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National Museums Liverpool

Tender for the Appointment of the Exhibition Design Team for the International Slavery Museum & Maritime Museum Transformation Project - AWARD

Recreation & CultureCPV 92000000 92500000 92520000 92521000 79000000 79400000 79420000 79421000 71000000 71200000 71240000
Value£2.2m
Awarded21 Apr 2022
Published27 Apr 2023
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£2.2mtotal contract value
median £75k
this tender£0£2.4m

This is a large award for Recreation, Culture & Sport — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 3,522 valued Recreation, Culture & Sport tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Please note that the closing date for expressions of interests have now closed.

National Museums Liverpool, whose legal name is National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (NMGM), is inviting tenders for a procurement to appoint an Exhibition Design Team which will consist of Lead Consultant and Principal Designer (the Exhibition Designer) and sub-consultant team.

The team is to work with National Museum Liverpool (NML) and our community partners in developing the transformation project for both the International Slavery Museum and the Maritime Museum (ISM and MM).

This will entail the creation of new galleries and learning spaces for both the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum in the Martin Luther King Jr Building and the Hartley Pavilion.

The appointed consultants will work with NML's internal Project delivery team, external Architectural Design Team, and NML's external stakeholders and community groups to co-produce, shape and develop the gallery design through RIBA Stages 2 - 6 to deliver all elements as detailed in this Scope of Services, Project Brief and in the accompanying procurement documents.

Liaison with architectural and fit-out consultants working on the wider Waterfront project will also be required as the project progresses.

The team will need to demonstrate experience and an understanding of developing a project using a co-production approach with a range of stakeholders.

The Exhibition Designer will act as 'Lead consultant' and Principal Designer for the Exhibition Design team, and shall provide, or procure a team of Sub-Consultants or deliver themselves as required for the services in line with the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 and as outlined within the procurement documents.

Currently the scope of this project is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Further funding applications are being sought and details are provided in the procurement documents.

The Exhibition Design team are responsible for the interpretation and design development for the gallery spaces within each building and the learning spaces attached to those galleries.

They will be responsible for creating an approach for all interpretive and display elements within these galleries, that works collectively and for each individual museum.

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Requirements

What the notice asks for

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6 to deliver all elements as detailed

6 to deliver all elements as detailed in this Scope of Services, Project Brief and in the accompanying procurement documents.

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The team will need to demonstrate experience

The team will need to demonstrate experience and an understanding of developing a project using a co-production approach with a range of stakeholders.

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The Exhibition Designer will act as 'Lead

The Exhibition Designer will act as 'Lead consultant' and Principal Designer for the Exhibition Design team, and shall provide, or procure a team of Sub-Consultants or deliver themselves as required for the services in line with the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 and as outlined within the procurement documents.

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The Exhibition Design team are responsible

The Exhibition Design team are responsible for the interpretation and design development for the gallery spaces within each building and the learning spaces attached to those galleries.

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They will be responsible for creating

They will be responsible for creating an approach for all interpretive and display elements within these galleries, that works collectively and for each individual museum.

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What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

and Principal Designer for the Exhibition Design team, and shall provide, or procure a team of Sub-Consultants or deliver themselves as required for the services in line with the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 and as outlined within the procurement documents.

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Stage
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