-633-7414 berked@si.edu Mail Fedex or UPS" only to: SI OCON Attn: D Berke 2011 Crystal Drive Suite 350 Arlington VA 22202-3709 Mail US Postal Service to this address: SI-OCON Attn: D Berke MRC 1200 PO BOX 37012 Washington DC 20013-7012
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/SI/CFO/WashingtonDC/T11SOL10004/listing.html)
- Record
- SN02320992-W 20101104/101102234233-dba4cc1f675658097c7e31570fa415d0 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |