FINE ARTS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

Solicitation for Fine Arts Transportation Services GS-00P-14-CZ-D-0002 Description NAICS 484220, Specialized Shipping- The General Services Administration (GSA)PBS, Office of Design and Construction Division, located in Washington, DC is seeking fine arts transportation services for its Fine Arts Program involving standard fine arts requests within a limited time frame. This requirement will provide project coordination and expert handling relocation and re-housing of objects within art storage using museum-trained professional staff and art transport services. The Government intends to award approximately three (3) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts, for such services with a one-year base period and (4) one-year option periods. Only Firm-Fixed Price task orders will be issued under these contracts. The selected firms shall provide highly specialized personnel performing a wide range of services, such as transport, packing and crating, rigging and installation, with the safety and preservation of artwork being the primary concern. The range of services and materials routinely provided by fine arts services companies tend to provide services for museums, art institutions and private collectors. The IDIQ contract awards shall be 100% total set aside for small business. The small business size standard is $7 million or less, based on the annual average gross revenue of a firm which has been in business for 3 or more fiscal years. The maximum ordering limitation for the IDIQ contracts shall be $75,000.00 for the base year and each one-year option period, with the total contract amount over five years not to exceed $375,000.00. The maximum ordering limitation for the IDIQ contracts shall be $ 1,125,000.00. The selected firms will be evaluated in terms of the evaluation factors required for the performance work statement. Evaluation factors for the selection of the firms are as follows:(1) Experience, (2) Past Performance (3) Management Approach Performance, and (4) Technical Capabilities. The firms must demonstrate that 90% of the required services will be accomplished with the firms' own employees. At least (3)three firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts will result from this solicitation, including profit, overhead, and hourly rates for anticipated disciplines and for use in negotiating firm fixed price delivery orders. Interested firms shall submit a letter of interest identifying the solicitation number to the Contracting Officer, on or before 30 April, 2014 via e-mail to Arnetha.Wiggs@gsa.gov. The solicitation shall released on or about 1 May 2014, with receipt of proposals due not later than 2 June 2014.