Fine Art Transportation and Storage Framework for National Gallery and others
The Wallace CollectioncontractFind a Tender ↗Ref ocds-h6vhtk-05db9cProcurement Act 2023closed for bids
Estimated value
£23.0m
services
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
4
0 awarded
Published
06 Nov 2025
Deadline 09 Jan 2026
Description
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.
Scope
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05db9c
- Total value
- £23,000,000 excluding VAT£27,600,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2028Possible extension to 31 Mar 2030
options to extend to a maximum four years subject to performance
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 63520000
- Contract locations
- UK, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resources | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Planning | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Operations | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Task Examples | — | quality | 5.00% |
| Price | — | price | 50.00% |
| Resources | — | quality | 20.00% |
| Operations | — | quality | 20.00% |
| Task Example | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Price | — | price | 35.00% |
| Task Example | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Price | — | price | 30.00% |
| Resources | — | quality | 25.00% |
| Planning | — | quality | 25.00% |
| Operations | — | quality | 25.00% |
| Price | — | price | 20.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 08 Dec 2025, 6:00 pm
- Submission deadline
- 09 Jan 2026, 12:00 pm
- Submission address
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/UFE9S6K632 ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
Lots · 4 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Land Transportation in Great Britain | £1.7m | active |
| 2 | UK & International Transportation | £2.6m | active |
| 3 | Complex International Transportation | £15.2m | active |
| 4 | Medium and Long Term Storage | £3.5m | active |