Museum Tenders and Contracts
See open museum tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
9,435 results
- Expired contractPublished 15 September 2015
American Air Museum: Provision of Mannequins
£35,000
- Closed tenderPublished 15 September 2015
PORTABLE MULTI-MEDIA INTERPRETATION SERVICE
£1,400,000
- Closed tenderPublished 15 September 2015
NHDC 0915 Adaptations to Town Lodge and Other premises
£50,000
- Expired contractPublished 14 September 2015
Listed Building Consultant: Transforming IWM Duxford
£27,500
- Closed tenderPublished 11 September 2015
Provision of gallery fit out including bespoke display cases for the 'voices from the workhouse ' project
£525,000
- Closed tenderPublished 11 September 2015
MERL Exhibition Fit Out - Main Contractor
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 9 September 2015
Tender for Rockefeller Grant Museum – Environmental Improvements
£180,000
- Closed tenderPublished 7 September 2015
Refurbishment Works
£240,000
- Closed tenderPublished 4 September 2015
Members' Room Architect Services
£130,000
- Closed tenderPublished 2 September 2015
NHDC 0915 The design, supply, fit out and installation of the café, kitchen and servery at Hitchin Town Hall & North Hertfordshire Museum
£55,000
- Expired contractPublished 28 August 2015
GENERATOR AND SWITCHGEAR MAINTENANCE & SERVICE
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 28 August 2015
PLANT EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE & SERVICE
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 28 August 2015
Re-Development of 8 Albert Embankment
£1,000,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 26 August 2015
Waste Paper and Confidential Waste Paper Collection and Destruction
£17,000
- Expired contractPublished 25 August 2015
Underground Services Survey - IWM Duxford
£25,000
- Expired contractPublished 21 August 2015
Re-roofing works at the Museum
£25,000
- Closed tenderPublished 20 August 2015
Norton Priory Monastery to Museum P900 Project - Audio Visual and Media Software Package
£70,000
- Closed tenderPublished 19 August 2015
National Army Museum - Building for the Future - Showcase Design, Fabrication and Installation
£1,100,000
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 14 August 2015
Conservation of Oil Paintings
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 13 August 2015
Assessment of Accreditation Returns
£28,500
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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