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title: "British Museum Art Explora Culture Bus Transport Partner"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-039387"
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# British Museum Art Explora Culture Bus Transport Partner

Buyer: THE BRITISH MUSEUM  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-039387

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## Summary

The British Museum is seeking a transport services manager to administer coach services for school trips to the museum and partner museums across the United Kingdom. The procurement process, currently at the Tender stage, involves hiring buses and coaches with drivers for a two-year period from September 2023 to July 2025. The contract start date is April 3, 2023, and the value of the contract is £1,400,000 GBP.

This tender opportunity to provide transport services for the Culture Bus project can benefit businesses engaged in the hire of buses and coaches with drivers. Businesses suited to compete in this tender are those capable of delivering high-quality transport services and facilitating educational trips for school children. The initiative covers visits over two academic years, aiming to enhance cultural education and engagement for under-served communities across the UK.

## Notice

The British Museum is seeking to procure a transport services manager to administer the provision of coach, or similar, vehicles with drivers to enable school trips to the British Museum and to a group of partner museums across the United Kingdom over a two year period running from September 2023 to July 2025.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The British Museum in partnership with the Art Explora Foundation and 13 further Partner Museums across the UK is embarking on a ground-breaking national initiative for 100,000 school children aged 7-11. Together, they are developing the Culture Bus project which will transform the traditional school trip into a cultural educational adventure at museums across the UK. It will operate over two academic years, September 2023 - July 2024 and September 2024 - July 2025. It will target schools in areas of high deprivation and communities under-served by existing museum provisions, including rural and coastal areas. It will support schools in areas of low cultural provision and engagement, meeting the UK government's levelling up agenda. The project will cover the cost of coach transport and visits will be free for schools to participate, eradicating a significant financial cost and removing a barrier schools face when attempting to arranging these opportunities. The Culture Bus aims to build children's sense of entitlement to culture and our national heritage. Therefore, we are seeking to create an unforgettable day out with an end-to-end experience. The time pupils are on the coaches to and from their destination museum will be used to maximum effect using a carefully curated audio experience to lengthening and enhance their engagement before and after their museum visit. While at their destination, pupils will be supported by world class experts in teaching using museum collections and powerful digital technology to enhance their learning. This procurement relates to the award of a contract to provide transport services for programme visits to the destination museums and will last for the two year duration of the programme. The successful tenderer will act as a single point of contact to ensure that coaches are made available to enable visits by class groups from schools to the British Museum and Partner Museums' sites.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002013-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Jan 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 2 Apr 2023 - 31 Jul 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,400,000 |
| Lots value | £1,400,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE BRITISH MUSEUM |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | WC1B 3DG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden |
| Local authority | Camden |
| Electoral ward | Bloomsbury |
| Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

- 60172000 - Hire of buses and coaches with driver

## Release History

- 23 Jan 2023 at 14:05 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002013-2023
- 21 Dec 2022 at 19:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036286-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.britishmuseum.org
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/WHRUR5W5C4
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Hire-of-buses-and-coaches-with-driver./WHRUR5W5C4

## Provenance

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