Buyer Name: National Gallery
Buyer Address: Trafalgar Square, London, UKI32, WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom
Contact Email: contracting@nationalgallery.org.uk
Buyer Name: National Gallery
Buyer Address: Trafalgar Square, London, UKI32, WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom
Contact Email: contracting@nationalgallery.org.uk
Buyer Name: National Portrait Gallery
Buyer Address: St Martin's Place, London, UKI32, WC2H 0HE, United Kingdom
Contact Email: procurement@npg.org.uk
Buyer Name: HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES
Buyer Address: Hampton Court Palace, London, UKI75, KT8 9AU, United Kingdom
Contact Email: procurement@hrp.org.uk
Buyer Name: Wallace Collection
Buyer Address: Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, UKI32, W1U 3BN, United Kingdom
Contact Email: melanie.newlands@wallacecollection.org
Transportation of fine art and other objects with the collections or borrowed from other lenders for the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, Historic Royal Palaces and the Wallace Collection. Other major museums and galleries may choose to use the framework.
No linked documents found for this notice.
External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071536-2025
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Lot Title: Land Transportation in Great Britain
Lot Description: Transport arrangements involving road transportation only where there are no customs requirements. This may be for simple point-to-point transportation, transportation between different Gallery sites, or a small exhibition. Objects will be sourced and transported by road within Great Britain only ; transportation shall involve some planning and scheduling considerations.
Lot 1 Status: active
Lot 1 Value: GBP 1,700,000
Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 2,040,000
Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00
Lot 1 Contract End: 2028-03-31T23:59:59+01:00
Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Resources (15%)
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Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Task Examples (5%)
Lot 1 Award Criterion (price): Price (50%)
Lot Title: UK & International Transportation
Lot Description: Transport arrangements involving road, sea or airfreight for small one-off or exhibition projects such as international loans involving months of detailed advanced planning, security measures and some scheduling and customs requirement considerations. The Galleries require the Contractor to have expertise in co-ordinating the transport for UK and international loans and exhibitions of Objects; to provide a range of technical services for museums both nationally and internationally; to have knowledge of institutional and private Lenders; and experience arranging supervised airfreight and occasional coordination of accompanying lender couriers. The Contractor shall have the expertise, authorisations and guarantees required to deal with the temporary or permanent import and export of Objects which may be for temporary exhibition, for long loan, study or acquisition, and the Contractor should have knowledge of Customs and export licensing procedures.
Lot 2 Status: active
Lot 2 Value: GBP 2,600,000
Lot 2 Value (Gross): GBP 3,120,000
Lot 2 Contract Start: 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00
Lot 2 Contract End: 2028-03-31T23:59:59+01:00
Lot 2 Award Criterion (quality): Resources (20%)
Lot 2 Award Criterion (quality): Planning (15%)
Lot 2 Award Criterion (quality): Operations (20%)
Lot 2 Award Criterion (quality): Task Example (10%)
Lot 2 Award Criterion (price): Price (35%)
Lot Title: Complex International Transportation
Lot Description: Transport arrangements involving road, sea or airfreight for major multi-partite international exhibitions (typically involving a high number of couriers - physical and virtual) including exhibition tours or high-profile projects involving many months of detailed advanced planning, stringent security measures, requirements set out by institutional lenders and skilful orchestration of scheduling considerations. The Galleries require the Contractor to have substantial expertise in co-ordinating the transport for major international loans, complex exhibitions with numerous Objects; to provide highly skilled technical services, experienced coordination and technical staff; be well resourced for the scope of work with museums both nationally and internationally; to have extensive knowledge of institutional and private Lenders; and substantial experience arranging supervised airfreight and extensive coordination of large numbers of accompanying lender couriers. The Contractor shall have the expertise, authorisations and guarantees required to deal with the temporary or permanent import and export of Objects which may be for temporary exhibition, for long loan, study or acquisition, and the Contractor should have extensive knowledge of Customs and export licensing procedures.
Lot 3 Status: active
Lot 3 Value: GBP 15,200,000
Lot 3 Value (Gross): GBP 18,240,000
Lot 3 Contract Start: 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00
Lot 3 Contract End: 2028-03-31T23:59:59+01:00
Lot 3 Award Criterion (quality): Resources (20%)
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Lot 3 Award Criterion (price): Price (30%)
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Lot 4 Status: active
Lot 4 Value: GBP 3,500,000
Lot 4 Value (Gross): GBP 4,200,000
Lot 4 Contract Start: 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00
Lot 4 Contract End: 2028-03-31T23:59:59+01:00
Lot 4 Award Criterion (quality): Resources (25%)
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