*The closed solicitation has been included below for reference: The NC Museum of Art is in search of a creative design team to provide all required design, bidding, construction administration, and closeout services for the East Building and Museum Park Improvements project which will include four improvement projects: Amphitheater Restoration, The Porch Venue & Park Entrance, Community Arts & Education Center, and Science Laboratory & Education Center. The North Carolina Museum of Art seeks to be a welcoming and accessible place for all North Carolinians and national and international visitors, and its 2020-2025 strategic plan outlines a series of repair and renovation projects across its campus. These projects are sited in the Museum's original East Building and its immediate grounds, which encompass the Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Park Amphitheater and a small portion of the Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park. To achieve the Museum's goals, the strategic plan provided for the updating of its Amphitheater, which is now 25 years old and does not meet present needs and requirements with respect to accessibility, amenities, seating, and stage and technical capabilities. This renovation involves the artwork PICTURE THIS, of which the stage is a part. The project will revitalize the Amphitheater resulting in renovated restrooms, redesigned trails, a designated concessions space, renovated seating, stage upgrades, the replacement of defective concrete and other visitors' surfaces, including the landscape, and lighting and fiber replacements and upgrades. The strategic plan also calls for the transformation of the lower level of East Building into a new entrance, connecting the art museum proper to the Museum Park. Ensuring accessibility between these two parts of the campus will be a major focus of the project as will the creation of a new community arts and education center to welcome multigenerational visitors from the Park into the East Building. This space will offer interactive and hands-on art making opportunities and signal the Museum's commitment to inspiring creativity. The subsequent loss of operational space will be addressed by building a storage space adjacent to the loading dock of East Building. This renovation will also activate the former restaurant space once more, creating a food and beverage venue with park views and an outdoor terrace that encourages guests to linger and enjoy the NCMA's unique setting. This operation will also support special events, which can take place indoors or in a new event space to be built on the adjacent lawn. From the event space to the Amphitheater, the outdoor space behind East Building will be activated as an arts and entertainment green. The relocation and paving of an access road involves a redirection of an existing access road and the elimination of part (almost all) of that existing road as much of the existing road will likely become the terrace. It also includes the demolition of an existing wall originally constructed for the East Building and running through the sculpture Picture This. The newly developed road should be paved and likely follow the natural arch of the landscape from the split behind East Building to the amphitheater. To continue to fulfill the Museum's responsibility to care for the People's Collection, the NCMA is undertaking the renovation of the art conservation laboratory on the B Level of East Building to meet current and future needs of the collection. We will also create a new, public facing classroom and lab space on the plaza level of East Building to offer visitors opportunities to learn about the intersection of art and science and the field of conservation, which reveals how works of art were made and how we can keep them looking as they were intended across space and time. Engaging one design team to design and coordinate the construction of these four improvement projects will ensure a continuity between project scope and design vocabulary. Total Project Budget: $26,016,000 In order to offer architectural, engineering, or landscape architectural services in response to this solicitation, the proposing firm must be properly licensed to practice Architecture, Engineering, or Landscape Architecture in the State of North Carolina. More information on the North Carolina state boards may be found at the following portal: NC Board of Architecture: (portal) NC Board of Examiners for Engineers & Surveyors: (portal) NC Board of Landscape Architects: (portal) The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.