Photographic Support To Collections

The National Army Museum (NAM) wishes to appoint a photographer to work within the Museum's Collections Storage site at Stevenage.

Due to the pressures of workloads on the Collections Care Team and the requirement to produce items for photography, the work will be carried out on two days a week for approximately three months i.e Stevenage Stores two days a month for three months i.e. six days to help staff photograph a range of collections. Ideally this would include one day of working with staff to photograph material and one day to edit and upload to our server. Two confirm two days a month over three month period - six days

The appointed contractor will be authorised to make use of the following equipment but must be able to demonstrate an understanding of NAM equipment which consists of:

• Hasselblad X1D Mirrorless Medium Format Camera

• 45mm f3.5 XCD Lens

• 80mm f1.9 XCD

• 120mm f3.5 XCD Lens

• Elinchrom ELC Pro-HD Compact 500 Flash Head x6

There may be a requirement to demonstrate and advise staff on the use of the equipment for conservation photography.

Tender submissions are requested from suitably qualified and experienced contractors. All submission should be forwarded to tenders@nam.ac.uk on the closure date as indicated above. Tenders received before the published date will not be accepted.

Tenders will be assessed in accordance with NAM procedures and may be awarded to not necessarily the lowest price tender. Assessment will be based on:

Price - 50%

Experience - 30% (min three reference for similar work to be provided)

Resourcing/timescale - 20%

Question re this tender should be addressed directly to the contact details published below

Tenderers will need to need to ensure that they have public liability to the value of £5,000,000