Notice Information
Notice Title
Pre-tender Market Engagement for Mannequin Development and Production for Museum Display
Notice Description
The Victoria and Albert Museum is intending to procure approximately 170 mannequins for its new permanent Fashion Gallery. This prominent FuturePlan project will include the design and manufacture of fashion mannequins of various shapes and sizes, and is likely to require a modular and bespoke approach to development and production. Objects will include historical and contemporary garments with a global scope. These will be displayed on a range of mannequin types including full figures and bust forms, with an option to consider head treatments and bespoke adaptations as required. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/4NC7387FG2 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4NC7387FG2
Planning Information
The V&A would like to hear from suppliers who may be able to provide all or part of the services mentioned in this notice. The Museum intends to engage directly with suppliers that may have an interest in submitting a response to a future tender notice, including suppliers that have historically provided similar services successfully to the Museum. In response to this notice, engagement might include emails, phone calls, or in-person/online meetings to seek further information about project tender. The tender may appeal to mannequin suppliers who have proven experience in delivering high quality mannequin displays for museums, galleries, or fashion exhibitions. This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice aims to gauge an interest of the market ahead of the Tender Notice, which will be published in early April 2025. If you would like to discuss this future tender opportunity with us, please send an email to the address provided.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ebe0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008860-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
-
- CPV Codes
39154000 - Exhibition equipment
92521100 - Museum-exhibition services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £264,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 4 Apr 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 May 2025 - 30 Apr 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@vam.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW7 2RL
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Electoral Ward
- Brompton & Hans Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008860-2025
11th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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