Contract award · 21 Jul 2025

Framework Agreement for the provision of Art Transportation Services

City of London Corporation awarded “Framework Agreement for the provision of Art…” to Constantine Ltd, Crown Fine Art Ltd, Harrow Green Limited for £3.8m.

Transport servicesLondon

Value £3.8m
WinnersConstantine Ltd SME, Crown Fine Art Ltd SME +5 more

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
City of London Corporation · Regional or local authority
Value
£3,800,000
Procedure
Open procedure (above threshold)
Sector
Transport services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport) (CPV 60000000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date21 Jul 2025
  2. Published24 Jul 2025Published 3 days after the contract date

Description

The Barbican Centre (on behalf of the City of London Corporation) wishes to procure a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for an art transportation service to cover its requirements domestically and internationally. The Framework Agreement has therefore been divided into the following for 4 Lots according to different areas of the world: - Lot 1: UK - Lot 2: UK and Europe - Lot 3: UK, Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan - Lot 4: Worldwide For lots 3 and 4, transport could be by air, sea and / or road. 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. In addition the Barbican Centre may require the provision of other services such as technical assistance, project management and technical adv…

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