Museum Tenders and Contracts
See open museum tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
9,435 results
- Closed tenderPublished 22 July 2016
Historic Vehicle Move
£10,000
- Closed tenderPublished 22 July 2016
Research to understand and learn from Museums that have experienced change
£20,000
- Closed tenderPublished 22 July 2016
Security services
£1,500,000
- Expired contractPublished 22 July 2016
Public relations services
£300,000
- Expired contractPublished 21 July 2016
Transportation and installation of large heritage objects - Bristol Aerospace Centre
£15,250
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 20 July 2016
Quantity surveying services
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 18 July 2016
Programme and Project Management
£387,150
- Expired contractPublished 18 July 2016
Medicine Galleries Project - QS and CDM-C
£277,710
- Expired contractPublished 18 July 2016
Medicine Galleries Project - Engineering Services
£582,100
- Awarded contractPublished 15 July 2016
Quantity surveying services
£277,710
- Awarded contractPublished 15 July 2016
Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings
£582,100
- Expired contractPublished 15 July 2016
Starring Scotsman Exhibition Fabrication
£38,064
- Awarded contractPublished 15 July 2016
Cleaning products
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 14 July 2016
RFQ for Financial Advisor - Environmental Services
£40,000
- Awarded contractPublished 14 July 2016
Project management consultancy services
£387,150
- Expired contractPublished 14 July 2016
Churchill's Scientists: Build services
£99,848
- Expired contractPublished 14 July 2016
Installation of built-in furniture
£421,239
- Closed tenderPublished 14 July 2016
Museum construction work
£7,500,000
- Expired contractPublished 13 July 2016
The Bicycle Cloud
£46,782
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 13 July 2016
Database-management system
Value not stated
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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