Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bfc-9346-73cc-a346-75cdb02fd21a/bristol-aerospace-centre-showcase-design-fabrication-and-installation closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Bristol Aerospace Centre - Showcase Design, Fabrication and Installation [Bristol Aero Collection Trust](https://tendernation.io/buyers/bristol-aero-collection-trust) Estimated value £500,000 to £600,000 Published 13 Apr 2016 Deadline Closed 23 May 2016 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Bristol Aero Collection Trust (BACT) is a substantial new museum development the Bristol Aerospace Centre project. As part of this, eight new galleries will be created in the existing WW1 Grade 2 Listed Hangar 16S and New Build Hangar to house Concorde. BACT is therefore inviting tenders from Showcase Specialist Contractors to carry out detailed design, fabrication and installation of showcases as part of the development. The cases required will vary in specification to optimise value but there will need to be a consistent aesthetic across the museum. The specification for the various grades of cases is detailed in the Invitation to Tender documents. The Showcase Contractor must be able to demonstrate recent experience in technical design, fabrication and installation of showcases in Museum environments. The Showcase Contractor will need to be able to share the BACT and the Design Team's vision which will create spaces to display a diverse range of BACT's collections combining sensitivity to the building and the collections with an imaginative, sustainable, collaborative and transformative approach. The Exhibition Designer for the project is Event Communications and the Project Manager and Quantity Surveyor is Focus Consultants. The new Bristol Aerospace Centre is due to open in May 2017 and therefore all showcases must be completed and installed by end of March 2017 to allow time for object installation. There will need to be careful coordination with the exhibition fit out contractor who will be appointed shortly. The anticipated value of this contract is between 500k - 600k GBP. Read full description ## CPV classification Display cases Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/8c6aac6e-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Bristol Aero Collection Trust: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/bristol-aero-collection-trust) [Sector More Furniture, furnishings & cleaning products tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/furniture-furnishings) ## More tenders like this [Hendon Library: School Libraries and Resources Service (SLRS) refit 2026/27 · London Borough of Barnet · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-41d4-73a3-9712-1003545b8a8c/hendon-library-school-libraries-and-resources-service-slrs-refit-202627) [3D, 2D and Lighting Exhibition Design Services for: The Ocean (working title) Temporary Exhibition at Science Museum 2028 & Science and Industry Museum 2029 · Science Museum Group · 28 days left · 15 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15476-637e-71ad-9786-0a37575262f2/3d-2d-and-lighting-exhibition-design-services-for-the-ocean-working-title-te) [Furniture – Acquisition d’équipements mobiliers et matériels destinés au Lycée des Métiers de la Mer à La Réunion (974) · Région Réunion · 11 days left · 30 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-1358-72da-a60c-19d077e522b3/france-furniture-acquisition-dequipements-mobiliers-et-materiels-destines-a) [Furnishing – Jõhvi Kutsehariduskeskuse (Kutse tn 13, Jõhvi) sisustamine · Riigi Kinnisvara Aktsiaselts · 31 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-144b-72cc-a6d4-5954d41791b9/estonia-furnishing-johvi-kutsehariduskeskuse-kutse-tn-13-johvi-sisustamin) [Theatre seats – Renouvellement de la tribune téléscopique du centre culture de l'Orangerie · Mairie de Roissy-en-France · 32 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-07c7-7113-8193-81d8622e137a/france-theatre-seats-renouvellement-de-la-tribune-telescopique-du-centre-cul) [Library furniture – namještaj I oprema ZA knjižnice osnovnih škola · Grad Zagreb · 29 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-0a9a-739d-b9d2-08b5910ccdbc/croatia-library-furniture-namjestaj-i-oprema-za-knjiznice-osnovnih-skola)