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awarded GB open procedure

# Award of Contract for Storage, Transportation and Installation

[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](https://tendernation.io/buyers/royal-botanic-gardens-kew)

Estimated value

£250,000

Published

31 Dec 2018

Deadline

Closed

27 Nov 2018

## Who can bid

- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew has awarded a contract for the loading/unloading, storage, transportation and project management of the installation and derig of artworks in relation to the Chihuly Exhibition at Kew Gardens in 2019.

The Chihuly exhibition will be the main summer visitor marketing campaign for 2019. The purpose of the exhibition is to help achieve our target paying and total visitor number in summer 2019, thus providing day‐visitor ticket income and also supporting secondary income and membership retention & recruitment.

Dale Chihuly is an internationally renowned glass sculptor, with works of art on display in RBG Kew, hotels and visitor attractions all over the world. Chihuly will be exhibiting his works (to form the primary visitor campaign for the year) at Kew Gardens in 2019 from April 11 - October 27. There will be 10 main outdoor locations for the pieces and three indoor locations, and they will require transporting, handling and installing safely into the Gardens.

## CPV classification

Library, archives, museums and other cultural services

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/b3629a8c-04a6-4311-a11a-43696802cf12)

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