Stale Pre-tender

NHM150 Western Galleries – Visitor Flow and Circulation Consultant

Details

Value
£40,000
Topic
Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants
Published
28 July 2026
Submission
3 August 2026

Tender description

The Natural History Museum has launched NHM150, an ambitious transformation programme leading up to its 150th anniversary in 2031. The programme will significantly enhance the Museum’s public offer, increasing access, reach and impact through a major renewal of galleries and visitor experiences. The Natural History Museum is seeking to appoint a Visitor Flow and Circulation Consultant to support the delivery of Phase 2 of the NHM150 Programme. The appointment will span both the base build projects and the associated gallery fit out projects and the consultant will form part of the wider multidisciplinary design teams. The consultant will provide strategic and technical advice relating to visitor flow, horizontal and vertical circulation, capacity, orientation, and visitor movement throughout the refurbished Western Galleries and Oceans Hall. The consultant shall support the development of an integrated visitor circulation strategy which considers individual galleries and spaces, the Western Galleries and Oceans Hall as a whole, and within the context of the wider museum. The appointment will cover RIBA Stages 2-4 of the Western Galleries Base Build, Oceans Gallery Base Build, Dinosaurs 28 (Swing Space) Exhibition Fit Out and Lives of Dinosaurs (Dinosaurs 30) Exhibition Fit Out projects. They will be required to work as a fully integrated member of the project design teams, providing specialist expertise, analysis and design support to ensure the delivery of a coherent, accessible and enjoyable visitor experience across the Phase 2 galleries. The consultant shall also provide advice and recommendations in response to queries by the Lead Designer(s) and NHM Core Team, for the Old General Herbarium & Botany Library Exhibition Fit Out, Life on Earth (Origins) Exhibition Fit Out and Oceans Gallery Exhibition Fit Out projects. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Construction-work-for-buildings-relating-to-leisure%2C-sports%2C-culture%2C-lodging-and-restaurants./9378W497XY To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9378W497XY

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published28 July 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

Natural History Museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and buys through its own procurement team. Framework agreements cover recurring needs such as collections storage, exhibition design and museum consumables, open to specialist suppliers. A dedicated procurement function based at the South Kensington site manages sourcing for both scientific research and visitor operations.

Over the past 5 years, most of Natural History Museum's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, business services and construction work.

AI insights

  • Is there a preferred supplier?
  • What are the buyers pain points?
  • What has the buyer previously procured?
  • What are the key requirements?

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Contact nameJob titlePhone numberWork email
Head of Procurement+44 •••• ••••••
Commercial Director+44 •••• ••••••
Procurement Manager+44 •••• ••••••
Category Lead+44 •••• ••••••
Senior Buyer+44 •••• ••••••
Contracts Manager+44 •••• ••••••

140 similar open tenders

See more open tenders related to Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants.

Explore all open tenders

Related topics

Topics related to NHM150 Western Galleries – Visitor Flow and Circulation Consultant, ranked by notice volume.

View all topics

Related buyers

Buyers similar to Natural History Museum.

View all buyers
BuyersCountValue
  1. 2,967
    £722.6m
  2. 1,211
    £14.4bn
  3. 810
    £8.9bn
  4. 587
    £4.3bn
  5. 548
    £16.2bn
  6. 440
    £130.7m
  7. 395
    £427.6m
  8. 356
    £1.7m
  9. 319
    £340.1m
  10. 282
    £10.2bn

Finding public sector work shouldn't be hard

Make your next tender search effortless with Stotles. Set up alerts, find decision maker contacts and never miss a good-fit opportunity again.