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87 -- EXHIBIT DESIGN FOR ARCTIC VISITOR CENTER SOL NDR990040 DUE 060499 POC Contact Pamela Vega, Procurement Technician, (303) 236-4400 DESIGN OF INTERPRETIVE SPACES AND EXHIBITS The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking interpretive design services for exhibits, information desks, and a sales area for a new visitor center in Coldfoot, Alaska, approximately 250 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. These interpretive spaces are expected to be approximately 3,000 square feet. The interpretive design will coincide with the facility design which is already under contract with the BLM. The interpretive designer will work with the facility designer to coordinate the interpretive components into the building design. The final products will be: (1) Interpretive Space Requirements Construction Package: A Construction package which includes drawings and specifications of Interpretive Spaces for the A&E Facility Design Contractor to incorporate into the facility design. This includes audio visual equipment recommendations and specifications and drawings necessary to design the theater. (2) Exhibits Construction Package: A Construction package which includes all exhibits and all components for the Lobby and Sales Area, and informational signs Interior and exterior). This document will be used as a statement of work to contract the fabrication and installation lf the exhibits and other interpretive components. (3) Film Prospectus: a document which presents a complete overview of the proposed film and documents it's relationship to the other interpretive media. (4) Audio Visual equipment specifications: a document which presents audio visual equipment recommendations, specifications and cost estimates to develop a separate contract to obtain and install the theater audio visual equipment. All exhibit design work shall be performed by a professional interpretive exhibit designer. The BLM will provide guidelines in the form of the Coldfoot Visitor Center Interpretive Plan which identifies the themes and sub-themes for the exhibits, as well as through on-going contact with the contractor during the design process. BLM will make slide libraries and natural and cultural resource expertise available for use in the exhibit design. Evaluation criteria in descending order of importance are: (1) Qualifications and experience of key personnel in the areas of creative and technical expertise required, including subcontractors to be used on this project. (2) Examples and descriptions of innovative approaches to natural resource interpretation, design, models, illustrations, graphics and mixed-media audio-visual productions of past projects similar in scope to this project. (3) Project management experience of the personnel to be used on this project within the last five years. Past record of performance with respect to control of costs, quality of work, and compliance with schedule with projects of this type and size. (4) References for at least five previous clients from the past ten years. Two of the references should be for design-only projects which were later fabricated by another firm. Include the name contacts for the fabrication firm as well as the client. All interested firms are invited to submit a letter of interest and a completed Standard Form 254/255. Responses must be received before 4:00 PM, Pacific Daylight Time, June 4, 1999, in order to be considered for selection: The letter of interest and SF 254/255 should be sent to Bureau of Land Management, Attn: Lenore Heppler, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 99709. Posted 05/04/99 (W-SN327428). (0124)

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