Published date: 31 May 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 7 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Development consultancy services - 73220000

  • Museum services - 92521000

  • Museum-exhibition services - 92521100

Location of contract

GU2 4BB

Value of contract

£9,000 to £11,000

Procurement reference

GBC - 011600 - AWARD

Published date

31 May 2017

Closing date

7 December 2016

Contract start date

3 January 2017

Contract end date

1 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Guildford Borough Council is seeking a creative and experienced interpretation consultant to help support development of Guildford Museum and Castle as a unified site and vibrant community and visitor attraction. This is part of our Arts Council England funded project, Your Stories, Your Museum, and is complementary to a capital development project for the site, currently in its early stages.

The consultant will lay the foundations for interpretation of the refreshed site, producing a strategy and outline plan that will direct us in unifying and enlivening our heritage assets and services. They will also support the Heritage team in trialling and evaluating different methods and styles of interpretation through the proactive involvement of the community. We are committed to developing our role as community facilitators to make certain that local people are involved, and invested, in the future success of the museum and castle and ensure our stories will engage, reflect and enthuse our target audiences.

Our objectives for the consultancy are:

o To support development of Guildford Museum and Castle as a unified site and vibrant community / visitor attraction by devising guiding principles, concepts and methods of interpretation for the site, the museum and its collections

o To help foster local involvement and engagement by identifying and developing opportunities for the community to contribute to planning, creating and delivering interpretation in the short and medium term

o To help the Heritage Team develop and evaluate storylines, styles and techniques of interpretation, their impact on audiences and cost effectiveness, by developing a number of trial schemes to be delivered by the Heritage team during 2017.

o To support and complement work on the Museum Development Project, liaising with other consultants and project teams to help create a special museum for Guildford

Award information

Awarded date

2 January 2017

Contract start date

3 January 2017

Contract end date

1 March 2018

Total value of contract

£10,500

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

PHILIP SIMPSON DESIGN LTD

Address

28a Lower Marsh, Waterloo, United Kingdom, SE1 7RG

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jill Draper (GBC)

Address

Guildford
Surrey
SurreY
GU2 4BB
United Kingdom

Telephone

01483 444752

Email

jill.draper@guildford.gov.uk

Website

http://www.guildford.gov.uk