(a) The contracting office shall receive a comprehensive project plan which addresses all aspects of project management and acquisition for the associated federal building construction or modernization project before proceeding with an art in architecture procurement. The fine arts officer will ensure all planning documents reference appropriate funding, goals, and milestones for the project.

(b) The Art in Architecture & Fine Arts Division, in collaboration with the PBS Office Acquisition Management, may provide prototypical language to include in art in architecture solicitations

(c) An Art in Architecture Panel, as outlined in the GSA Art in Architecture (AiA) Policies and Procedures at https://gsa.gov/artinarchitecture, will be instrumental in the acquisition planning process and will be responsible for:

(1) Reviewing artist portfolios and recommending artists for inclusion in the GSA National Artist Registry.

(2) Conducting an inaugural meeting for a project.

(3) Determining the scope of the artwork for a project.

(4) Recommending a group of artists from the Registry for GSA to specifically solicit for a project (in addition to the general solicitation posted in the GPE).

(5) Reviewing and providing critiques, for both artistic merit and long-term maintainability, of an artist’s preliminary design concept and final design concept for a project.