Published date: 26 November 2018
Last edited date: 26 November 2018
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Contract summary
Industry
Cargo handling and storage services - 63100000
Location of contract
London
Value of contract
£164,000
Procurement reference
BC/00656
Published date
26 November 2018
Closing date
3 January 2019
Contract start date
25 January 2019
Contract end date
26 January 2022
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The British Council is looking for temporary professional commercial fine art storage for its art Collection.
The British Council Collection was established in 1938 and contains more than 8,700 modern and contemporary works by prominent and emerging UK artists and includes paintings, prints and drawings, photography, sculpture, multi-media and installation. It is managed by the Visual Arts Team.
The Collection is currently housed in West London in a building which due to the size is no longer adequate to store all works in the Collection.
The British Council has determined that the best course of action is to place part of the Collection off-site and procure the services of a Commercial fine art storage company to provide temporary storage.
The British Council will require this storage provision for at least three years with a possible extension for two further years, five years in total.
It should be recognised that the British Council will require access to the works for the purpose of annual auditing, condition checking and photography and that the works within storage will be from time to time removed from storage for the purposes of the British Council's ongoing collection care, exhibition and loan programme.
It should also be recognised that although British Council does not anticipate a reduction on the number of works stored, we do anticipate an increase over the course of the contract.
The purpose and scope of this ITT and supporting documents is to explain in further detail the requirements of the British Council and the procurement process for submitting a tender proposal.
More information
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Please note, the OJEU reference for this project is - 2018/S 227-519608
About the buyer
Contact name
Charlotte Morris
Address
58 Whitworth Street, Bridgewater House
Manchester
M1 6BB
England
Telephone
0161 957 7144
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