PAN1026 - Picture Frames for 'Quality of Leicester' Images

Leicester City Council wishes to appoint an organisation to supply and hang picture frames in meeting rooms and waiting areas in Leicester City Council Building, City Hall.

Please note that the Council wish to receive samples of the wood that is required for the frames.

The council is producing a richly illustrated guide to the city, which will include 200 pages and more than 500 photographs, mostly in colour. It will explore the city’s character, history and what makes Leicester different from other places. Taking readers from the Iron Age to the varied community of the time.

The book will explore the pattern of building materials and styles, streets and open spaces, which make the city unique: the elements, which add up to the 'Quality of Leicester'.

The council would like 100 of these photographs displayed inside the meeting rooms and in the waiting areas at City Hall. The meeting rooms have been finished to a very high standard and we expect the frames to be of the same quality.

Firstly, the council would like to commission 3 A2 size picture frames in a flat oak (real wood) frame with a slim inner black frame (see photograph 1). These are to be dry mounted with a 2mm clear float. The frame must complement the oak doors and furniture on the office levels in City Hall.
Subject to approval, a further 97 A2 sized picture frames and 4 A1 sized picture frames will be commissioned. The printed photographs will be provided, ready for you to mount and frame.

The frames supplied should be real wood. The council is looking for frames which have light oak outer with a slim inner black frame. Samples are to be sent to the Leicester City Council and to be sent as a corner piece.