SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Art in Architecture Project for the New United States Federal Courthouse, San Diego, CA
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 711510
— Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Property Development Division (9PCS), 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 3rd floor West, San Francisco, California, 94102
- ZIP Code
- 94102
- Solicitation Number
- GS-09P-12-KT-C-0003
- Point of Contact
- Shelita Harper, Phone: 415-522-3206, Wesley Lau, Phone: 415-522-3015
- E-Mail Address
-
shelita.harper@gsa.gov, Wesley.Lau@gsa.gov
(shelita.harper@gsa.gov, Wesley.Lau@gsa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 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 U.S. Courthouse in San Diego, Ca. This project provides for the construction of a new courthouse in downtown San Diego, CA. The site/design and construction prospectus will be designed to meet the amended 30-year requirements of the U.S. District Courts and related agencies with the initial build-out to house the 10-year housing requirements. The design is a culmination of collaboration that took place between the San Diego Community, the U.S. Courts, Centre City Development Corporation and GSA. The site for the new United States Federal Courthouse in San Diego offers an extraordinary opportunity to develop an architecture that contributes to the downtown business core, the city's exceptional climate, unique history, and it responds to the vital urban fabric of the adjacent residential communities. In addition to a new courthouse, the project master plan integrates new and existing federal buildings with gardens, plazas, a water feature and pedestrian paths that engage and support the downtown urban design goals. To achieve this balance of program requirements and civic amenities, the entire 100,000 square foot site has been creatively utilized. Below-grade support and service areas fill the entire site, while the plaza level footprint is a modest 20,000 square feet. This planning strategy has allowed the design team to develop the heart of the site as a significant new public plaza that will be an active center of the federal building complex and an important new civic space for the city. GSA generally allocates one-half of one percent of the estimated construction costs for new or modernized federal buildings for art commissions. The art budget for the New U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, Ca project is currently estimated to be $200,000.00. 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 New U.S. Courthouse in San Diego, California, must have their application materials submitted and received by GSA by 3:00 PM California Time on Friday November 25, 2011. 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. If any technical questions arise regarding this posting please contact Mr. William Caine, Art in Architecture Program, Office of the Chief Architect at 202.501.4271. 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 including a price proposal for the contemplated project. GSA has determined that the combined weight of all the technical selection criteria is significantly more important than price. At a minimum, the scope of services for this commission will require: collaboration with the lead designer Richard Meier & Partners, Los Angeles, Ca 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.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/GSA/PBS/9PCS/GS-09P-12-KT-C-0003/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 333 West Broadway, San Diego, California, 92101-8897, United States
- Zip Code: 92101-8897
- Zip Code: 92101-8897
- Record
- SN02610437-W 20111022/111020234417-be1b4a50110cd065a34934a2d782d05f (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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