Main Museum Lift Modernisation

It is the museums intention to undertake works to the visitors lift.

The current lift is a hydraulic package with the pump room located at the top of the building.

The lift serves both front and back of house to facilitate the working and maintaining of the museum along with providing access to all visitors to all public floors.

The scope of the modernisation is outlined in the specification documentation, with a second option for the full replacement of the lift with a traction MRL lift.

Both options will include 12 months warranty and defects liability period the scope of the works is to provide a reliable lift service to the museum with a lift expectancy of 15-20 years.

Please note the successful contractor will be appointed as both Principal Contractor and Principle Designer under the CDM 2015 regulations.

For your tender return to be considered as compliant, you are required to return the following;  Form of Tender duly signed  Tender Sum Analysis (Pricing Document) fully priced.  A detailed programme for the works with critical path and associated information required.  Evidence of your insurances, VAT registration and UTR -  Three references of recent relevant works.  Details of your company history and profile, including financial information and environmental policy  A completed quality assessment questionnaire.  Digital tender submissions must be received by their attendant deadlines.  Please ensure that you include with your submission a total price for the works identified noting any exclusions.

Prices should be submitted using the Schedules of Work - Pricing document.

We will not accept tender submissions from companies who have not undertaken a site visit.

Please contact Tim Hopkins (thopkins@horniman.ac.uk) and Adele Harrington (aharrington@horniman.ac.uk) to book a site visit.

Tender submissions should be made electronically to Adele Harrington (aharrington@horniman.ac.uk) by 12 noon Wednesday 18th October 2023 • Documents may be sent in MS Word, Excel or PDF format.

Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged by email.

All compliant tenders will be initially assessed and scored according to their cost submissions (representing a maximum of 60% of the total score available).

Once these have been assessed we will then undertake the quality assessment and scoring for the three most economically competitive tenders only.

The tender returns will be assessed on the following weighting: 60% Cost 40% Quality (Please ensure a completed set of quality assessment questions is provided, the questions can be found in the Quality Questions & Scoring Methodology document) Assessment will be undertaken by Tim Hopkins (Head of Estates) and Stewart Proctor (Elevating Safety Solutions Ltd) Interviews will be conducted over video conferencing software on Friday 27th October 2023, please keep this day available for an interview / clarification meeting.

The Horniman will provide a link if you are invited to interview.