Eligibility • Candidates must be professional artists or designers as stated in your resume • Candidates must be age 18 or older and are eligible regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identification, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical ability. • Candidates must eligible to work in the United States Other Project Considerations Maintenance and Durability: The selected artwork must be able to sustain, over time, natural weather conditions and require minimum maintenance. Safety and Security: The selected artwork will be evaluated on the overall safety and security of the finished work. Objects that provide places to hide or places that are obscured from lines of sight to the public are discouraged. Submission Requirements Application materials must be received by February 26th, 2019 at 5:00pm EST via the submission portal on https//callforentry.com. Items required shall include the following: 1. Statement of Interest: Including Statement of Thematic Concept and Planned Medium: Narrative Outlining interest and qualifications for this project, including experience in community engagement around public art. This should include a brief statement on your concept of for the artwork, including any particular theme or themes that it might include. If appropriate, include which medium (s) you plan to use in the artwork and description. 2. Work Samples: visual representations of past artwork that demonstrate qualifications for this project, including experience in community engagement around public art. In order to be considered for this project, candidates must upload a total of 10 images that represent no more than 5 previously completed projects. Slides, prints, or any physical submissions of artwork will not be accepted. Each sample should have an accompanying summary of the title, location, cost, materials/media, and timeline associated with that piece. 3. Project Personnel Resume: resumes for each artist/artist team member. If submitting as a team, compile all resumes into a single document. 4. References: each artist/artist team should provide three (3) current professional references or recommendation letters with contact information for each reference. Tentative Project Timeline Issue date: January 29, 2019 Submittal deadline: February 26, 2019 Finalist selection: March 12, 2019 Finalist interviews: March 26-28, 2019 Artist selection: April 1, 2019 Concept design and development approval: April - May 15, 2019 Board of County Commissioners approval process May, 2019 Fabrication and installation: May 2019-July, 2019 Project Completion: August 2019 Selection Process and Evaluation Criteria Staff will preview application for completeness and may reject incomplete applications or non-responsive submissions. An Artist Selection Committee (which may include staff from the Durham County Library system, Engineering Project Management, General Services, visual art/design professionals, and other community members) will review and evaluate Candidates’ applications based on criteria that may include but is not limited to the following:  Quality and strength of past work as demonstrated in submitted application materials  Experience, success, and/or interest in community engagement in the process of creating public artwork  Statement of thematic concept and planned medium(s)  Proven track record of using the materials and methods appropriate for this project  Demonstrated ability to manage projects with similar budgets on time and on budget Artist Selection Committee The Artist Selection Committee will invite up to three (3) Finalists to Durham, North Carolina to view the site, meet with County and community stakeholders, interview with Artist Selection Committee members. Reasonable compensation for travel and accommodations will be provided. After the interviews, the Selection Committee will recommend a Finalist who will be invited to contract with the County for the commission of this work. Scope of Services The services which will be required from Finalists during the selection process but are not necessarily limited to:  visiting the site  meeting with potential stakeholders  interviewing with the Artist Selection Committee The County of Durham will commission the Finalist with the best qualifications (referred to as “Awardee”) to design, fabricate, and install the public art at the Main Library. We anticipate the contract to start between May 2019 and June 2019, and terminate upon completion of the project scheduled for August 2019. The services which will be required from the Awardee{s) during the contract include but are not necessarily limited to:  Collaborating with the County on the design concept  Submitting final design concept, proposed budget, and project timeline  Leading an engagement process to raise awareness within the community and gather input on the resulting installation  Overseeing the installation of the selected artwork  Devising a maintenance plan to ensure the proper conservation of the installation Non-Contact Provision Candidates and Finalists are prohibited from contacting any County official or employee during course of the application period, interview process, or other processes of this solicitation, except to submit questions via the designated project managers listed at the beginning of this RFQ. Any such contact shall be grounds for disqualification of any Candidate who may have initiated such contact. Rights and Disclaimers The County reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. The County reserves the right (i) to negotiate changes of any nature with any Finalist or Awardee with respect to discrepancies between the designs selected for the contract and the art that will be commissioned by the County, and (ii) to enter into an agreement for some or all of the work with one or more Candidates who do not submit proposals. Although Candidates should make their best faith effort to comply with the requirements outlined in this call for artists, the County may, in its discretion, waive non-compliance. The evaluation criteria are intended to be used to make a recommendation to the entity or person within the County authorized to award the contract. That entity or person is not bound to use these criteria or to award on the basis of the recommendation. The County reserves the right to change the criteria and to otherwise vary from this procedure as it determines to be in the County’s interest. Unless the artist indicates otherwise all materials submitted to qualify for this Opportunity will be discarded after the conclusion of this solicitation. Under the terms of the contract, the Awardee(s) will agree to allow the County to incorporate the design and installation it has commissioned into the County’s permanent art collection. Proposers are required to make a good faith effort to include Minority and Women Business Enterprises (M/WBEs) as part of their management team. Describe the program (plan) that your company has developed to encourage participation by M/WBEs to meet or exceed the goals set by the County of Durham’s M/WBE Program Ordinance. Include a copy of that plan in your response. Provide documentation of M/WBE participation that you have achieved over the past two years on both public and private construction projects. Outline specific efforts that your Company takes to notify M/WBE firms of opportunities for participation. Indicate the M/WBE participation goal that you expect to achieve on this project. Durham County hereby establishes the following goals for the expenditure of funds with MWBE firms. Questions concerning M/WBE should be directed to Rick Greene, Assistant Procurement Manager, at (919) 560-0059. All questions and requests for clarifications relative to this RFQ should be submitted in writing via email to Hilda W. Williams purchasinggroup@dconc.gov by 3:00 P.M., on February 15, 2019. All responses to questions will be submitted online via Call for Entry (located at https//callforentry.com)