Storage and warehousing services

Tender description

The existing London Fire Brigade Museum is currently located in Winchester House within the Southwark Training Centre Site at 84, Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 0EG. The museum is open to the public with around 11 200 visitors per year and it contains around 20 000 objects ranging from 5.5 tons appliances to small buttons. The London Fire Brigade is in the process of selling the whole of the site and the museum will be relocated into a purpose built facility at 8 Albert Embankment, SE1 7DD but the facility there will not be available for some 3 to 5 years. In the interim period all of the collection needs to be packed, removed from site, kept in secure storage. When the new museum facility is available transport to the new facility, assist in unpack items required for display and place remaining items in new facilities store. Pack, transport, store, transport and unpack All Museum Objects including Appliances. Packing — All objects are to be packed in the most appropriate way in accordance with Part 2 of the Conservation Guidelines. These will be fully itemised and logged and provided to the tenderers. Each item will have a unique number. Transport — The successful tenderer will be responsible for the loading of all objects from site into appropriate vehicles to transport to the storage facility. The objects must be handled with extreme care and safely at all times to prevent any damage. Storage — to store all objects in a secure and weather-tight storage facility. Unpacking — to assist with the unpacking of objects at the new storage facility. Transport, store and transport Appliances only Transport — The successful tenderer will be responsible for the loading of all appliances from site into appropriate vehicles to transport to the storage facility. The appliances must be handled with extreme care and safely at all times to prevent any damage. Storage — to store all appliances in a secure and weather-tight storage facility. Pack, transport, store, transport and unpack Museum Objects Excluding Appliances Packing — All objects are to be packed in the most appropriate way in accordance with Part 2 of the Conservation Guidelines. These will be fully itemised and logged and provided to the tenderers. Each item will have a unique number. Transport — The successful tenderer will be responsible for the loading of all objects from site into appropriate vehicles to transport to the storage facility. The objects must be handled with extreme care and safely at all times to prevent any damage. Storage — to store all objects in a secure and weather-tight storage facility. Unpacking — to assist with the unpacking of objects at the new storage facility.