ID 6231332 - National Museums NI - Conservation and Restoration of Maritime Collections

What the buyer is asking for

National Museums NI seeks to appoint an ICON-accredited (ACR status or equivalent) Supplier to undertake conservation on each of the four priority maritime vessels Mary Joseph, Children’s Hope, The Fancy and The Result. The conservation work on Mary Joseph and Children’s Hope will commence on award of contract. The conservation work on The Fancy will commence in April 2027 while conservation work on The Result which is broken down into Phase 1 and Phase 2 will commence in September 2027. The commencement of Phase 2 will be dependant on budgets and NMNI operational requirements. Please see the CfT documents for details.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 28%qualityAC1 -Service DeliveryAs per Tender documentation
• 21%qualityAC2 - Contract ManagementAs per Tender documentation
• 21%qualityAC3 - ImplementationAs per Tender documentation
• 30%costAC4 - Total CostAs per Tender documentation

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

• economic

  As per Tender documentation.

• technical

  As per Tender documentation.

How contested is this?

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published32 days ago

   21 Aug 2026, 11:31 BST
2. Clarification questions by10 days ago

   11 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
3. Submission deadlinetomorrow

   22 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
4. Award decision expected byin 11 days

   2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice21 Aug 2026, 11:31 BST079827-2026

Payment terms

For further details on invoicing procedures please see : https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/ar ticles/account-ni-good-invoicing-practice Contract Value The estimated value figure indicated in the Scope Section represents an overall estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and a Supplier shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority.

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender