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National Museums Liverpool

Tender for the Design, Manufacture, Supply, Delivery & Installation of Painting Racking Systems

Furniture & FurnishingsCPV 39000000 39100000 39150000 39151000 42000000 42400000 42410000 42418000
Value£43k
Awarded16 Aug 2023
Published29 Sept 2023
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£43ktotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Furniture & Furnishings band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 5,729 valued Furniture & Furnishings tenders in our corpus.

The brief

National Museums Liverpool (NML) is seeking to appoint a racking contractor to design, manufacture, supply, deliver and install a painting racking system to accommodate the volume of NML's paintings across our venues.

The duration of the contract is until 31st August 2024, with the option to extend annually until 31st August 2028, subject to requirements, funding, and satisfactory contractual performance.

The initial contract scope is to provide a racking system to accommodate the volume of NML's paintings currently in storage or on display within the International Slavery Museum (ISM) and Maritime Museum (MM), which have been identified for decant to support NML's major waterfront transformation project.

Maximising storage space through system design is crucial.

The new system must meet the volume requirements specified within the designated space on the NML estate as set out within this tender pack.

The contract value in respect of the initial requirements relating to the racking system for ISM and MM is approximated to range between £40,000 to £45,000 excluding VAT; (or between £48,000 to £54,000 including VAT).

The appointed supplier may be required to provide additional racking systems to what has initially been specified within the initial scope of this tender, as permitted under the full scope of this contract.

Subject to this contract being extended for any identified additional requirements, the total value of the overall contract could reach up to £160,000 GBP excluding VAT; (or £192,000 GBP including VAT), although this is not guaranteed.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

National Museums Liverpool (NML) is seeking

National Museums Liverpool (NML) is seeking to appoint a racking contractor to design, manufacture, supply, deliver and install a painting racking system to accommodate the volume of NML's paintings across our venues.

02

The initial contract scope is to provide

The initial contract scope is to provide a racking system to accommodate the volume of NML's paintings currently in storage or on display within the International Slavery Museum (ISM) and Maritime Museum (MM), which have been identified for decant to support NML's major waterfront transformation project.

03

The new system must meet the volume

The new system must meet the volume requirements specified within the designated space on the NML estate as set out within this tender pack.

04

The appointed supplier may be required

The appointed supplier may be required to provide additional racking systems to what has initially been specified within the initial scope of this tender, as permitted under the full scope of this contract.

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Source & provenance
OCID
77074393-6f4b-4928-b07b-73a6aafdcef7
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
2023-Jul-01
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