Museum Comprehensive Plan Services

The government authority located in New York is seeking a vendor to provide comprehensive plan services for its museum. The agency needs to solve the challenge of modernizing its visitor experience while coordinating physical renovations with operational and strategic upgrades. The project aims to minimize facility downtime by aligning infrastructure construction timelines with a cohesive design approach. The scope of work covers physical renovation and visitor experience plans, which require reviewing existing museum assets, prior exhibit designs, facility condition assessments, and the collection survey. The selected vendor must conduct new facilities assessments when necessary and develop a cohesive design approach that includes graphic standards and look-and-feel guidelines for all exhibit areas. Additionally, the agency requires the design of the visitor experience, identification of accessibility goals, development of a functional program for visitor circulation, and identification of changes needed in non-gallery public spaces. The scope also includes an operational and strategic plan to identify best practices from peer institutions and strategic considerations for partnering with other state institutions. The vendor must document barriers to achieving the museum's mission and propose solutions to overcome them. This plan must establish actionable, ambitious goals with measurable metrics for post-renovation progress, alongside an implementation timeline aligned with the physical renovation schedule. Eligibility is restricted to onshore USA organizations only. The agency allows the performance of the work to be conducted offsite. Bidders must submit their responses digitally via email or online, and the agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget. All questions regarding this opportunity must be submitted no later than June 11, 2026.