Are there any specific guidelines for purchasing artwork?
A. There are no specific requirements guidelines for purchasing artwork with Federal assistance. At this time, FTA guidance on procuring art is contained in FTA Circular 9400.1A, “Design and Art in Transit Projects,” 06-09-95. However, in the near future, FTA intends to transfer the procurement guidance in that circular unchanged to FTA Circular 4220.1F, “Third Party Contracting Guidance.” Apart from the criteria in FTA Circular 4220.1F, we would suggest that you use a negotiated procurement process where you would solicit both technical and price proposals, and construct your proposal evaluation criteria in such a way that the technical merits of the proposal would be given far more weight than cost. Try to make your evaluation criteria and statement of work as detailed as possible, and state the relative weighting of the various evaluation criteria in your RFP, making it very clear that you do not intend to award to the lowest priced offer but to the “best value” offer, with technica
A. There are no specific requirements guidelines for purchasing artwork with Federal assistance. At this time, FTA guidance on procuring art is contained in FTA Circular 9400.1A, “Design and Art in Transit Projects,” 06-09-95. However, in the near future, FTA intends to transfer the procurement guidance in that circular unchanged to FTA Circular 4220.1F, “Third Party Contracting Guidance.” Apart from the criteria in FTA Circular 4220.1F, we would suggest that you use a negotiated procurement process where you would solicit both technical and price proposals, and construct your proposal evaluation criteria in such a way that the technical merits of the proposal would be given far more weight than cost. Try to make your evaluation criteria and statement of work as detailed as possible, and state the relative weighting of the various evaluation criteria in your RFP, making it very clear that you do not intend to award to the lowest priced offer but to the “best value” offer, with technica
