Competitive Contract Notice

1. Title: GB-Leeds: DOMESTIC TRANSPORT OF COLLECTION OBJECTS
2. Awarding Authority:
Royal Armouries
Armouries Drive, Leeds, LS10 1LT, United Kingdom
Tel. 01132201916, Email: procurement@armouries.org.uk
Contact: Katia Giovannini, Attn: Katia Giovannini
3. Contract Type: Services
Sub Type: Land transport services, including armored car services, and courier services, except transport of mail.

4. Description: Transport services (excl. Waste transport). Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver. Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services. Transport agency services. Museum services. Royal Armouries wishes to procure a transport agent (supplier) to transport collection objects between its sites and to and from other locations within the U.K. (excluding Northern Ireland).
The other locations in the U.K. include cultural institutions, auction houses or private individuals. Sometimes the objects will need to be deinstalled and packed before transport and or unpacked and installed following transport. The supplier may need to supply appropriate packing media. Very large and or heavy objects such as artillery are excluded from this tender. The supplier must have a Section 5 carrier licence, storage approved by the Art’s Council Manager - Security and Protection Advice and a vehicle that meets the requirements outlined in the tender specification.

Very large and or heavy objects such as artillery are excluded from this tender. The supplier must have a Section 5 carrier licence, storage approved by the Art’s Council Manager - Security and Protection Advice and a vehicle that meets the requirements outlined in section 1.4.
5. CPV Codes:
60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport).
60180000 - Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver.
63000000 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services.
63520000 - Transport agency services.
92521000 - Museum services.

6. NUTS Codes :
UKE42 - Leeds

7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: Leeds,
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority: RA-0208
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category I: 50K to 100K
Currency: GBP
10. Deadline for Expression of Interest: 25/02/2025 17:00:00
11. Address to which they must be sent:
via Delta portal
Armouries Drive
URL: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-Leeds:-DOMESTIC-TRANSPORT-OF-COLLECTION-OBJECTS/UM64R6WFT2

12. Other Information:
Other Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-Leeds:-DOMESTIC-TRANSPORT-OF-COLLECTION-OBJECTS/UM64R6WFT2

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/respond/UM64R6WFT2
TKR-2025211-PRO-29386428
Suitable for VCO: No
Procedure Type:OPEN
Period of Work Start date: 15/05/2025
Period of Work End date: 14/05/2027
Is this a Framework Agreement?: no