Published date: 2 November 2017

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: 27 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous equipment - 39300000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£5,000

Procurement reference

HM038

Published date

2 November 2017

Closing date

27 November 2017

Contract start date

11 December 2017

Contract end date

1 June 2018

Contract type

Works

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?

Yes

Description

The purpose of this document is to invite tenders for a single contract to carry out the fabrication of redesigned Discovery Box inserts. Discovery Boxes are a key part of Collections People Stories: the Anthropology collection redisplay project. The fabricator will produce inserts for twenty six Discovery Boxes: plastic boxes containing a selection of museum handling objects linked to a theme. There are about between 6 and 10 objects per box which should be displayed in at least 2 layers. The Discovery Boxes act like mini museums, encouraging playful exploration of museum objects. They will be used in four main ways: 1. by families to explore the contents together in an unfacilitated way in the Horniman's Hands On Base; 2. volunteers will use the Discovery boxes in the new World Gallery to facilitate our visitors to touch and explore the objects; 3. we will run facilitated sessions for community groups using the boxes; 4; we will take the boxes out to hospitals and community settings to run sessions for people who cannot visit the museum.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Julia Cort

Address

100 London Road
London
SE23 3PQ
England

Email

jcort@horniman.ac.uk