Doing Business with DCA
The Department of Cultural Affairs purchases a wide variety of products and services ranging from cars, trucks and bookmobiles, to architectural services, and museum exhibits, to laboratory equipment, office supplies, and information technology support systems and services.
As an Agency of the State of New Mexico, the Department of Cultural Affairs is subject to all laws governing state agencies. As a department of the executive branch of New Mexico state government, DCA's purchases and contracts must ensure that each dollar is spent fairly and transparently in accordance with the New Mexico Procurement Code. It does so by working closely with and following guidelines of the General Services Department and its State Purchasing Division and the the Department of Finance and Administration and its Contract Review Bureau.
Through fair and open competition, the State Purchasing Division ensures compliance with the State Procurement Code for all purchases made by the executive branch agencies, as well establishing state-wide pricing agreements for use by multiple State Agencies and other Governmental New Mexico entities.
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Substitute W-9 Form
Vendors wishing to do business with DCA are required to submit a substitute W-9 form.
Invitations to Bid/Requests for Proposals/Requests for Information
Periodically, DCA issues requests for proposals or invitations to bid from qualified vendors. When available, active requests appear on this page.
Engineering Services (RFP# 24-505-2000-50183)
The purpose of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit sealed proposals from qualified professional engineering firms to provide professional engineering and potential architectural services to assist the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in the design and construction of buildings improvements and renovations, new construction, project management, sewer and water systems, electrical and mechanical systems, historic building preservation, and other needs of the natural and physically built areas of properties owned and managed by the Department statewide.
- Download PDF (Posted Sept 29, 2023)
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Oct 30, 2023
EXHIBIT PLANNING, DESIGN, FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION SERVICES (RFP# 24 505 2000 50178)
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (Department or DCA), a department of the state government of New Mexico, is seeking Offeror(s) to provide exhibit design and fabrication services for the planning, design, fabrication, and installation of new interpretive exhibits and the rehabilitation of existing exhibits at various Museums, Historic Sites and Cultural Institutions throughout New Mexico.
- Download PDF (Posted Sept 1, 2023)
- Questions and Answers (Posted Sept. 19, 2023)
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Oct 2, 2023
New Mexico Sunshine Portal
The Department of Cultural Affairs, like all agencies within New Mexico State Government makes information about its business practices available through the New Mexico Sunshine Portal, the official transparency and accountability portal for New Mexico state government. The portal contains information about government spending, budgets, revenues, employees, contracts and more.