The British Museum: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
GOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public body·Greater London·London
Official UK PPONPCDW-8715-VGZT
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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 4 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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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
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Range Planning Communications Consultant | 27 Oct 2026 | 1d | £250,000 |
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
71 Architectural, construction, engineering8 procedures · 67% · 1 open72 IT services: consulting, software, internet2 procedures · 17%92 Recreational, cultural and sporting2 procedures · 17%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting1 procedures · 8% · 1 open38 Laboratory, optical and precision1 procedures · 8%39 Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances1 procedures · 8%45 Construction work1 procedures · 8%48 Software package and information systems1 procedures · 8%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 · 12 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.
Contract92%(11 notices)
11 of 12 notices are Contract (92%).Framework8%(1 notices)
1 of 12 notices are Framework (8%).
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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.
Open50%(6 notices)
6 of 12 notices are Open (50%).Selective25%(3 notices)
3 of 12 notices are Selective (25%).Route not published17%(2 notices)
2 of 12 notices are Route not published (17%).Direct award8%(1 notices)
1 of 12 notices are Direct award (8%).
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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 4 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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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 4 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 12 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 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
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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| Bureau Veritas | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Gerald Eve LLP | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 24 Jul 2025 |
| Meyvaert | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 11 Feb 2026 |
| HIZKIA France | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 2 Jun 2026 |
| BSB Construction ltd | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 4 Sept 2026 |
| Rackline Ltd | 1 | 14.3% | 0 | 5 | — |
| Lista UK Ltd | 1 | 14.3% | 0 | 5 | — |
| Bruynzeel Storage Systems Limited | 1 | 14.3% | 0 | 4 | — |
7 awarded procedures across 26 suppliers: too few to describe concentration.
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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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| Bayeux Tapestry Showcase | Meyvaert | 11 Feb 2026 | 1.5 yrs | £499,313 ≈ £333k/yr |
| Western Range Registered Building Control Approver | Bureau Veritas | 2 Jul 2026 | 9.8 yrs | £379,600 ≈ £39k/yr |
| Western Range Construction Logistics Advisor | BSB Construction ltd | 4 Sept 2026 | 1.8 yrs | £279,950 ≈ £160k/yr |
| Western Range Town Planning Consultant | Gerald Eve LLP | 24 Jul 2025 | 2.9 yrs | £189,754 ≈ £65k/yr |
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.
1 of 42 contracts carry an end date · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Bayeux Tapestry Transport | HIZKIA France | 30 Sept 2027 | €137,043 |
Recent procedures
Latest 15 of 15 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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| British Museum Round Reading Room Roof Oculus WorksGlazing work | Open | 24 Sept 2026 | £9,000,000 |
| Western Range Construction Logistics AdvisorConstruction consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 4 Sept 2026 | £300,000 |
| Western Range Security ConsultantBuilding consultancy services | Open | 5 Aug 2026 | £370,000 |
| Western Range ICT ConsultantConstruction consultancy services | Open | 5 Aug 2026 | £280,000 |
| Western Range Registered Building Control ApproverBuilding-inspection services | Awarded / complete | 2 Jul 2026 | £185,000 |
| Bayeux Tapestry Transport | Awarded / complete | 17 Jun 2026 | — |
| British Museum BIM Consultancy FrameworkArchitectural | Open | 22 Apr 2026 | £2,100,000 |
| Bayeux Tapestry ShowcaseDisplay cases | Awarded / complete | 11 Feb 2026 | £500,000 |
| British Museum Environmental Monitoring SystemEnvironmental monitoring other than for construction | Planning | 14 Aug 2025 | — |
| Western Range Town Planning ConsultantUrban planning services | Awarded / complete | 24 Jul 2025 | £500,000 |
| Human Resources and Recruitment SystemTime accounting or human resources software development services | Planning | 23 Jul 2025 | — |
| British Museum Art Explora Culture Bus Transport PartnerHire of buses and coaches with driver | Open | 23 Jan 2023 | £1,400,000 |
| British Museum Collection Storage Furniture FrameworkArchive shelving | Awarded / complete | 11 Jun 2021 | — |
| Professional Services Consultants Framework (Construction)Architectural services for buildings | Awarded / complete | 24 May 2021 | — |
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. 1 of 42 published contracts have an end date; 0 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.