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.
1,730 results
- Expired contract
Provision of Big Bang Exhibition Stand
- Expired contract
Museum Exhibits and Civic Regalia Insurance
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 10 May 2023
Gallery Walling
- Awarded contract
Museum Exhibits and Civic Regalia Insurance
- Expired contract
Exhibition Stand Build at NHS ConfedExpo
- Closed tenderPublished 30 April 2023
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/suppliers/becoming-a-supplier/social-enterprises/
- Awarded contract
Tender for the Appointment of the Exhibition Design Team for the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum Transformation Project
- Awarded contract
Tender for the Appointment of the Exhibition Design Team for the International Slavery Museum & Maritime Museum Transformation Project - AWARD
- Closed tenderPublished 25 April 2023
Proposed Norman Themed Visitor Centre - Interpretation and Exhibition Design Services, New Ross, Co. Wexford
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 20 April 2023
Museum Exhibition Build Tender
- Expired contract
BIBA 2023 Exhibition Stand Design and Build
- Awarded contract
Traffic Management 063-2022 Provision of Traffic Management at MCCCL
- Expired contract
Exhibition Designer Birds
- Awarded contract
Exhibition Designer Birds
- Expired contract
Hackney Museum Redevelopment – Design Team Service Contract
- Closed tenderPublished 31 March 2023
IWM London Temporary Exhibition Build - Principal Contractor
- Closed tenderPublished 31 March 2023
IWM London Temporary Exhibition Build – Principal Contractor
- Closed tenderPublished 30 March 2023
Proposed Norman Themed Visitor Centre - Interpretation and Exhibition Design Services, New Ross, Co. Wexford
- Expired contract
Lives In Our Landscape at Maidstone Museum (Exhibition Design and Build at Maidstone Museum)
- Closed tenderPublished 24 March 2023
Provision of design, supply, installation, event management and decommissioning of the Farm Safety exhibit at the National Ploughing Championships
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, 2,132 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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