CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

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Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Procurement of Public Art Pieces under the Ancient Connections Project

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Pembrokeshire County Council, on behalf of the Wexford/Pembrokeshire EU funded arts, heritage and tourism project Ancient Connections, wish to appoint an artist or artists to create two new connected pieces of public art, one in Ferns and one in St Davids.

Proposals are invited for the design and creation of both artworks, which must be linked to each other in some way. Links can be either visual, in terms of design echoes, conceptual in terms of themes or approach, or linked in other creative ways proposed by the artist/s. Proposals from individual artists, artist collectives, or artistic cross-border collaborations are welcomed, however proposals for just one of the artworks in one location will not be accepted. While artist collaborations are welcome, one artist or company must be named as the lead contractor, and all communication during the tendering process will be undertaken with them.

The maximum budget available is €175,000 to cover all costs including artists’ fees and expenses, engineering, materials, costs relating to permissions, eg. planning permission, documentation and installation. The two artworks, one in Ferns and one in St Davids should have equal budget allocation and equivalent status and impact.

The contract will be awarded in two stages. Stage 1 is an Open Call for Expressions of Interest. Applicants for Stage 1 are invited to present an artistic approach to the brief, not a design proposal. From these submissions, a shortlist of five artists will be selected by a cross-border panel based on the scoring process outlined below. These artists will be invited to make site visits to both locations, meet community groups and planning specialists and develop designs and a costed proposal. A fee of €1500 will be paid to these artists to include their time, travel expenses and accommodation. (NB. These fees are additional to the budget of €175,000. In the case of joint artists submissions the €1500 fee must be divided between the artists).

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=103535

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Dual stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

PROC/1920/109

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Any tender submission has to be made via the etenderwales Bravo Solution Portal. We will not accept any submissions by any other means.

The Buyer is acting on behalf of the following organisations:

Wexford County Council, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, Visit Wexford

(WA Ref:103535)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: The project is funded by ERDF (European Rural Development Fund) led by Pembrokeshire County Council, with partners Wexford County Council, the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and Visit Wexford.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice