Museum Tenders and Contracts
See open museum tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
9,435 results
- Closed tenderPublished 2 July 2017
Measured Building, 3D Scan and Topographic Survey
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 1 July 2017
Crawley BC - Project Manager for New Museum for Crawley
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 1 July 2017
Crawley Borough Council - New Museum
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 30 June 2017
GB-London: Contractors' Framework 2 for the Provision of (1) General Building Works; and (2) Mechanical and Electrical Works £250-£75,000
£3,000,000
- Awarded contractPublished 30 June 2017
Operator For Helston Museum
£438,750
- Closed tenderPublished 29 June 2017
Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
£8,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 29 June 2017
Architectural and building-surveying services
£200,000
- Closed tenderPublished 29 June 2017
Electronic Archive Management System
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 29 June 2017
Exhibition Project Creative Services: The Sun
£115,000
- Closed tenderPublished 29 June 2017
museum catering and hire
£7,500,000
- Closed tenderPublished 29 June 2017
museum catering and hire
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 28 June 2017
Undertake Rigging Repairs to HMS Trincomalee
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 28 June 2017
Transforming The D-Day Museum Website 2017 - AWARD
Value not stated
- Awarded contractPublished 27 June 2017
Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest
£819,545
- Closed tenderPublished 27 June 2017
Exhibition Build - Age of Terror exhibition
£112,500
- Awarded contractPublished 27 June 2017
Design consultancy services
£115,000
- Expired contractPublished 26 June 2017
NML Alphonse Mucha: In Quest of Beauty Media Brief
£15,000
- Closed tenderPublished 26 June 2017
Financial leasing services
£10,000,000
- Expired contractPublished 26 June 2017
Helium Leak Detectors (x2) - AWARD
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 26 June 2017
Science Museum Levels 4 & 5 Events Space Main Contractor
£4,000,000
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about museum services, museum exhibition, exhibition design, museum collections, collections management, heritage interpretation, gallery fit out, exhibition fit out, museum digitisation, museum in the UK public sector.
What kinds of museum tenders appear in the UK public sector?
Museum tenders cover exhibition design and fit-out, conservation and collections care, audio-visual and digital installation work, and refurbishment or construction of museum buildings. Contracts are published by national museums, local councils and independent museum trusts.
Where are museum contracts advertised?
Stotles brings together museum tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.
If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Large exhibition programmes are split into packages by trade, and interpretation and design services are let as frameworks by national museums.
What do you need to bid for museum contracts?
Exhibition fit-out brings duties under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, and loans and displays may need to meet government indemnity scheme security standards. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.
How is museum work bought, and who buys it?
Large exhibition programmes are split into separate packages by trade, and interpretation services are let through multi-lot frameworks. National museums, local councils and independent museum trusts commission museum work.
Who buys museum services in the UK?
National museums, local authorities running municipal museums and galleries, and independent museum trusts all publish museum-related tenders. Awards go to specialist exhibition designers, conservation contractors, AV integrators and construction firms.
How do I find museum contracts before they are formally tendered?
Read museum capital programmes, exhibition schedules, lottery and arts funding awards and early market engagement notices, which show museum work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.
What CPV codes cover museum tenders?
Museum notices carry 92521100 (Museum-exhibition services), and gallery building work carries 45212300 (Construction work for art and cultural buildings).
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