United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Contracts Department, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2150

S -- HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED IN THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM... Sol 3880-96-R-0014 Due 092396 Point of Contact-Ara Wright, Contract Specialist, 202/314-7851 Housekeeping Services, United States Holocaust Memorial Council (USHMC) Contracts Dept., Exhibition maintenance is a necessary and highly specialized activity in all museums. The preservation of art and artifacts while on exhibit for public education and or entertainment has specific requirements. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is obliged to maintain a specific prescribed level of Cleanliness for the well-being and the preservation of art and artifacts on exhibit. Art and artifacts are exhibited at the USHMM in an ``open case'' design presentation. Soils from the Museum's air handling system, visitors' and employees' clothing, shoes and hair collects and is deposited on the exhibition furnishings, supports and the art and artifacts. These soils must be removed in a specific manner on a daily and scheduled basis. Due to the invaluable and historic nature of the objects on exhibit, cleaning techniques and materials are not ordinary; they are highly specialized and require a specially trained contract Exhibit Maintenance Team (EMT) and a qualified Project Manager (PM). PM must have a minimum of three (3) years specialization in performing this level of exhibits maintenance management and supervision. The performance time will be one basic year with four, one year options. Request should reference solicitation number and project name. This proposed contract is a 100% small business set aside. See Numbered Note 1. (228)

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