Imperial War Museum: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

GOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public bodyCentral governmentGreater LondonLondon

Official UK PPONPHRL-5691-LLXM

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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.

Notices, last 12 months28-22% vs prior 12 months (36)
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot67.7% single-bid · 26 bid reports
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.

Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 26 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share17%of 46 awarded procedures · 92 suppliers
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.

Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.

46 awarded tenders, 92 different suppliers.

Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months87 within 6 months · 5 estimated
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.

An end date does not confirm a new procurement.

Published award value, 24m£10mnet · on 30 of 30 published values · top 5 = 56%
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

What they buy
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What kind of work is bought here.

Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.

Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

Last 24 months · 64 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract81%(52 notices)
    52 of 64 notices are Contract (81%).
  • Framework19%(12 notices)
    12 of 64 notices are Framework (19%).
Procedure route
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

  • Open86%(55 notices)
    55 of 64 notices are Open (86%).
  • Direct award13%(8 notices)
    8 of 64 notices are Direct award (13%).
  • Selective2%(1 notice)
    1 of 64 notices is Selective (2%).
Typical bids per lot
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.

Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 26 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

6robust · n=267.7% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.

Based on 34 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

37 daysrobust · n=34
Notice amendments
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on 64 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

139 of 64 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.

Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.

Based on 22 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 24 months.

0% at estimaterobust · n=22

Who wins here
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Which suppliers win the most here.

Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.

All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Tetra Techframework/DPS on 336.5%3424 Mar 2026
Dannatt Johnson Architects LLPframework/DPS on 136.5%3324 Mar 2026
Marcon Fit-Out Ltdframework/DPS on 236.5%1416 Jun 2026
ECMS Services Limited24.3%2211 Nov 2025
+ Pick Everard +framework/DPS on 224.3%2224 Mar 2026
Workhaus Projects Ltdframework/DPS on 224.3%03—
Sam Forster Associates Ltdframework/DPS on 224.3%03—
Scena Ltdframework/DPS on 224.3%03—

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 17% of 46 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 92 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

£10mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 30 of 30 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 56%; a further 1 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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The middle published award value for this buyer.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

Last 24 months.

£204k middle valuerobust · n=30Middle half £99k–£382k.
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
IWM/2627/EPS/3505: DUX Electrical Infrastructure Upgrade - AWARD NOTICEBECHTLE LIMITED19 Aug 20263 mo£2,083,333
Security Systems at Imperial War Museums (IWM)Ze Global12 Aug 20253 yrs · up to 7 yrs£1,488,410
≈ £496k/yr
IWM Immersive ExperienceEAST CITY FILMS LTD13 Oct 20265 yrs · up to 7 yrs£1,000,000
≈ £200k/yr
IWM/2526/FM/3479: Design and Construction of New Fire Engine Shed at IWM DuxfordCarmelcrest Ltd5 Jan 20266 mo£698,635
Duxford Hard Runway Repairs and ResurfacingLAGAN AIRPORT MAINTENANCE LIMITED4 Jun 20262 mo£550,836

Contracts ending
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.

An end date does not confirm a new procurement.

13 of 14 contracts carry an end date, 7 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 74 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
IWM Immersive ExperienceEntertainment software development servicesAwarded / complete13 Oct 2026—
IWM Immersive ExperienceEntertainment software development servicesAwarded / complete13 Oct 2026£1,000,000
IWM/2627/Ops/3508: DBS Checking Services for Imperial War MuseumsAssessment centre services for recruitmentOpen28 Sept 2026£88,750
IWM/2627/Dux/3513: Refurbishment of Hangar 3 North Side Doors at IWM Duxford - AWARD NOTICEBuildings of particular historical or architectural interestAwarded / complete25 Sept 2026£120,000
IWM/2627/DE/3503: Digital Analytics Support for Imperial War Museums - AWARD NOTICEData analysis servicesAwarded / complete22 Sept 2026£160,000
IWM/2627/Ops/3508: DBS Checking Services for Imperial War MuseumsAssessment centre services for recruitmentCancelled17 Sept 2026£88,750
IWM/2627/APE/3510: Post-1945 Conflict Formative Audience Insight at IWM - AWARD NOTICEResearch servicesAwarded / complete17 Sept 2026£15,833
Board Paper Management SoftwareDocument management servicesAwarded / complete8 Sept 2026£100,000
IWM/2627/Exh/3514: 3D Exhibition Design Services Framework for Imperial War MuseumsFrameworkArchitectural design servicesOpen1 Sept 2026£250,000
Marketing Design & Creative Services Framework at Imperial War Museums (IWM)Framework7 lotsAdvertising and marketing servicesOpen28 Aug 2026£816,664
IWM/2627/Exh/3501: IWM Exhibition Production Management Support FrameworkFrameworkMuseum servicesAwarded / complete28 Aug 2026£150,000
IWM/2627/Ops/3502: Radio System Maintenance for Imperial War Museums - AWARD NOTICEMaintenance services of radio-communications equipmentAwarded / complete25 Aug 2026£83,333
IWM/2627/EPS/3505: DUX Electrical Infrastructure Upgrade - AWARD NOTICEElectrical installation workAwarded / complete25 Aug 2026£2,083,333
IWM/2627/Exh/3511: IWM Exhibitions Build Framework AgreementFramework2 lotsConstruction work for buildings relating to exhibitionsOpen21 Aug 2026£3,000,000
IWM/2627/CNC/3506: Collections Care Framework for IWMFramework3 lotsLibraryOpen13 Aug 2026£687,500
IWM/2627/APE/3510: Post-1945 Conflict Formative Audience Insight at IWMResearch servicesCancelled11 Aug 2026£15,000
IWM/2627/DE/3512: SEO/GEO Consultancy Services for Imperial War MuseumsAdvertising and marketing servicesOpen5 Aug 2026£175,000
Land Warfare Hall Demolition Works at Imperial War Museums (IWM) DuxfordBuilding demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving workOpen24 Jul 2026£1,000,000
IWM/2526/GOV/3494: AV Media Design Framework for IWMFramework3 lotsAdvertisingAwarded / complete20 Jul 2026£405,000
IWM/2627/Ret/3504: Paper Product Printing Framework Agreement for IWMFramework2 lotsPicturesOpen8 Jul 2026£118,400

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About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 13 of 14 published contracts have an end date; 7 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
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