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 22 June 2021
STORY MAKERS PROJECT
- Expired contract
GB-London: CreativeXR Programme Evaluation
- Closed tenderPublished 18 June 2021
Framework Agreement for the provision of Commercial Associate Trainers
- Closed tenderPublished 16 June 2021
Provision of Heritage Interpretive Services (Research, Planning, Copywriting, Design/Print/film/Manufacture) for Interpretation on Cuilcagh Mountain and Cuilcagh-Anierin Uplands SACs
- Expired contract
Provision of Heritage Interpretive Services for Intepretation on Cuilcagh SACs
- Closed tenderPublished 15 June 2021
Provision of Heritage Interpretive Services (Research, Planning, Copywriting, Design/Print/film/Manufacture) for Interpretation on Cuilcagh Mountain and Cuilcagh-Anierin Uplands SACs
- Closed tenderPublished 15 June 2021
Provision of Heritage Interpretive Services for Intepretation on Cuilcagh SACs
- Closed tenderPublished 9 June 2021
T BUS21-069 Tender for 3D Digital Installation, Ebrington Square, Derry Halloween 2021
- Closed tenderPublished 9 June 2021
IA2097 Staffordshire Countryside Explorer - Heritage Interpretation Project
- Closed tenderPublished 7 June 2021
Interpretation Services Framework
- Closed tenderPublished 4 June 2021
PR Brief for London Film Festival Expanded
- Closed tenderPublished 2 June 2021
St Helens Borough Council Contract for a Filmmaker/videographer in Residence (Commission One)
- Closed tenderPublished 2 June 2021
St Helens Borough Council Filmmaker Artist in Residence (Commission Two)
- Closed tenderPublished 31 May 2021
Inverness Castle Exhibition - Fit Out Project
- Closed tenderPublished 21 May 2021
Creative Producer for Knowsley’s Borough of Culture 2022
- Closed tenderPublished 20 May 2021
a Multi-disciplinary Design Team and Technical Advisory Team for the delivery of the Athlone Wayfinding & Interpretation Strategy and Castle Environs Public Realm Enhancement Scheme
- Awarded contract
Data and Digital Services Framework
- Closed tenderPublished 20 May 2021
GB-London: Black Culture Collective Commissioning Programme
- Closed tenderPublished 7 May 2021
Leicester Stories Projection Mapped Film
- Awarded contract
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust
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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