UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The aim of the HMS Victory Conservation Programme is to deliver a fully conserved ship, able to survive in an open environment for the next 50 years without major work beyond a programme of planned maintenance. A key component of the project is the conservation of existing rigging elements including masts and yards - generally referred to as 'spars' - and assorted metalwork items. There will also be a requirement to fabricate replacement items. The NMRN is planning to host an industry day at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in November 2024. The tendering approach is yet to be determined although the aim is to advertise the opportunity in February 2025, with envisaged contract award mid to end of June 2024. The NMRN may ask its appointed consultants to engage with interested bidders on its behalf. Please see in the attachment the full details of how to register interest in this project.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool is based within the Hartlepool Marina area, which is around 1km north east Hartlepool Town Centre and very close to the main train station. The museum is based in the collection of buildings which are known as the Historic Quayside (or Historic Quay), which was purpose built as a museum in the mid-1990s NMRN have purchased the adjacent Vision Retail Park. The VRP comprises of seven units and 250 car parking spaces. The units include a large portal steel frame building with a glass frontage of 58,000ft2 (Units 1 to 4/5) There is an urgency to procure a professional team, part of this is the Exhibition Designers and it is for them to develop a priced RIBA Stage 2 concept design for the whole site by January 2025 to allow NMRN to consider the proposals and submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) soon after. Subject to NLHF approval or otherwise NMRN will then move to prepare a NLHF Round 1 Application or if not successful reconsider its options. The remaining professional team is already being procured at the time of the PIN's release. The NMRN is hosting a Market Engagement Day at NMRN Hartlepool on Tuesday 15th October, which will allow the Project Team to discuss the project in detail, and visit the NMRN Historic Quay and Vision Retail Park where the New Naval Galleries will be situated. Please email tenders@nmrn.org.uk to inform us of your expression of interest in this project or your intention to attend this session.

The Fleet Air Arm Museum of the NMRN is looking to appoint a contractor to undertake regular daily invasive cleaning of the Museum's toilet and washroom accommodation, as well as perform basic daily housekeeping such as emptying both internal and external bins. The Fleet Air Arm Museum is located at the following address: Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset, BA22 8HT. Please see the attached PIN Notice for full information including cleaning requirements, TUPE requirements and proposed schedule of procurement. Site visits are available which can be arranged with details within the PIN itself.

The Fleet Air Arm Museum (FAAM) is part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy and houses the historic Naval aircraft element of the NMRN Collection. The reserve collection storage building (Cobham Hall) is situated at Yeovilton, Somerset, on a site positioned opposite the main Museum site Cobham Hall was constructed in 1999 and represents a very high quality (at the time) state of the art, climatically controlled museum storage building. The store is a steel portal frame structure (approx. size 100m X 60m), with block walls with metal sheet cladding. This project will focus on works to Cobham Hall which will benefit the wider FAAM site. We have launched this PIN to highlight the provisional scope of these works, to gauge interest from contractors and to further refine the overall specification. The project will appoint a single prime contractor on a 'Design and Build' contract to work with the NMRN Conservation Team and local FAAM Operation and Facilities Team, to design and install a package of works: a) Provision of a new roof coating across whole roof elevation and end panels of Cobham Hall. To include Delcote architectural coating system incorporating Seamsil to the edges and lap ends. b) Provision of new rainwater management system (rainwater goods). c) Installation of Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panels to 30% of Cobham Hall south-west roof elevation (the maximum given roof loading data), with associated battery storage, estimated at 440 panels providing 176kWp d) Installation of additional ground-level PV array to north-west of Cobham Hall, estimated at 200 panels providing 132 kWp e) Installation of energy-efficient light-fittings throughout Cobham Hall. Full information can be found within the PIN Notice attached to this advert. Supporting information is available upon request. Please send an email expressing your interest to marc.farrance@nmrn.org.uk, please ensure to also copy in tenders@nmrn.org.uk

HMS Warrior was built in 1860, is berthed at the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) Portsmouth and was last dry-docked in 2004 in the Portsmouth Naval Base (PNB). NMRN are planning to dry-dock HMS Warrior for hull, onboard moorings and rigging maintenance, when a dry-dock is available within the PNB. The availability of a dry-dock is dependent on Royal Navy requirements so the dry-docking may be during the winter of 23/24 or winter 24/25. Whilst the ship is in dry-dock, the permanent sea moorings are to be serviced or renewed and her berth dredged. HMS Warrior was the Royal Navy's first iron hulled warship, launched in 1860 in Blackwall, London. The ship featured innovations such as hybrid propulsion of steam engines and sail, and advanced weaponry for the time. The speed of innovations at the time meant she was placed in reserve a mere 12 years after commissioning. Warrior became a training ship, then an oil hulk in Pembroke, Wales until being saved for preservation in 1979. She was fully restored at Hartlepool before returning to Portsmouth in 1987. These requirements may change in scope and available funding, so this is currently indicative of at the time of writing. Full information can be found in the full Prior Information Notice attached to this notice. Suppliers interested in participating should register their interest by Midday of Friday 23rd June 2023, during this time we can engage in dialogue with interested in suppliers. The NMRN may ask its appointed consultants from Namur Projects Ltd (Project Support) and DCE Ltd (Procurement Consultant) respectively to engage with suppliers on behalf of the organisation. Experience working in Historic/Heritage settings would be preferred for suppliers applying. Please send an email expressing your interest to; tenders@nmrn.org.uk

The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is an arm's length body under the Royal Navy and is funded by public revenues, and is therefore governed by the Managing Public Money principles and Public Contracts Regulations (2015). The NMRN undertake a variety of procurement tenders each financial year to support our sites and the work carried out on site, these can be from purchasing machinery for our Historic Ships Workshops, to large scale projects such as exhibitions design, build and install and a multi-phase large conservation scaffold for HMS Victory. To support our procurement functions across all NMRN sites the we are seeking an E-Procurement software solution to support our current procurement processes. In addition to this the NMRN would be seeking a Contract Management function also to help us monitor our suppliers' performance and ensure our records are complete and accurate. The NMRN and the Procurement Team would prefer to see demonstrations of E-Procurement software as part of supplier dialogue before entering a formal tender process. This will be arranged by the NMRN with you. How To Apply? Suppliers interested in participating should confirm their interest by 30th November 2022 by email to the Procurement Team at tenders@nmrn.org.uk clearly stating E-Procurement Software PIN See PIN for full details of the current requirements.

In 2017 the HMS Warrior Preservation Trust merged with the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN), following the merger the NMRN conducted surveys of Warrior's electrical systems and identified that it requires extensive rewiring work. Previously in 2018 a tender was advertised but was not awarded following feedback from the submitted bids. Scope of Work The NMRN are seeking to rewire HMS Warrior to bring all electrical systems on board to current standards, these include; - Refurbishment and upgrade of lighting within historic replica lamps on board. - Full rewiring of the ships electrical system, including shore side on the Jetty. Replacement of;  LV/Small Power Systems  Fire Alarm System (to L5 standard and L1 performance)  PA System  Mast Downlights  CCTV System  Leak Detection and other alarms on board There is also a requirement for the heating system circuits of HMS Warrior to undergo rewiring. These requirements may change in scope so this is currently indicative of at the time of writing. Further information can be found in the attached PIN below and details how to register interest. Additional information: Intention is once PIN period has concluded is to continue onto the Invitation to Tender (ITT).