Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords (acting jointly) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Constantine Ltd SME
- Value
- £33,633,345.75
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Storage and warehousing services (CPV 63120000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 020956-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Apr 2025
- Published9 Mar 2026Published 314 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority is seeking a supplier to store its heritage objects. The requirement is for a minimum of 3,300 square metres of fit for purpose, non-shared floor space within a secure, object storage facility located within 2 hours travel via public transport of Westminster, UK. This will be for an initial term of 5 years with the option for the Authority to extend for a period of up to 5 years in 1 year extensions.<br/><br/>The facility must have space and accommodation for Parliamentary staff to work within the dedicated storage space. The facility must be fit for the purpose of storing heritage objects within climate-controlled spaces and have an ancillary space for use as a conservation studio. It needs to provide industry-standard, object storage systems (at 3.5m high) with good floor loading (at 5kN/m2 or above) to enable the efficient storage of different object media. This is likely to necessitate storage on ground floor slab for Architectural Fabric Collection (AFC) objects due…
About the supplier
Constantine Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00948446).