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 12 January 2022
Provision of services to refurbish, redesign and service The Irish Pavilion at the Marché Du Film / Cannes Film Festival
- Closed tenderPublished 6 January 2022
Digital Feasibility Study
- Closed tenderPublished 23 December 2021
Boston Manor Park- Main Exhibit Fit Out
- Closed tenderPublished 20 December 2021
Feasibility Study, including a Development Plan for the development of a Cultural Centre with on-campus accommodation on Cape Clear.
- Closed tenderPublished 14 December 2021
Architectural Design Services at Dublin Port - Multi Party Framework Agreement
- Awarded contract
Semi Permanent Exhibition - Design, Build & Digital Interpretation Services and Ongoing Support - COVID 19 - Modification
- Awarded contract
Provision of a Strategic Tourism Infrastructure Development Plan
- Awarded contract
Interpretation Services Framework
- Expired contract
R&D Workstations for Creative Media Labs - AWARD
- Expired contract
Heritage Interpretation at Wentworth Castel Gardens 2021/22 (117)
- Closed tenderPublished 30 November 2021
Public Realm Design and Interpretation Strategy for Cathedral Quarter, Gloucester
- Closed tenderPublished 29 November 2021
Community Workshops and Land Use Conversation Brief
- Closed tenderPublished 23 November 2021
North Pennines AONB Partnership: Fellfoot Forward: Sharing Our Stories: Fellfoot Welcome
- Closed tenderPublished 22 November 2021
K006 - Delivery of Sporting Legends Relay
- Closed tenderPublished 22 November 2021
Town Deals – Carlisle Library – Digital Community Learning Hub
- Closed tenderPublished 16 November 2021
R&D Workstations for Creative Media Labs
- Expired contract
Fellfoot Forward: Sharing our Stories: Scheduled Monuments and village histories
- Expired contract
PR Brief for London Film Festival Expanded (July 2021) - AWARD
- Awarded contract
Wales Way Creative Cultural Heritage Interpretation and Animation
- Expired contract
Early Years Chit Chat Pitter Pat Storytelling Project (Best Start in Life)
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, 2,144 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, 2 notices were added in the last seven days, and 2 of the matches here were published in that window.
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