Curator Government Bids & RFPs

The bid notice states that offerors must demonstrate the capacity to design a multimillion dollar museum exhibition experience of similar size and scope as the nmal exhibits intend to be, and offerors must have worked with a diverse group of personnel, such as content developers, architects, curators, scientists, educators, exhibition evaluators, design coordinators, writers, collections managers, facility managers, engineers, media producers, museum technical staff, and exhibit fabricators, etc. Offerors must demonstrate this capacity by showing the offerors prior experience from the past seven years designing exhibitions for at least three complete museum or very complex museum exhibits that integrated objects, images, and multimedia. For the purposes of this minimum requirement, a museum is defined as a not for profit institution that uses historical artifacts or living collections to create a participatory, transparent, and educational experience that enhances visitors understanding of the world. Each example of offerors prior exhibition design experience must involve a total exhibition footprint of at least 35, 000 sq. ft. and at least one example must involve a total exhibition footprint larger than 45, 000 sq. ft. At least one example must have been fabricated and completed the other examples may be in the process of fabrication. Note that subcontractor performance cannot satisfy the minimum requirement of the prime contractor. Failure of an offeror to meet the minimum requirement will result in offerors proposal not being evaluated.