Science Museum Group: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
GOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public body·Central government·Greater London·London
Official UK PPONPDTR-3338-MNPG
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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.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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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 23 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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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.
88 awarded tenders, 100 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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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.
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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.
Open notices
4 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| ScM East Hall Boiler Replacement | 28 Oct 2026 | 19h | £200,000 |
| Apollo Mission Simulator Fit Out Main Contractor | 2 Nov 2026 | 5d | £700,000 |
| 3D, 2D and Lighting Exhibition Design Services for: The Ocean (working title) Temporary Exhibition at Science Museum 2028 & Science and Industry Museum 2029 | 15 Nov 2026 | 19d | £108,000 |
| Risk Management and Auditing Services for Legionella and Air Hygiene | 16 Nov 2026 | 19d | £150,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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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
92 Recreational, cultural and sporting33 procedures · 27% · 1 open71 Architectural, construction, engineering30 procedures · 25%45 Construction work26 procedures · 21% · 2 open79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting17 procedures · 14% · 1 open32 Radio, television, communication11 procedures · 9%50 Repair and maintenance services9 procedures · 7%48 Software package and information systems8 procedures · 7%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet7 procedures · 6%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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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 · 121 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract97%(117 notices)
117 of 121 notices are Contract (97%).Framework3%(4 notices)
4 of 121 notices are Framework (3%).
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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.
Open90%(109 notices)
109 of 121 notices are Open (90%).Selective7%(8 notices)
8 of 121 notices are Selective (7%).Direct award2%(3 notices)
3 of 121 notices are Direct award (2%).Route not published1%(1 notice)
1 of 121 notices is Route not published (1%).
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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 23 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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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 23 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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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 121 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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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 14 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
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.
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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
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Allelys Heavy Haulage Ltd | 3 | 3.4% | 1 | 3 | — |
| AIVAF LIMITED | 2 | 2.3% | 2 | 2 | — |
| daaad | 2 | 2.3% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Lucidblack Ltd | 2 | 2.3% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Crozier Fine Arts | 2 | 2.3% | 1 | 4 | — |
| Clay Interactive Limited | 2 | 2.3% | 1 | 3 | — |
| Constantine Ltd | 2 | 2.3% | 0 | 4 | — |
| Hüttinger Interactive Exhibitions | 1 | 1.1% | 1 | 5 | 3 Aug 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 88 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 100 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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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.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe 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. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Tomorrow Gallery Base Build Contractor | VINCI Construction UK | — | 7 mo | £1,944,776 † |
| L HANGAR ROOF REPAIR WORKS - Rev 1 | WELBRO PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED | — | 3 mo | £1,371,138 † |
| Railway Museum Great Hall Road Repairs Contractor | Vertex Construction & Civil Engineering Ltd | — | 2 yrs | £1,198,038 † ≈ £599k/yr |
| Microsoft Office 365 licences | Microsoft Ltd | 1 Dec 2025 | 3 yrs | £951,000 ≈ £317k/yr |
| TOMORROW GALLERY AV Hardware Integrator | Creative Technology Ltd | 29 Jun 2026 | 10 mo | £761,488 |
Contracts endingi
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.
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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.
89 of 93 contracts carry an end date, 17 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Station Hall Soundscape Power and AV Hardware Provision Integration | daaad | 31 Oct 2026 | £64,466 |
| SIM Shop Upgrade Works | JOHNSTON SHOPFITTERS UK LIMITED | 20 Nov 2026 | £31,477 |
| Tomorrow Gallery Display Cases | Meyvaert | 26 Nov 2026 | £261,900 |
| Adobe VIP Marketplace Licencing Renewal 2025 | Academia Ltd | 26 Dec 2026 | £44,874 |
| Hangar Wayfinding | MS-GROUP LIMITED t/a Morgans Consult | 31 Dec 2026 | £31,153 |
| MEP Survey Station Building at Science and Industry Museum, Manchester | Moutnain Earth Developments Ltd | 31 Dec 2026 | £12,900 |
| Rail Vehicle Moves Framework | Allelys Heavy Haulage Ltd, Quattro Plant Ltd, Reid Freight Services Ltd | 6 Mar 2027 estimated | £600,000 |
| Manchester Cotton and Transatlantic Slavery Exhibition Design | Freehaus Design Limited | 30 Mar 2027 | £61,145 |
| Eurovision Exhibition Fit Out | Lucidblack Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £84,700 |
| Tactile Objects Package of the Tomorrow Gallery | Tactile Studio | 31 Mar 2027 | £35,000 |
Soonest 10 of 31 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 151 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Brand licensing software 2026License management software package | Awarded / complete | 10 Sept 2026 | £205,000 |
| Exclusive AV partner for Level 4 & 5 Illuminate event space at the Science MuseumAudio-visual equipment | Open | 10 Sept 2026 | £6,900,000 |
| Science and Industry Museum Wonderlab Group 2 Interactives MakersMuseum services | Open | 3 Sept 2026 | £182,500 |
| Masterplan Feasibilities External Project ManagerConstruction consultancy services | Open | 3 Sept 2026 | £100,000 |
| West Hall Goods Lift ConstructionGoods lifts | Awarded / complete | 2 Sept 2026 | £500,000 |
| A Store Refurbishment – Roller Shutters ReplacementInstallation of shutters | Open | 1 Sept 2026 | £350,000 |
| ScM Smith Centre Cooling SystemCooling and ventilation equipment | Awarded / complete | 25 Aug 2026 | £50,000 |
| Wonderlab Interactive Exhibit Makers (Group 1), The Science and Industry MuseumMuseum services | Awarded / complete | 24 Aug 2026 | £425,000 |
| Railway Museum Great Hall Road Repairs QS ServiceContract administration services | Awarded / complete | 24 Aug 2026 | £60,000 |
| L3/L4 Substation worksElectrical installation work of transformers | Open | 19 Aug 2026 | £170,000 |
| Winter Maintenance ServicesIce-clearing services | Awarded / complete | 19 Aug 2026 | £300,000 |
| Exhibition Design Services for Technicians Gallery Science and Industry MuseumDesigns | Awarded / complete | 18 Aug 2026 | £481,000 |
| Serendipity Arts Festival London 2027 Project ManagerManagement-related services | Awarded / complete | 10 Aug 2026 | £40,000 |
| Ecommerce 3rd Party Logistics ProviderStorage and warehousing services | Open | 6 Aug 2026 | £600,000 |
| Acoustic Upgrade – Study, Welcome Building and Main OfficeBuilding completion work | Awarded / complete | 3 Aug 2026 | £65,000 |
| Engineering Insurance InspectionsArchitectural | Awarded / complete | 30 Jul 2026 | £120,000 |
| Wonderlab Gallery 2D Graphic Designer at Science and Industry MuseumGraphic design services | Awarded / complete | 30 Jul 2026 | £55,000 |
| Hangar WayfindingArchitectural | Awarded / complete | 15 Jul 2026 | £49,999 |
| America (working title) Exhibition Fitout TenderConstruction work for art and cultural buildings | Awarded / complete | 15 Jul 2026 | £191,700 |
| Landscape Management at The Science and Innovation ParkGrounds maintenance services | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | £275,000 |
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. 89 of 93 published contracts have an end date; 17 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.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.