Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of The Balfour Collection (Archive of the Balfour family of Whittingehame, East Lothian, Earls of Balfour)
Authority: National Records of Scotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPurchase of The Balfour Collection (Archive of the Balfour family of Whittingehame, East Lothian, Earls of Balfour)
CPV: Records
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NRS have directly awarded the purchase of The Balfour Collection from Christie'sAwarded
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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Apr 2022, 10:26 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Apr 2022, 10:26 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-009205- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032a90Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
- Published justification
The 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.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:688320)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | £501,650 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 009205-2022-17/11/001-1 · Christie's
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2022
- Value
- £501,650
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Christie'sAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.