Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal Programme - Dynamic Purchasing System for Collections Conservation Services

The Collections Conservation DPS will be split into the following Categories of Services. Service Categories 1 to 6 are for Collections Care Services: 1. Environmental monitoring systems, consultancy and maintenance. The services within this Category will include provision of environmental monitoring systems, consultancy and maintenance. Examples of services include but are not limited to: particulate matter, lux, UV, relative humidity, temperature, vibration, pH, dosimetry. 2. Preventive conservation cleaning. Preventive conservation cleaning services and consultancy. 3. Preventive conservation advice for emergency planning, salvage and resilience. Specialist preventive conservation advice for emergency planning, salvage and resilience. 4. Hazard consultancy and services. Assessment for hazards within the heritage collection including but not limited to: subject matter specialist advice, hazard identification and hazard remediation, and hazard testing from experts in the field. 5. Pest Management (Consultancy) Heritage integrated pest management: consultancy from subject matter experts. 6. Pest Management (Treatment) Heritage integrated pest management: treatment for infestations which include but are not limited to: mobile treatment options, treatment off site, and targeted treatment on site. Service Categories 7 to 18 are for Heritage Collections Conservation Services. Each Category includes the services listed below for the specific type of material/item: •Condition surveys and treatment recommendations including written and photographic documentation (in situ, in a conservation studio on site, or off site). •Specialist cleaning (in situ, in a conservation studio on site, or off site). •Remedial conservation: surface dusting, dry cleaning, minor and/or localised stabilisation of surfaces or media (in a conservation studio on site, or off site). •Full conservation treatment including more extensive aesthetic or structural work. •Technical examination and research, including pigment, media analysis and technical imaging. 7. Leather Conservator Leather conservation services. 8. Wood (excluding furniture) Conservator Wood (excluding furniture) conservation services. 9. Modern Materials Conservator Modern materials conservation services. 10. Horology Conservator Horology conservation services. 11. Easel Paintings Conservator Easel paintings conservation services. 12. Works on Paper Conservator Works on paper conservation services. 13. Ceramic Conservator Ceramics conservation services. 14. Stone conservation services Stone conservation services. 15. Metal Conservator Metal conservation services. 16. Textile Conservator Textile conservation services. 17. Wall Paintings Conservator Wall paintings conservation services. 18. Frame Conservator Frame conservation services. Service Categories 19 and 20 are for Furniture Conservation and Craft Services: 19. Furniture Conservator/Restorers Furniture conservation and restoration services, including: •Timber conservation for furniture, such as: seat frame joints in preparation for reupholstery, desks, cabinets and tables. •Transparent furniture finishes, to original appropriate colour, including preserving existing finishes where appropriate and carrying out full finish removal and refinishing. •Woodcarving, including consolidation of splits and loss replacement with appropriate timber and grain orientation. •Metalwork, such as hardware. •Giltwood. •Undertaking condition surveys and treatment recommendations including written and photographic documentation (in situ, in a studio on site, or off site). •Dismantling and reassembling heritage furniture, such as desks, wardrobes etc. (in situ, in a studio on site, or off site). •Custom engraving, embroidery, leather stamping gilding and tooling. 20. Upholsterers Upholstery conservation and restoration services. Additional information: The Delivery Authority and the Houses of Parliament are jointly holding an on-line market information event about their plans for the CCDPS. Please follow the instructions in Section VI.3 to register for the event.