Museum Tenders and Contracts
See open museum tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
9,435 results
- Expired contractPublished 17 July 2015
Citizenship Digital Learning Resource
£27,500
- Closed tenderPublished 16 July 2015
Destination Stations Exhibition Detail Design, Procurement, Fabrication and Installation
£30,000
- Closed tenderPublished 10 July 2015
Maintenance for Public Building Heating, Water Services,Ventilation & Air Conditioning equipment
£800,000
- Closed tenderPublished 8 July 2015
MOS 0634 M
£625,000
- Closed tenderPublished 7 July 2015
Redisplay of First World War gallery at Museum of Hartlepool
£30,000
- Closed tenderPublished 7 July 2015
Redisplay of First World War gallery at Museum of Hartlepool
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 6 July 2015
Durham Cathedral Open Treasure: AV Software Production
£60,000
- Closed tenderPublished 6 July 2015
ITT for the Provision of a Catering Concession for various Leisure Venues
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 6 July 2015
Exhibition Fit-out - National Army Museum: Building for the Future
£1,600,000
- Expired contractPublished 3 July 2015
WCEC Logistic Support Services contract award
£25,000
- Closed tenderPublished 3 July 2015
Mathematics Gallery Fit-out Works PQQ
£1,100,000
- Expired contractPublished 2 July 2015
Fabric Term Maintenance Services
£130,328
- Closed tenderPublished 30 June 2015
Clifford’s Tower Major Project - Supply of Design Services
£50,000
- Closed tenderPublished 26 June 2015
SOG-CL-T- Maritime Museum Water Ingress Repairs
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 19 June 2015
WCC - Our Warwickshire (Designer)
£840,000
- Closed tenderPublished 18 June 2015
Architect/Gallery Designer (Lead Designer) - Interactive Gallery, National Media Museum
£75,000
- Expired contractPublished 17 June 2015
American Air Museum Redevelopment: AV Software Package 2: Creative AV Production
£20,000
- Expired contractPublished 17 June 2015
American Air Museum Redevelopment: AV Software Package 3: Integrated Gallery-Web Interactives Design & Build
£50,000
- Expired contractPublished 17 June 2015
American Air Museum redevelopment:AV Software Package 1: Editing
£15,000
- Closed tenderPublished 11 June 2015
MTC1008 - Contractor Host
£1,375,000
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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