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Bronze Memorial Sculpture to Transatlantic Slave Trade - Planning support, Fabrication and Installation

Buyer: Greater London Authority (GLA) →

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BuyerGreater London Authority (GLA)
StatusClosed
Deadline8 May 2025
Value£895,000
Published7 Apr 2025

What is being bought

The Greater London Authority (GLA) is seeking a fabricator to produce a new bronze artwork called, "The Wake" created by artist Khaleb Brooks, a new memorial to honour enslaved Africans who were trafficked as part of the transatlantic slave trade, and their descendants, due to be unveiled in August 2026. The fabricator will work in consultation with with the artist and the commissioner, the Greater London Authority. Before fabrication of the statue can commence, planning permission will need to be secured for the installation. The planning application will be drawn up and submitted by an architect with the fabricator supporting this process. The fabricator will therefore be awarded the first stage (Phase 1 - Planning Support) initially and then if (as is expected) the application is successful the second stage - ie (Phase 2 - Fabrication and Phase 3 - Installation) - will then be instructed through the same contract.

Delivery location

UKI, GB

Categories

Blacksmith services 71550000Artistic services 92312000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£895,000
Contract periodFrom 25 Jun 2025 to 24 Dec 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical Proposal — See ITT Documents (70%)
Social Value Proposal — See ITT Documents (10%)
Cost of planning support, fabrication and installation — See ITT Documents (20%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Blacksmith services, Artistic servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 71. The category anchor is Blacksmith services (71550000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 716,8654 median · 31.5 average (2,518 of 6,865 with a bid count)4.2 average (2,793 of 6,865 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKI6784 median · 50.4 average (235 of 678 with a bid count)5.6 average (271 of 678 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4125 median · 6 average (9 of 412 with a bid count)1.1 average (9 of 412 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04fe4d
Latest release ID013472-2025
Latest release timestampMon Apr 07 2025 15:18:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013472-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-05-08T14:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-05-01T18:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2025-06-06T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsTfL's SAP Ariba Tendering Portal: https://s1-eu.ariba.com/Sourcing/Main/ad/selfRegistration?realm=TfL You must be registered on the above portal to be able to submit a response. Once you have registered on the portal (following the link above) please send an email to v_AlexGordon@tfl.gov.uk confirming you wish to submit a bid and you will then be added to the ITT. All clarification queries must also be submitted via the portal not via email.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£895,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
7 Apr 2025tender013472-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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