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Historic England-Ditherington

SHREWSBURY FLAXMILL MALTINGS- INTERPRETATION SERVICES - AWARD

Recreation & CultureCPV 92000000 92500000 92520000 92521000 79000000 79400000 79410000 79415000 92300000
Value£384k
Awarded20 Nov 2017
Published20 Dec 2017
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£384ktotal 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

Historic England is seeking to appoint a contractor to design, build and deliver the Interpretation Project which is an integral part of the HLF-funded Main Mill & Kiln Project at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings.

The Project aims to restore and conserve a group of 'at risk' buildings on this unique and important industrial heritage site, including the World's first iron-framed building.

The Grade 1 Main Mill has huge importance in the history of architecture and engineering and is undoubtedly of international significance while the site is exceptionally rich in social, economic and technological history.

The project is being managed through a partnership comprising Historic England, Shropshire Council and the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings (the Friends).

Historic England is the lead partner and accountable body for the project.

The Friends were established in August 2010 and are a key partner in the project.

They have been managing public access and engagement since 2010, including operating the small Visitor Centre (in the Office & Stables) that opened in 2014.

They will be responsible for future visitor operations and community engagement across the site, including the operation of the much larger visitor centre on the ground floor of the Main Mill.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Historic England is seeking to appoint

Historic England is seeking to appoint a contractor to design, build and deliver the Interpretation Project which is an integral part of the HLF-funded Main Mill & Kiln Project at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings.

02

They will be responsible for future visitor

They will be responsible for future visitor operations and community engagement across the site, including the operation of the much larger visitor centre on the ground floor of the Main Mill.

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Source & provenance
OCID
90118eee-440b-49dd-956f-47e6a81dc850
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
P/REF 00000763 - AWARD
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