NML China's First Emperor and Terracotta Warrior Building Works

Bidders are asked to submit a formal tender for the "NML China's First Emperor and the Terracotta Warrior Building Works" for the back of house areas.

National Museums Liverpool (NML) is seeking a building contractor to carry out works in a number of back of house areas that support the main exhibition. This includes carry out works to provide a queuing hall for visitors, providing a refurbishment of space which will be used as areas to introduce the exhibition, refurbish and upgrade back of house areas which will be used a visitor routes into the main exhibition space, stripping out gallery spaces to allow for fit-out works and create school lunch area on 5th floor.

Works comprise of internal decoration to walls, and ceilings, installation of new flooring, and cleaning of existing flooring, forming of new wall partition and doorways, strip out of gallery spaces in preparation of Fit-Out works. Within the programme of works, the building contractor will need to liaise with other contractors on site, such as HVAC/M&E contractors and NML delivery team.

The exhibition will be one of the major cultural events in the UK in 2018 and will run from early February 2018 to end of October 2018. It will comprise a loan of internationally important artefacts, including Class A relics, from Shaanxi Province, China. The exhibition is being curated, designed and produced by National Museums Liverpool's in-house teams with assistance from a guest curator.

The exhibition will comprise of traditional exhibition displays of artefacts - both cased and on open display (subject to approval) alongside multimedia immersive interpretation and AV (external contractors).

The exhibition will occupy most of the second floor of the World Museum which will also house a suite of exhibition-related visitor facilities including ticket verification, a shop and a Welcome Centre. Logistics and visitor flows within the venue both during exhibition build and installation are key; as is access to the rest of the 5 floor of the museum which will remain open to our usual visitors. Minimal disruption to the rest of the museum, while coping with increased foot fall is critical.

The export licence will be signed in September/October 2017. It is only at that stage that tickets can be sold and the final list of objects and images can be released to the public.

For clarification whilst preparing tender.

Partitioning

If preferred the new partitioning can be formed using metal studding provided it is as rigid as timber studwork.

School room

The school room 2nd floor referred to in the programme is the school drop off room at the back of the current temporary exhibition room.

Redecoration.

Allow for four top coats of paint to green wall areas.

Carpets

Cleaning - allow for 780m2 of carpet cleaning

New carpets - Allow for 410m2 for new carpet covering the - Old Entrance, William Brown Room, Link corridor and to 200m2 for the proposed shop and video room.