Do SMD mount bases exist?
There are breakout boards that allow you to solder the SMD part and then use it in something like a solderless breadboard or a lash-up by soldering to the large holes or adding headers to plug it in. You still have to solder the SMD part to the board once. The Chinese ones work fine. Photo from Aliexpress. You can probably find ones through the normal distribution channels as well. 



This is a great way to play with new parts, test tiny things like 0402 LEDs and so on. 

If you want to completely avoid soldering to the SMT part, there are sockets however they are huge and expensive and generally designed for applications such as programming SOT-23 MCUs. Not really a viable option. 



Another option is to buy an evaluation board, if one is available from the chip manufacturer, or a 3rd party module such as those from Adafruit. This may be the most practical approach to deal with a BGA package in the early prototype stage. And sometimes the part you want to use is available in a more "friendly" package as an option, so  you can use that and change to the unfriendly type for production.