UNSPSC 82151504: Sculptors services

UNSPSC 82151504 Sculptors services is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure design, fabrication, and installation of site-specific sculptural and artistic installations for public spaces, cultural institutions, civic centers, and educational facilities. The work spans permanent exhibit fabrication for museums, large-scale public art commissions in bronze or comparable materials, interactive display systems integrating sculpture with technology, and mural paintings. Recent solicitations show issuing bodies including state university systems, county commissioners' offices, city planning and public works departments, and state cultural agencies. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (State of Illinois) issued an RFP for fabrication and installation of a 1,000-square-foot interactive children's exhibit with a mandatory pre-bid meeting and a Business Enterprise Program set-aside requiring minimum 23 percent participation by minority-owned, women-owned, or disability-owned certified businesses; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners posted an RFP for design, fabrication, delivery, and installation of interactive display exhibits for a Veterans Memorial Park Education and Cultural Center with an estimated project value of $800,000; Texas Tech University System solicited quotations for a bronze sculpture depicting Edward E. Whitacre Jr.; and the City of Madison issued a Request for Qualifications seeking artists to design and execute multiple site-specific public artworks for the Madison LakeWay SkyLine Project along a 1.7-mile shoreline development with individual project budgets ranging from $100,000 to $750,000.

The code sees activity across multiple states, with recent opportunities clustered in Illinois (ALPLM exhibit), Florida (Hillsborough County Veterans Memorial Park), Texas (Tech University and Tech Health Sciences Center public art), Georgia (City of Dunwoody wayfinding signs, City of Lawrenceville design management), California (Los Angeles County artist-in-residence), Wisconsin (City of Madison LakeWay SkyLine), and Oregon (City of Salem Civic Center public art). Representative solicitations include the Illinois ALPLM RFP due August 17, 2026 for exhibit fabrication and installation with detailed exhibit component scope and mandatory BEP utilization; the Hillsborough County RFP (August 6, 2026) for $800,000 in interactive displays with strict cybersecurity and insurance requirements; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's RFQ (March 25, 2026, closed) for a large-scale site-specific sculptural installation in a healthcare courtyard with a $987,400 all-inclusive budget; and the City of Madison RFQ (April 16, 2026) for multiple public artworks with design honorariums of $2,000 per finalist and individual project budgets from $100,000 to $750,000. Work performance occurs at the commissioned sites — museums, parks, courtyard installations, and civic facilities — with design phases typically preceding fabrication and installation. Insurance requirements regularly include commercial general liability of $1 million to $2 million, and many solicitations mandate project manager designation, site coordination with facility directors, security background checks, performance and payment bonds, and strict completion timelines ranging from 90 days to twelve months.