# Fine Art & Design Price Database

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/2023h225p00268

- Solicitation number: 2023H225P00268
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Awarded to Artnet Worldwide Corporation
- Department: Department of the Treasury
- Agency: Internal Revenue Service
- Contracting office: Internal Revenue Service (n-INTERNALREVENUESERVICE)
- NAICS: 323113 Commercial Screen Printing
- Product or service code: 7630 Newspapers and Periodicals
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: New York, New York
- County: New York County (FIPS 36061). https://abierto.us/counties/new-york-county-ny-36061
- City: New York. https://abierto.us/cities/new-york-ny-3651000
- First posted: May 21, 2025
- Last posted: May 21, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/db3da8e2ac294c6ca5b2d90e972c533f/view

## Description

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to award a sole source purchase order to Artnet Worldwide Corporation., 263 9th Ave Apt 8A New York, New York 10001-6607 for access its fine art sales database which reviews the fair market values of works of art and cultural property in cases under examination and administers the Commissioner’s Art Advisory Panel. A purchase order will be issued for a period of 12 months.

Due to the uniqueness of this requirement, no other Fine Art & Design Price Database and Decorative Art Price Database is acceptable. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority FAR 13.106-1(b).

This service is being solicited and awarded as a commercial service in accordance with FAR Part 12. Justification: The Art Appraisal Service team at the IRS consists of art appraisers with backgrounds in art history and appraise fine art, decorative art. The Art Appraisal Service team utilizes Artnet as a resource daily, which provides access to data pertaining to images of fine art, sales records results, and records of worldwide artists.

The database provides refined raisonné search categories, isolation of comparable works of art by year of creation and provides market surveys. Any questions regarding this action should be directed to the IRS Primary Point of Contact Michael Hartman, Michael.P.HartmanII@irs.gov

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Artnet Worldwide Corporation (UEI X8NKDM4E19X5)
- Contract: 2023H225P00268, purchase order
- Obligated: $4,850.00
- Competition: Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 2023H225P00268 was reused as the contract number; same sub-agency 2050 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_2023H225P00268_2050_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- May 21, 2025: Special notice, due May 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice db3da8e2ac294c6ca5b2d90e972c533f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/db3da8e2ac294c6ca5b2d90e972c533f/view

## Points of contact

- Michael Hartman, michael.p.hartmanii@irs.gov

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