MODIFICATION
Y -- Exhibit Fabrication and Installation Services
- Notice Date
- 3/8/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 339999
— All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NHLBI-CSB-EB-2016-090-CB
- Archive Date
- 4/1/2016
- Point of Contact
- Chris Bocus, Phone: 3014027888
- E-Mail Address
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chris.bocus@nih.gov
(chris.bocus@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- March 8, 2016: This solicitation has been updated to reflect specifications related to questions received by vendors. All added information will be shown with an asterisk (*). DESCRIPTION: (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This acquisition is set aside for small businesses only. (ii) The solicitation number is HHS-NIH-NHLBI-CSB-EB-2016-090-CB and the solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ). Offerors shall submit their quotes no later than 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time(EST) on Thursday, March 17, 2016. (iii) The solicitation document, the incorporated provisions and clauses are those in the Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-86, effective February 01, 2016. (iv) The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339999 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. The acquisition is being conducted in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 13. PURPOSE: The purpose of this requirement is to procure the services of a contractor to fabricate and install museum quality exhibit cases and graphic panels that will feature medical research supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) through its extramural funding programs as well as that accomplished through its own, intramural, research programs.   (v) Background: The DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research, also known as the NIH Stetten Museum, preserves and interprets through physical and virtual exhibits the material culture of the scientific work of the NIH. Established in 1986, the NIH Stetten Museum collects instruments important to scientific research, especially instruments and technologies developed at the NIH. The Museum also collects non-scientific objects related to the general history of the NIH, including architectural artifacts, artwork, and clothing. Museum exhibits seek to inform the general public, patients and their families, visiting scientists, and scientific and non-scientific staff at NIH about the process of biomedical research and about its achievements. Working in conjunction with the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), NIH's Stetten Museum of Medical Research has developed a new exhibition that is to be located on the ground floor of the Claude B. Pepper Building/Building 31. This exhibition will feature prototypes, photographs and quotes associated with a variety of recent breakthroughs by scientists, researchers and investigators, who have benefitted from NIBIB support. PROCUREMENT: As part of the renovations of the first floor hall, just outside of the NIBIB Director's suite of offices, three wood-laminate-covered surrounds were created. One surround (on the wall surface at the very end of the hall), contains illuminated letters "NIBIB" and the subtitle "National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering" below in dimensional letters. On the right and left side walls approaching the logo, are two other wood-laminate covered surrounds. All of the surrounds are ringed with fluorescent light fixtures across the top and down each side, which are recessed, so that only the blue-violet glow on three sides of each "proscenium arch," betray their existence. However, it is the presence of these fluorescent fixtures (and the overhead fluorescent fixtures that were recessed into the hall ceiling)-that argue for U-V filter acrylic covers on each of the vertical vitrines to be constructed and installed. Looking towards the logo-wall, the proscenium arch on the right will surround a series of five vertical vitrines which are to be surface-mounted to the existing back-wall surface within the frame. Similarly, the proscenium arch to the left of the logo-wall will surround a series of two graphic panels that will flank a preexisting video monitor. *The back interior surface of each wall case is to be covered by a removable ¼" substrate panel (masonite, acrylic, MDF or alucobond) wrapped in fabric (Dazian PD Cloth, Color: CIC BLUE, or similar). The largest text (Case ID Label Text) is to consist of matte-white cut-vinyl letters that are to be directly adhered to the fabric panel face surface. Photographic image panels will consist of color images printed directly to the surface of a 1/16" substrate (sign blank, acrylic, or alucobond-or be printed on vinyl/gloss paper and adhered to the face surface of each panel-with overage around the perimeter that will be used to wrap the edges of each panel. As these image panels are located inside of the acrylic vitrines, it will not be necessary for any of these panels to have a clear wrap that would protect the label surface from scratches or wear from handling. In addition, ID label panels (white text dropped out of a blue background-of a darker hue than the blue fabric) are to be produced using the same techniques as described above for photo images. All of these small panels are to be pinned on the surface of the fabric-covered case interior panel using four brass escutcheon pins per panel (one in each corner). Depending on the fabrication and installation methodologies employed, it may (or may not) be possible to maintain a 1/32" white border around each photo image. All objects (that are to float inside each vertical vitrine) will require the manufacture of custom brass brackets, which are to be painted to match the dark blue fabric insert panels. Note: Photos and ID labels will be supplied as full-scale electronic files ready for printing (fabricator to tweak color and light only).* *Again, looking towards the logo-wall, the proscenium arch to the left of the logo-wall, will surround a series of two graphic panels that will flank the pre-existing video monitor. Both of these graphic panels will be fabric-wrapped with the same fabric as the case interiors. However, as the photographic panels and label ID panels that are to be surface-mounted with escutcheon pins, will be able to be touched by visitors, the face surfaces of these photo image panels will have to be protected by a clear, matte finish, scratch-resistant, face laminate.* All of the cases and panels to be installed will be lit with ambient hall light. None of the cases or panels will require any additional light fixtures or electrical power of any kind. As the hallway in which the new exhibition will be located is in use by large numbers of staff at almost all hours, the new exhibition components are to be fabricated as modular units that will hang in place on cleat blocks or clips so that they may be lifted off the back wall to effect maintenance. All on-site construction is to be confined to assembly of pre-fitted and pre-finished modules. In addition to the museum cases and graphic panels to be installed within the confines of the two wood-laminate covered surrounds on each side of the hall, an additional, free-standing museum case is to be fabricated (per the enclosed isometric drawing). Two vertical insert panels will serve as the case interior back wall, and these are to be wrapped in fabric to match the acrylic vitrine interiors, but in addition, another fabric-wrapped panel is needed to serve as the case-interior-floor. The graphic production techniques for this case interior's set of photos and labels will be identical to that employed in the vertical vitrines. However, instead of all objects being suspended off the back wall, some may rise from the floor of the case on custom, painted brass brackets-or on fabric covered plinths or blocks. For the purpose of estimation, please plan on delivering the exhibition components to the Claude B. Pepper Building (Building 31) during normal business hours. The carpet-tile surfaces of the hall floors must be protected while moving the components into position. The enclosed dimensioned drawings speak to the scale of each of the exhibition components for the purpose of estimating construction and installation costs. Each of the the five-sided, vertical acrylic vitrines are to be fabricated with museum-grade UV filter acrylic (per the specifications in the detailed drawings). Almost 90% of the prototypes and models (on loan from labs across the country), that will be featured in the vertical museum cases, are already in-hand, and will be delivered to your facilities to enable the creation of appropriate mounting brackets to suspend each off of the vertical case back walls. If a few are to be custom fabricated, or are unavailable prior to on-site installation, photographs, drawings and dimensions will be provided so that brackets may still be produced. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS: Please refer to Attachment 1 - Exhibit Component/Service for a breakdown for specific contractor requirements. Please provide pricing based on each separate task. Additionally, please refer to Attachment 2 - Drawing with Specifications for complete details, specifications and measurements. *This solicitation must be restricted to those museum exhibition fabrication facilities that are geographically located within a 70 mile radius of the National Institutes of Health's campus in Bethesda, Maryland-because there are a number of objects from the Stetten Museum collection, and a number of prototypes on-loan to the museum from research laboratories across the country-that will have to be hand-delivered by museum staff to a dedicated and secured, climate-controlled storage area on the premises of the fabrication studio. The intent is that the custom brackets and support blocks that will suspend these objects within each case, will be designed, fabricated and installed by the fabrication studio's skilled staff on their premises (as the museum does not have facilities that would enable these brackets and forms to be fabricated on-site).* SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: PAINTING, SANDING, OR MACHINING OF COMPONENTS AND ANY ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD PRODUCE FUMES, DUST, OR EXTRAORDINARY NOISE ON-SITE ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. CONTRACTOR WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING ALL SITE DIMENSIONS AND PREPARING SUCH DIMENSIONED SHOP DRAWINGS AS DEEMED NECESSARY, PRIOR TO BEGINNING EXHIBITION FABRICATION. SAFETY AND FIRE CODE RESTRICTIONS ON SURFACE MATERIALS AND SUBSTRATES MUST BE STRICTLY RESPECTED. ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS OF AESTHETICALLY SIMILAR MATERIALS MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR EACH AND EVERY SPECIFIED PRODUCT IF NECESSARY TO INSURE THAT THEY MAY BE ORDERED, OBTAINED AND INSTALLED IN AS SHORT A TIMEFRAME AS POSSIBLE. THE OFFICE OF NIH HISTORY (ONH) WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAFTING AND EDITING TEXT LABELS AND PROSE FOR ANY AND ALL EXHIBITION COMPONENTS AND FOR THE CORRECT LANGUAGE OF CREDIT LINES ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES AND OBJECTS. FILES SUPPLIED TO THE FABRICATOR WILL BE FINAL, READY-TO-PRINT PRODUCTION FILES. IF CHANGES ARE INTRODUCED AFTER THE FILES HAVE BEEN RELEASED FOR PRODUCTION, ONH (AND NOT THE FABRICATOR) WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ASSOCIATED COSTS. PLEASE QUOTE THE STAND-ALONE FLOOR CASE AS AN OPTIONAL LINE-ITEM TO INSURE AGAINST BUDGET ALTERATIONS THAT MIGHT SHIFT THIS ONE COMPONENT TO A LATER DELIVERY DEADLINE, OR A FUTURE FISCAL YEAR. (vi) Period of Performance: To be negotiated upon award (vii) The provision FAR clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and is hereby incorporated by reference. (viii) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and is hereby incorporated by reference. Quotes will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13.106 based on price, past performance/experience and technical approach in a best value determination. (ix) In accordance with FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. (x) FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (xi) FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (xii) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating does not apply to this acquisition. (xiii) FAR clause 52.217-7 -- Option for Increased Quantity -- Separately Priced Line Item, applies to this acquisition. Offerors shall submit their proposals no later than 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Thursday, March 17, 2016. The response must reference the RFP Number: HHS-NIH-NHLBI-CSB-EB-2016-090-CB. All responsible offerors may submit a proposal, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. This acquisition is set-aside for SMALL BUSINESSES. Proposals can be emailed to the Contract Specialist, Chris Bocus at chris.bocus@nih.gov; Quotations shall not be deemed received by the Government until the quotation is entered into the e-mail address inbox set forth above. Faxed proposals will NOT be accepted. All quotes shall contain the following: 1. Name of Contracting Organization; 2. Contract Number/RFP Number (for subcontracts, provide the prime contract number and the subcontract number); 3. Contract Type; 4. Total Contract Value and Discounts; 5. Description of Requirement; 6. Contracting Specialist's Name and Telephone Number; 7. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code; and 8. DUNS Number.
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- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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