Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Hull City Council
Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street
Hull
HU1 2AA
Contact
Mr Andy Bardon
Telephone
+44 1482300300
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE11 - Kingston upon Hull, City of
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Recreation, culture and religion
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
The Packing, Transporting, Storage and Return of the Hull Maritime Museum Collection
Reference number
DN510208
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 92521000 - Museum services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Hull City Council (The Authority) invites qualified and interested suppliers to tender for the packing, transporting, storage and return of the Hull Maritime Museum Collection.
The authority is conducting the procurement using an open EU procedure, as required by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (PCR 2015). The service is anticipated to commence in March 2021 with a duration of 4 years.
This project forms part of the Hull: Yorkshires Maritime City Project.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £735,826.38
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 92521100 - Museum-exhibition services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE11 - Kingston upon Hull, City of
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Hull City Council (The Authority) invites qualified and interested suppliers to tender for the packing, transporting, storage and return of the Hull Maritime Museum Collection.
The authority is conducting the procurement using an Open EU procedure, as required by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (PCR 2015). The service is anticipated to commence in March 2021 with a duration of 4 years.
This project forms part of the Hull: Yorkshires Maritime City Project.
The Hull Maritime Project is a GBP 30 million development of four sites and two historic ships, which will celebrate Hull’s maritime heritage.
The project is jointly funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hull City Council and will see the complete physical refurbishment of the Hull Maritime Museum (HMM) followed by a complete redisplay of the cities maritime Collection.
Other elements of the project are:
• the refurbishment of Dock Office Chambers (DOC), which will provide storage for the reserve Collection;
• the development of the North End Shipyard, construction of a purpose-built visitor orientation building and the permanent dry docking of the Arctic Corsair, the last deep-water sidewinder trawler;
• the refurbishment of the Spurn Light Vessel;
• a GBP 2 million community, education and outreach programme.
The refurbishment of the Maritime Museum will require the removal of the Museum’s display and reserve Collections. The collection of circa 50 000 objects range from the international significant collection of scrimshaw, to large industrial objects.
The specific 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.
• 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.
The reserve collection (currently located in the basement and second floor of the HMM).
• 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.
• The supplier shall return the reserve collection in single batch to the DOC building during January 2022.
The display collection (currently located on the ground and first floor of the Maritime Museum).
• 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.
• 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.
It should be noted that separate contracts have been awarded for the removal of 8 natural whale skeletons in the museum and 12 paintings, these objects therefore do not make up part of this contract.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2020/S 225-555012
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24 February 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Constantine Ltd
20-26 Sandgate Street
London
SE15 1LE
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKE11 - Kingston upon Hull, City of
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £735,826.38
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Hull City Council
Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street
Hull
HU1 2AA
Telephone
+44 01482300300
Country
United Kingdom