Transport and storage of museum objects
Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde (NMVW) is seeking a service provider for the transport and storage of museum objects between various museum and depot locations. The activities include a monthly round trip during which objects are safely transported, temporarily stored, and prepared for exhibitions. The procurement is public and focused on services. The contractor must have experience in handling fragile, valuable, and often international objects, comply with strict security and climate control standards, and possess suitable transport vehicles and storage facilities. Additionally, sound logistical planning, documentation, and reporting are required. The contracting authority expects a reliable partner who guarantees the integrity and safety of the objects and can respond flexibly to changing exhibition needs.
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01What is being requested
Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde (NMVW) is seeking a service provider for the transport and storage of museum objects between various museum and depot locations. The activities include a monthly round trip during which objects are safely transported, temporarily stored, and prepared for exhibitions. The procurement is public and focused on services. The contractor must have experience in handling fragile, valuable, and often international objects, comply with strict security and climate control standards, and possess suitable transport vehicles and storage facilities. Additionally, sound logistical planning, documentation, and reporting are required. The contracting authority expects a reliable partner who guarantees the integrity and safety of the objects and can respond flexibly to changing exhibition needs.
The primary tasks of NMVW consist of preserving, researching, restoring, lending, and exhibiting objects from all over the world. When exhibiting these objects, humanity—with its diversity of cultures, customs, ways of thinking, emotions, and rituals (throughout the years)—is central. In the context of performing these tasks, NMVW requires the transport and storage of museum objects between the various museum and depot locations (monthly round trip).
02Exclusion grounds
- No specific exclusion grounds were extracted. In a European tender, the mandatory and discretionary grounds of art. 2.86/2.87 of the Dutch Procurement Act almost always apply — check the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD).
03Value in context
The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for diensten is € 221.000, for reference.
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07Frequently asked questions
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08Estimated value versus the market
€ 500K
€ 1,1 mln
€ 3,0 mln
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