Museum Tenders and Contracts
See open museum tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
9,435 results
- Closed tenderPublished 21 January 2017
Garden Maintenance Services
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 20 January 2017
QEC Playground at Fleet Air Arm Museum
£75,000
- Closed tenderPublished 20 January 2017
Transforming the D-Day Museum - Military Vehicle Conservation Specialist
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 20 January 2017
Erewash Borough Council EBCQ 16-074 Quotation for the provision of Damp Proofing works to Erewash Museum
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 20 January 2017
Provision of Roofing Works at Bewdley Museum
£90,000
- Closed tenderPublished 19 January 2017
Catering Soft Market Testing
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 19 January 2017
The Hold – Freelance Conservator
£15,180
- Closed tenderPublished 18 January 2017
Landscape gardening services
£90,000
- Closed tenderPublished 17 January 2017
Creative Marketing Brief: Duxford Centenary
£32,500
- Closed tenderPublished 17 January 2017
PAN1429 - Art Store Racking Supply and Installation
£35,000
- Closed tenderPublished 17 January 2017
Education and Engagement Specialist
£30,500
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 16 January 2017
Catering services
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 16 January 2017
PAN1429 - Art Store Racking Supply and Installation
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 12 January 2017
Textile Conservation Specialist - Overlord Embroidery - AWARD
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 10 January 2017
NML Museum of Liverpool Video Wall
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 10 January 2017
Transforming the D-Day Museum - Glazing specialist
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 10 January 2017
King Edward Mine - Boiler House, Mill & Stamps and Core Buildings
£525,000
- Closed tenderPublished 7 January 2017
INTERPRETATIVE FIT-OUT OF US RANGERS MUSEUM
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 5 January 2017
Business Planning Consultant Wordsworth Trust - Grasmere Cumbria
£17,500
- Expired contractPublished 5 January 2017
Project management consultancy services
£167,000
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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