Exhibition Tenders

See open exhibition tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.

Exhibition procurement here covers two different jobs. Museums, galleries and visitor centres buy exhibition design, fit-out, interpretation and graphic production. Departments and devolved governments buy stand design, build and floor space at trade shows, often for one event. Both sit in the same set of notices: 1,774 on record, 779 of them awarded.

Approved-contractor panels for exhibition build and graphic production are a common route in, so getting onto one matters as much as bidding a single show.

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about exhibition design, exhibition fit out, museum exhibition, exhibition stand, exhibition services, exhibition build, trade show, exhibition and display, exhibition graphics, exhibition equipment in the UK public sector.

  • How do I find exhibition tenders in the UK?

    Two routes. Watch the portals for live notices, or get in earlier by following the buyers. Stotles pulls exhibition notices from 100+ portals, so a museum fit-out on Public Contracts Scotland and a stand build on Find a Tender land in the same feed. Platform-wide, 2,198 notices are open right now. Start with what is open, then trace the buyer back to the capital project or event programme behind it.

  • What kinds of exhibition contracts does the public sector award?

    Two distinct markets share one word. Museums, galleries and visitor centres buy exhibition design, fabrication, fit-out, interpretation and graphic production, sometimes as one design-and-build package and sometimes split across a designer, a main contractor and an AV supplier. Government departments and trade-promotion bodies buy the other kind: stand design, build, floor space and dismantling at trade shows and international expos. Of 1,774 notices on record, 779 are awarded and 65 sit at pre-tender.

  • What CPV codes are used for exhibition tenders?

    The codes that turn up most on these notices are 92521100 (Museum-exhibition services), 39154100 (Exhibition stands) and 79956000 (Fair and exhibition organisation services). Event services (79952000) and Exhibition equipment (39154000) appear often as well, usually alongside one of the first three. Coding is patchy on this topic. Plenty of on-intent notices carry no code at all, which is why this page filters on keywords instead.

  • Are exhibition contracts awarded through frameworks?

    Often. Approved-contractor panels for exhibition build and graphic production recur across the notices, sometimes split into lots by project value rather than by trade. Stotles' 2026 Supplier Benchmark Report found that 44% of suppliers treat frameworks as their main route to market, and exhibition work fits that pattern: a place on a panel is worth more than any one show.

  • Does this cover museum exhibitions as well as trade show stands?

    Both. The saved search runs on exhibition design, exhibition fit out, exhibition build, museum exhibition, exhibition stand, exhibition graphics, exhibition equipment, exhibition services, exhibition and display, and trade show. Museum and heritage work is the bigger share of the 1,774 notices; trade show stand work is smaller and steadier. Broader wording like exhibition space was left out, because much of what it returns is building refurbishment rather than exhibition supply.

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