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title: "Mount Making Tender"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM"
published: "2023-04-28"
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# Mount Making Tender

Buyer: NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e7de6320-854c-4549-bace-75c46f0fd572

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## Summary

The National Army Museum is seeking a mount maker for the construction of a new gallery exploring the British Army's role on home soil. The procurement process is at the Tender stage, with a tender deadline of 24th May 2023. The contract period will run from 26th May to 1st September 2023. The project falls under the Library, archives, museums, and other cultural services category, with a contract value of £35,000. The procurement method is a limited competitive quotation below the threshold, suitable for SMEs.

This tender by the National Army Museum provides an opportunity for mount-making businesses to engage in a cultural project of national significance. SMEs with expertise in crafting and fitting mounts for museum objects are well-suited to compete. The project requires close collaboration with the Museum's team of conservators and collections staff, ensuring quality craftsmanship and attention to detail throughout the installation process.

## Notice

The Museum is constructing a new gallery which will explore the role of the British Army on home soil, ranging from helping to enforce the idea of a unified nation in the 17th Century, through to counter terrorism and humanitarian aid in the 21st century. We are utilising existing display cases and creating two new ones. The Museum wishes to employ a suitably qualified and experienced mount maker to assist in the installation of the gallery, in particular, the manufacture and positioning of mounts for the display items. There will be many objects in the gallery requiring mounts to be made from scratch and a small number of objects that are re-using existing mounts these have been denoted on Annex A - Object Mount Schedule, which should also be used as the pricing document. Annex B are the Case Layouts. In the costs, the mount maker will also need to account for measuring of objects at our Stevenage store and Chelsea Museum, both prior to making the mounts and after making to ensure they fit the objects seamlessly. The mount maker should also allow for attendance on site for around 2 weeks to fit the mounts on site during the installation of objects phase as noted in para 4. Programme below, of this document. They will work alongside the Museum's team of conservators and collections staff.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8f95cd57-8eeb-413e-b616-3fa493f4e0ce |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Competitive quotation (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 24 May 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 25 May 2023 - 1 Sep 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £35,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW3 4HT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Local authority | Kensington and Chelsea |
| Electoral ward | Royal Hospital |
| Westminster constituency | Chelsea and Fulham |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 92500000 - Library, archives, museums and other cultural services

## Release History

- 28 Apr 2023 at 15:17 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8f95cd57-8eeb-413e-b616-3fa493f4e0ce

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8f95cd57-8eeb-413e-b616-3fa493f4e0ce
  28th April 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b2b82dd5-de10-4757-9c1a-223519b37621
  Mount Making Brief
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/56c7f604-0034-4457-b0d6-cf80832b92b6
  Object Mount Schedule
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/cfb6b35d-e815-4f36-a5fe-f542c918ec77
  Case Layouts

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nam.ac.uk

## Provenance

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