Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Art for Community Concert Hall - Fort Lewis College


Please go to Fort Lewis College web page link above to see RFP for complete information.

Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado is inviting interested artists or groups of artists to submit qualifications and an artwork concept for an original two dimensional work, a three dimensional sculptural work, or an LED art work to be installed on an exterior wall of the Community Concert Hall located on our campus.  At this time the College is interested in the artist’s qualifications and the cost anticipated for the artist and the artwork.  Please include that information for the committee’s consideration along with your statement about your vision of the art.  When a work is selected for further consideration, the College will work closely with the artist to create a complete budget for the entire project; including costs beyond the creation of the art such as transportation, installation, and structural requirements (for the artwork and the building).  At that time the proposal will be presented to a donor who has expressed interest is making this project a reality.The Fort Lewis Community Concert Hall was built in 1997 and is a masonry (block), concrete and steel building.

To see what the building looks like and what the feel of the campus, click on the link below:


Move your cursor over campus buildings each will pop up if you click on them. You will find Community Concert Hall in the upper right quadrant of the map.  Click on Concert Hall to see pictures of the building and its setting.  The art would be located on the large wall as seen below.  Please feel free to call Cathy Gore and we will help you find the correct building if you’re having trouble.

The wall is 82 feet wide and 45 feet high and is located on the east side of building. This wall viewed from approximately half of the campus.  You can see from the campus map below student parking surrounds the location for the art.  The College recognizes the opportunity and positive impact the appropriate work of art would provide for thousands of students/staff daily and concert goers on from town for many events over the year.

INQUIRIES

Prospective bidders may make written inquiries concerning this Request for Proposal to obtain clarification of requirements.  No inquiries will be accepted after February 5, 2015 Inquiries should be emailed to Wayne Hermes, Director of Purchasing athermes_w@fortlewis.edu.  Please state the following in the subject line:  “Inquiry – RFP3143 Public Art Work FLC Community Concert Hall.”



CONTACT INFORMATION

TECHNICAL CONTACT

Any questions concerning technical specifications or Statement of Work requirements must be directed to:

Cathy Gore

Fort Lewis College Project Management Office

Gore_c@Fortlewis.edu

(970) 247-7561

CONTRACT AND PURCHASING CONTACT

Any questions concerning submittals, proposal format, contractual terms and a resulting purchase order, must be directed to:



Wayne Hermes

Director of Purchasing


(970) 247-7432



 

GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSAL PREPARATION

All proposals submitted in response to this RFP will be evaluated by a committee of Fort Lewis College personnel.  Contract and resulting Purchase Order(s) will be awarded to the bidder whose proposal, conforming to this RFP, will be most advantageous to the College, price and other factors considered.  Due to the evaluation procedure for the Request for Proposal, lowest dollar price MAY or MAY NOT indicate the successful awardee.  Price constitutes only one of the several evaluation criteria.



The Evaluation Committee will judge the merit of proposals received in accordance with criteria described below.  This is a closed bid process.  A technical evaluation committee comprised of Fort Lewis College Art Department Faculty and Fort Lewis College Administration will judge the merits of each bid package received in accordance with the criteria stated below.  The recommendations of this committee will be forwarded to the purchasing authority for review and approval.  Failure of the submitter to provide any information requested in the bid may result in disqualification of the proposal.  The sole objective of the evaluation committee will be to recommend the contractor whose proposal is most responsive to FLC’s needs while within the available resources.  The specifications stated in the Request for Proposal package represent the minimum performance necessary for response.

Fort Lewis College reserves the right to:

·        Reject any or all offers and discontinue the RFP process without obligation or liability to any potential Vendor

·        Accept other than the lowest priced offer

·        Award a contract on the basis of initial offers received, without discussions or requests for best and final offers

·        Negotiate a best and final offer after the award



Due to Fort Lewis College's evaluation system for Requests for Proposals, the College cannot sign non-disclosure agreements with any bidder.

The contents of the successful vendor’s proposal in response to this RFP will become contractual obligations and will be incorporated into the final agreement between Fort Lewis College and the selected Vendor(s).

The College reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive informalities and minor irregularities in proposals received and to accept any portion of a proposal or all items bid if deemed in the best interest of the College to do so.

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