Cargo handling and storage services

Tender description

This is an prior information notice to notify potentially interested organisations that the Barbican Art Gallery (on behalf of the City of London Corporation) will shortly be launching a procurement process to establish a forthcoming framework agreement for an art transportation service to cover its requirements domestically and internationally. It is currently envisaged that tenders will be invited during May 2020, with prospective bidders being given up to a 5 week period to respond to the opportunity. For further information, see field VI.3) Additional Information of this notice. The framework agreement shall be utilised to award work for the packing and transport of fine art, objects, storage of works, entire exhibitions and exhibition fixtures and fittings from Barbican Sites; to and/or from any site at which an exhibition is taking place; and to and/or from the premises of any owner/lender of a work. Other departments of the City of London Corporation will have the ability to utilise the framework agreement for the provision of any, or all, of the requirements which are the same as, or similar to those services specified in the forthcoming procurement documents. Please note the lots for this framework agreement will be confirmed upon publication of the forthcoming contract notice (call for competition).