Published date: 5 September 2023

Last edited date: 6 September 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 25 September 2023, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Signage - 34928470

  • Graphic design services - 79822500

  • Library, archives, museums and other cultural services - 92500000

    • Museum services - 92521000

    • Museum-exhibition services - 92521100

Location of contract

SW7 2DD

Value of contract

£45,000

Procurement reference

IT-492-1306-NRM3129M

Published date

5 September 2023

Closing date

25 September 2023

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

23 October 2023

Contract end date

29 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

As part of the delivery of the Vision 2025 transformation of the National Railway Museum and Locomotion Shildon, New Hall is the new collection building currently under construction at Locomotion Museum in Shildon, referred to as "Locomotion New Hall". The hall will house 47 of the 1000 vehicles in the National Collection, the rest of which are in Locomotion Main Hall and across the other museums in the Science Museum Group (SMG). The delivery of Locomotion New Hall looks to support the care and management of SMG's rail vehicle collection, with the interpretation design playing a key role in communicating between vehicle and visitor. The design has been developed by AOC through collaboration with Graphic Thought Facility and SMG to support the visitor experience through a series of vehicle interpretation panels around six road themes. This invitation to tender is for the fabrication of the permanent exhibition structures and fit out of interpretation layout within the scope of the of work laid out in RIBA Stage 3 report.

More information

Links

Additional text

You can view our tender documents and apply for the opportunity here: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sciencemuseumgroup/aspx/Home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarmad Al-Asadi

Address

Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London
SW7 2DD
United Kingdom

Telephone

02079424000

Email

Sarmad.Al-Asadi@ScienceMuseum.ac.uk

Website

https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk