USCH Des Moines Art in Architecture - FBO Synopsis -06182019.pdf

ART IN ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

GSA Synopsis for Artist Services Artist Services Synopsis Number: 47PG0219R0009

FBO Classification: R499

NAICS: 711510

Description:

The General Services Administration (GSA) Art in Architecture Program commissions American artists (citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents or Permanent Workers of the United States) to create publicly scaled and permanently installed artworks for Federal buildings nationwide.

GSA announces an opportunity for a Federal art commission in conjunction with the new construction of the United States Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa.

For details regarding the project to be built, please visit the following website:

www.gsa.gov/desmoinescourthouse

GSA allocates one-half of one percent of the estimated construction costs of new or modernized Federal facilities for art commissions. The art budget for the United States Courthouse project is estimated to be $500,000. One or more artists will be awarded a fixed-price contract for a commission.

Artists who wish to be considered for this and all future GSA art commissions must submit application materials to GSA’s National Artists Registry (Registry). The Registry constitutes the qualified list of artists for this and all GSA commissions.

Instructions on how to join the Registry are available on the following Web site:

www.gsa.gov/artinarchitecture

All artists who wish to be considered as candidates for a commission at the United States Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa, must have their application materials submitted and received by GSA by 3:00 PM Eastern Time on August 30, 2019.

Artists’ submissions received after the deadline will not be considered for this project, but will be eligible for consideration on future GSA commissions alongside the other artists on the Registry. Artists already on the Registry need not resubmit, but may elect to update their information prior to the deadline.

GSA evaluates artists based on the following criteria: the media, materials, content, style and scope of the artist’s past work, along with the artist’s past performance and experience with commissions or projects similar to the one described in this synopsis.

Short-listed artists will be contacted and asked to submit additional information http://www.gsa.gov/desmoinescourthouse http://www.gsa.gov/artinarchitecture including a statement that the artist can perform the work associated with the GSA commission within the identified budget. GSA will count the combined weight of all the selection criteria as significantly more important than price.

At a minimum, the scope of services for this commission will require: collaboration with the lead designer selected for the building project; development of preliminary and final concepts; fabrication of the artwork; participation in meetings and conservation reviews as necessary; and the installation of the artwork at the project site.