Call to Artists: Ruggles Corridor Integrated Public Art

The City of Boston (“the City”), acting by and through its Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, invites artists to apply to create permanent public artworks to complement the Ruggles Street Corridor improvement project, which may be obtained on the Office of Arts + Culture Submittable website: 

https://cityofbostonartsandculture.submittable.com/submit/160200/call-t…

Responding to this RFP is voluntary. All costs associated with responding to this RFP, any presentations, and/or demonstrations will be the sole responsibility of the vendor participating in the RFP response.

All proposals shall be submitted in strict conformance with the Request for Proposal (RFP) which may be obtained by visiting https://cityofbostonartsandculture.submittable.com/submit, on or after 12:00 pm, Boston local time, on Monday, February 24, 2020. 

The attention of all proposers is directed to the provisions of the Request for Proposals and contract documents, specifically to the requirements for proposal deposits and insurance as may be applicable.

Applications should be submitted on or before 12:00 pm, Boston local time, on Wednesday, March 25, 2020

 

Late proposals will be rejected. Please note that we are not requesting design work at this stage and will not review applications that submit design proposals. The term of the contract shall be for 2 years.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, or any part or parts thereof, and to award, a contract as the Official deems to be in the best interests of the City. This contract shall be subject to the availability of an appropriation; therefore, if sufficient funds are not appropriated for the contract in any fiscal year, the Official shall cancel the contract. The maximum time for acceptance of a proposal and the issuance of written notification of award shall be one hundred eighty (180) days. The award of this contract shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor of Boston and the Boston Art Commission. 

Kara Elliott-Ortega, Chief of Arts and Culture