Museum-exhibition services

Tender description

Glasgow City Council invites bids for the provision of Visitor Exhibition Display Equipment. The tender will consist of 2 Lots. Lot 1 is for the provision of display showcases. Lot 2 is for the provision of a Burrell Display System and the provision of the Principal Contractor for CDM. Supply, delivery and installation of museum quality showcases including: 1 - Wall mounted cases; 2 - Freestanding cases; 3 - Inbuilt cases (within museum wall openings); 4 - Freestanding/floor mounted cases; 5 - Plinth and metal frame mounted cases (plinth and metal furniture provided in Lot 2); Supply, delivery and install of In-case fittings: 1 - Back panels; 2 - Baseboards; 3 - Shelving; 4 - rods and object mount supports; 5 - graphic label holders; 6 - In-case lighting and control; Design development of all showcase and in-case fittings details. Provision of a number of cases (defined within tender documents) and fittings for testing and prototyping within a museum venue to inform and confirm detailing for fabrication of all cases and establishing interfaces with Lot 2 and the building fabric. Supply delivery and install of all display furniture forming a suite of standard flexible display components: 1 - Plinths – for objects, cases, interactives and AV housings; 2 - Metal frames — for cases, interactives and AV housings; 3 - A range of audio visual housings (hardware by others); 4 - Graphic support structures and substrates (graphic production by others); 5 - Barriers (Glass and metal); 6 - Integrated display component lighting and control; 7 - Electrical and data cabling within display structures. Design development of all display furniture components. Provision of a number of components (defined within tender documents) for testing and prototyping within a museum venue to inform and confirm detailing for fabrication of all cases and establishing interfaces with Lot 1 and the building fabric.