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Purchase of The Balfour Collection (Archive of the Balfour family of Whittingehame, East Lothian, Earls of Balfour)

Records
Scotland (UKM75)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: National Records of Scotland: "Purchase of The Balfour Collection (Archive of the Balfour family of Whittingehame, East Lothian, Earls of Balfour)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNational Records of ScotlandScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for National Records of Scotland. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1.6Bids / Report
40% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 5 active published awards; 5 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNational Records of Scotland
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published6 Apr 2022, 10:26 BST
Last source update6 Apr 2022, 10:26 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationRecords
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-032a90
What is being bought
Purchase of The Balfour Collection (Archive of the Balfour family of Whittingehame, East Lothian, Earls of Balfour)
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Apr 2022, 10:26 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    6 Apr 2022, 10:26 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    6 Apr 2022, 10:26 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    NRS have directly awarded the purchase of The Balfour Collection from Christie's. The purchase has been made to preserve and produce information about Scotland's people and history and make it available to inform current and future generations.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    6 Apr 2022, 10:26 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 21 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · £501,650
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Christie's
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£501,650 · signed 21 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

National Records of Scotland

Contracting authority GB-FTS-8349
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  • National Records of Scotland
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Ladywell House, Ladywell Road, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH12 7TF
    Procurement_Queries_Mailbox@nrscotland.gov.uk

  • Christie's
    supplier

    8 King Street, London, UKI32, SW1Y 6QT
    +44 02073892725

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
    reviewBody

    27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LB
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe collection owners informed NRS that they wished to sell The Balfour Collection to NRS as a private treaty sale and advised that Christie’s were working as agents for the owners. NRS contracted for an independent valuation of the collection and established that the offer price is reasonable. HMRC are aware and have given the necessary approvals. This was a rare opportunity to purchase a collection which NRS staff regard as one of the “crown jewels” amongst the deposited collections of which we are custodians, being of both national and international significance. The NRS valuation report confirms that the collection is one of pre-eminent importance on a local, national and international level. The purchase has been made to preserve and produce information about Scotland's people and history and make it available to inform current and future generations.