Published date: 23 August 2016

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: 3 October 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Museum services - 92521000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£5,000 to £6,000

Procurement reference

LEICSCITY02-DN170782-57770273

Published date

23 August 2016

Closing date

3 October 2016

Contract start date

14 November 2016

Contract end date

1 February 2017

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?

No

Description

A full valuation exercise of the entire museum collections was conducted in 2012/13. Our insurers require that valuations are updated every 3-4 years and so an update is now due.

Update to museum collections valuations for insurance purposes. Collections include:
• Fine Art including oil paintings, watercolours, sculpture and prints including the German Expressionist collection.
• Decorative and World Arts comprising furniture, European and Oriental ceramics, jewellery, costume and textiles, glass, silver and craft items.
• Social History including the Regimental collection of medals, silver and other ephemera.
• Technology including beam engines, road vehicles, typewriters and radios.
• Antiquities including coins, clocks and Egyptology.
• Archaeology including Roman pottery and mosaics.
• Natural Sciences including geology and taxidermy.
We need individual valuations for every item worth £10,000 or more and bulk valuations by type for everything else. The collections were valued in 2012/13 and so this should mostly be a desk-based exercise to go through those valuations and update them, plus add on any items that now come into the £10,000+ bracket. At present, there are approx. 700 items individually listed, of which nearly 500 are Fine Art.
Two areas that need assessing from scratch are a collection of jewellery and the oriental ceramics. Expressions of Interest & further information can be found at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=b2d0fcfd-4369-e611-8114-000c29c9ba21

About the buyer

Contact name

Tai Iqbal

Address

City Hall (4th Floor)
115 Charles Street
Leicester
LE1 1FZ
UK

Telephone

+44 1164546988

Email

tai.iqbal@leicester.gov.uk

Website

http://www.leicester.gov.uk