Invitation to Tender
CLERK OF WORKS SERVICES
For
BUILDING RENOVATION / EXTENSION
Glencoe Folk Museum
Apr 2025
1. Introduction
Glencoe Folk Museum (GFM) wishes to appoint Clerk of Works services to support the delivery of its capital works project.
2. Client’s Name
CLIENT Glencoe Folk Museum
ADDRESS Main Street, Glencoe, PH49 4HS
Tel: (phone number removed)
3. Principal Contact
Peter Drummond, Lead Project Architect (phone number removed)
4. Background Glencoe Folk Museum was founded in 1967 by a group of local residents who sought to document the rapidly-changing way of life in the Glencoe and North Lorn area. In 1972 the burgeoning collection was moved into its current premises, a pair of 19th century cruck-frame heather-thatch crofting cottages located in the centre of Glencoe village. The collection of c6,000 objects chronicles daily life and work in the area between the 17th – 21st centuries, as well as turbulent times such as the Jacobite rebellions and the infamous Glencoe Massacre of 1692.
The Museum is fully-accredited through Museums Galleries Scotland and is run by a volunteer Board of Trustees, with day-to-day management delegated to a full-time Curator. Management of the redevelopment project is overseen by a full-time Project Director
Prior to redevelopment the Museum attracted c7,000 visitors annually, with just over half of visitors originating from overseas.
5. Context
The Museum premises are life-expired and do not meet modern st...