Storytelling Tenders
See open storytelling tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
Storytelling procurement here is mostly heritage and cultural work: interpretation strategies for museums and visitor centres, oral history collection, digital interpretation built into a gallery refit, and standalone storytelling commissions. Councils, museum trusts, national parks and lottery-funded heritage projects are the buyers.
718 notices match on record. 262 are awarded and only 6 are open, so the useful move is reading who won the last interpretation round.
672 results
- Closed tenderPublished 5 July 2024
GB-London: Summative Evaluation Qualitative Research for the Storyteller exhibition at IWM London
- Expired contract
BIKABLO
- Awarded contract
Heritage Interpretation Consultant for Northern Meeting Park Inverness
- Closed tenderPublished 1 July 2024
Provision of Interpretive Design, Project Management and Installation at Gnoll Estate Country Park Neath
- Closed tenderPublished 25 June 2024
PQ0532 Consultancy Support for History & Heritage Tourism Product Development for the Coach and Group Market
- Awarded contract
Provision of Services for Mayo Creameries Oral History Project for Mayo County Council
- Closed tenderPublished 24 June 2024
Provision of Services for Mayo Creameries Oral History Project for Mayo County Council
- Closed tenderPublished 12 June 2024
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE PROVISION OF STREET ENTERTAINMENT IN AUGUST 2024
- Closed tenderPublished 7 June 2024
ANGLESEY FENS FOR ALL, FOREVER PROJECT CORSYDD MÔN i BAWB, AM BYTH PARTNERSHIP SCHEME EVALUATION
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 24 May 2024
INTERPRETATION & TRANSLATION SERVICES (SBS10127)
- Awarded contract
Framework Agreement for the Provision of Video Commissioning
- Expired contract
Bath Fashion Museum- Interpretation Planning
- Closed tenderPublished 13 May 2024
Appointment for Design and Build Works on Royal Navy Submarine Museum Memorial Wall
- Expired contract
NSMM - City Of Wonder - Digital Commission - AWARD
- Awarded contract
NSMM - City Of Wonder - Digital Commission
- Closed tenderPublished 10 May 2024
T24-065BUS PEACEPLUS Our Journey To Peace
- Closed tenderPublished 5 April 2024
Interpretation Design Consultant to develop and implement an exciting new interpretative plan at Johnstown Castle Estate Museum and Gardens in County Wexford
- Closed tenderPublished 3 April 2024
Bath Fashion Museum- Interpretation Planning
- Expired contract
Lowestoft Town Hall Project - Heritage Interpretation Specialist(s)
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 26 March 2024
Market Engagement for Suffolk Archives - Content Management and Public Access Solutions
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about storytelling, heritage interpretation, interpretation strategy, oral history, digital interpretation, museum interpretation, visitor interpretation in the UK public sector.
How do I find storytelling tenders in the UK?
Two routes. Search the portals for live briefs, or work backwards from the buyers who commission interpretation on a project cycle: museum trusts, national parks, council heritage teams. Stotles pulls notices from 100+ portals into one place, so an oral history brief and a visitor centre interpretation project land in the same feed. Platform-wide, 2,135 tenders are open right now.
What kind of work do storytelling contracts cover?
Less marketing than the phrase suggests. Across the 718 notices on record the bulk is heritage and cultural interpretation: interpretation strategies and advisers, oral history collection and transcription, digital interpretation built into a museum or visitor centre refit, and community storytelling commissions. A smaller share sits inside communications and campaign briefs where storytelling is one line of a much wider scope, so read the lot structure before assuming the whole contract is yours to bid for.
What CPV codes are used for storytelling and interpretation contracts?
Three turn up most often. 92500000 (Library, archives, museums and other cultural services) appeared on 8 of the 50 most recent matching notices, 79415200 (Design consultancy services) on 8, and 92312000 (Artistic services) on 6. Tagging is loose, because the same brief can be filed as culture, design, training or community services. Treat the codes as a starting point rather than a filter.
How competitive are storytelling and interpretation tenders?
Small contracts, and few of them live at any one time. Only 6 of the 718 notices on record are open, against 262 already awarded and 30 sitting at pre-tender, so the practical route in is watching pipelines and knowing which consultancy holds the current interpretation work. Across the public sector, 53% of suppliers landed just one to five contracts last year (Stotles 2026 Supplier Benchmark Report).
Who buys storytelling work in the public sector?
Museum and heritage trusts, councils, national parks and cultural agencies, usually inside a lottery-funded capital project or a visitor experience programme. Government communications teams appear too, where storytelling is a strand of a marketing or PR brief. Platform-wide, 0 notices were added in the last seven days, and 2 of the matches here were published in that window.
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