Fine Arts Services 2019

GSA Public Buildings Service awarded a Master IDIQ for fine arts transportation and maintenance services on September 30, 2019, with ordering authority that closed on September 30, 2024; the vehicle is no longer active and no new orders may be placed.

The vehicle is unrestricted and was small-business set-aside at the solicitation level (NAICS 484220, specialized freight trucking, and 712110, museums), though all ten task orders awarded carried no set-aside designation. The solicitation anticipated multiple awards—up to three IDIQs with a base period of 12 months and four one-year option periods—with a minimum guarantee of $1,000 per contract. The combined potential value across all task orders totaled $675 thousand, with $675 thousand obligated (100% drawn).

Awarded task orders span fine arts cyclic maintenance in the National Capital Region (cyclic upkeep of sculptures, paintings, and architectural artworks), specialized freight and shipping (round-trip transport of individual artworks, crating and movement across regions), and storage services (large-scale sculpture storage). Representative orders include cyclic maintenance of 37 artworks in the NCR for $204.6 thousand, transport of four paintings to New York for roughly $10 thousand, and crating and shipping a large eagle sculpture from California to Ohio for $62.9 thousand.

ELY Inc. dominated the vehicle, capturing five of ten orders worth $562 thousand combined (83% of potential value). Cadogan Tate Texas, Inc. held three orders for $90 thousand, and U.S. Art Co., Inc. held two orders for $23 thousand. GSA's central acquisition office (Central Office Acquisition Services Division) placed seven orders for $544 thousand, while GSA PBS Region 1 placed three orders for $130 thousand. Ordering momentum peaked in 2021 with four orders; 2022 and 2023 each saw one order, and 2024 recorded two orders before the vehicle's ordering period closed. All task orders used firm fixed pricing with completion dates generally within 12 months of award.

The General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Services (PBS), Office of Chief Architect, Art in Architecture and Fine Arts Division, located in Washington, DC has awarded a Master IDIQ for fine arts transportation services for its Fine Arts Program involving standard fine arts request with a limited time frame.