Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of Exhibition Display Cases to Old College, Aberystwyth
Notice Description
The University is seeking a specialist display case manufacturer to provide a suite of museum grade showcases for the main exhibition spaces. A previous tender issued in 2024 requested a requirement for high specification showcases for changing exhibition spaces at Old College. For this new tender opportunity, the display case requirement will be set within the main gallery spaces and compromise a range of shapes and sizes of glass showcases, hoods and protective vitrines. The display cases will be utilised to present a range of in-house collections, loans and donated objects. These include paintings, ceramics, taxidermy, scientific instruments and objects from social and educational history . The showcases will be in fixed locations as part of the permanent interpretation design for the gallery spaces.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ce00
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065932-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- 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
39133000 - Display units
92521000 - Museum services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £225,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £225,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 8 Dec 2025 - 8 Jun 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABERYSTWYTH
- Postcode
- SY23 3FB
- Post Town
- Shrewsbury
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL41 Mid Wales
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Ceredigion
- Electoral Ward
- Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais
- Westminster Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065932-2025
16th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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