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Hull City Council

The Packing, Transporting, Storage and Return of the Hull Maritime Museum Collection

Recreation & CultureCPV 92000000 92500000 92520000 92521000
Value£736k
Awarded15 Jan 2021
Published24 Feb 2021
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£736ktotal contract value
median £75k
this tender£0£2.1m

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

The purpose of this tender exercise is to appoint a Supplier to provide the key service for the project of packing, transportation, storage and return of the HMM Collections. i) The successful Supplier will finalise the packing and storage criteria and methods of work with the Museum's Curatorial Team (MCT) before packing and removing the Collections to the Supplier's storage facility for the period of the works. ii) The Reserve Collection (currently located in the basement and second floor of the HMM) (1) The Reserve Collection which will be stored until the completion of the refurbishment works to the DOC building and will then be transported from the Supplier's storage facility to the DOC building. (2) The Supplier shall return the Reserve Collection in a single batch to the DOC building during January 2022. iii) The Display Collection (currently located on the ground and first floor of the Maritime Museum) (1) The Display Collection shall be stored until the construction/ refurbishment works together with the Exhibition Fit-out are completed and will be transported from the Supplier's storage facility to the HMM. (2) The Supplier will return the majority of the Display Collection to the HMM in up to six batches taking place between January and March 2024.In addition to the above, a limited number of display objects will be returned to the HMM in June 2023 prior to the commencement of the Exhibition Fit-out works.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

(2) The Supplier shall return the Reserve

(2) The Supplier shall return the Reserve Collection in a single batch to the DOC building during January 2022.

02

(1) The Display Collection shall be stored

(1) The Display Collection shall be stored until the construction/ refurbishment works together with the Exhibition Fit-out are completed and will be transported from the Supplier's storage facility to the HMM.

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OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
HULLCC001-DN510208-05162665
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