44_Service-Rest Area Exhibit Design and Development

This solicitation is to establish a contract for services to design and develop exhibits for rest areas.

This SOW is to provide services for safety rest area exhibit design and development. Vendor shall provide research, complete interpretative design and exhibit development, and oversight for production and installation in newly constructed and renovated Safety Rest Areas (SRAs) throughout the state of Texas.

The primary location of the exhibits will be in the lobbies of each SRA building, with additional locations that may include displays on the exteriors of the building, trail markings, and outdoor freestanding interpretive material. Service requirements shall include, but not be limited to the following:

• All interpretative exhibit and display design.
• Media design (including audio-visual, computer and mixed media).

NOTE: TxDOT reserves the right to request vendor to provide exhibit services to other TxDOT facilities such as Travel Information Centers.

Services shall be performed at various TxDOT Roadside Facilities and Travel Information Centers locations throughout the state of Texas specified by TxDOT.

The vendor shall submit Design Options Presentation Package: Provide and present 45 calendar days of the issuance of the blanket release purchase order or on the agreed upon date between TxDOT and the vendor. Include in package, but not be limited to:

• Design concept statements.
• Description of principle materials and systems.
• Color-rendered site plan, floor plan, elevations and perspectives.
• Optional 3D animations of multi-media presentations.
• Outline of interpretive signs' content.
• Description of video productions content.
• Itemized project budget.

Provide a minimum one-year warranty for installation, materials and workmanship for all installed exhibits and displays.

The respondent must submit one signed and dated response through the Euna Procurement system: https://txdot.bonfirehub.com/.

Any response sent to TxDOT personnel via email - whether directly, courtesy copy (cc), or blind copy (bcc) - will be considered non-responsive.

TxDOT will consider best value for the state. Responses will be evaluated and scored on a weighted system to determine the response offering the best value.

• Respondent qualifications and experience: **25 Points**
• Respondent's approach to meeting requirements detailed in the SOW: **45 Points**
• Pricing from Respondent's original written proposal: **30 Points**

Performance and Payment Bonds: Not applicable for this solicitation.

TxDOT has determined that subcontracting opportunities are probable in connection with this solicitation.