Christopher Polentz

Christopher Polentz, a sole proprietorship based in San Marcos, California, delivers preliminary artistic design services for numismatic products exclusively to the U.S. Mint as a prime contractor, competing full-and-open without set-aside designation. Polentz specializes in coin and medal design work across the Mint's portfolio of commemorative, circulating, and proof coin programs, operating under two single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with ceiling values of $362,000 (awarded August 25, 2023, ultimate completion December 31, 2026) and $640,000 (awarded July 15, 2026, ultimate completion December 31, 2027).

Polentz's customer concentration is singular: the Department of the Treasury's United States Mint accounts for 100% of recent awards (19 total, $1.1 million combined potential value). Delivery orders issued under the IDCs have ranged from $1,590.73 for travel support to AIP (Artistic Infusion Program) orientation events through $10,000 for design selection fees. Representative work includes $10,000 for preliminary artistic designs supporting the 2027 and 2028 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coins selection process (July 20, 2026), $6,000 for the 2028 American Innovation $1 Coin Program (December 22, 2025), $6,000 for the 2027-2030 Youth and Paralympic Sports Reverses program (September 5, 2025), $6,000 for Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal designs (June 4, 2025), and $6,000 for the 2027 Working Dogs Commemorative Coin Program (March 27, 2025). Prior delivery orders supported the American Liberty Coin and Medal program, Civil Rights Quarter Dollar, Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal, and Everett Alvarez, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal design work.

Activity has grown from three awards in 2023 to seven annually in 2024 and 2025, with two awards issued through mid-2026. Seventeen of the nineteen awards (combined potential value $87 thousand) flow through the 2023 IDC vehicle. Across all awards, $87 thousand has been obligated against the $1.1 million combined potential value — a 8% obligation rate reflecting the Indefinite Delivery structure's as-needed delivery-order issuance. Three awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $21 thousand and face recompete exposure. Polentz operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract activity. The work falls under NAICS 711510 (Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers) and PSC category 7050 (Collectors' And/Or Historical Items).