Victoria and Albert Museum: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
GOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public body·Central government·Greater London·London
Official UK PPONPQLN-4536-WVGN
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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 5 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.
17 awarded tenders, 30 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
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Video Management System Migration: Genetec | 2 Nov 2026 | 5d | £443,000 |
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
45 Construction work6 procedures · 26%39 Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances3 procedures · 13%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting3 procedures · 13%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental3 procedures · 13%71 Architectural, construction, engineering2 procedures · 9%92 Recreational, cultural and sporting2 procedures · 9%35 Security, fire-fighting, police1 procedure · 4% · 1 open31 Electrical machinery1 procedure · 4%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 · 23 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.
Contract91%(21 notices)
21 of 23 notices are Contract (91%).Framework9%(2 notices)
2 of 23 notices are Framework (9%).
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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.
Open48%(11 notices)
11 of 23 notices are Open (48%).Direct award22%(5 notices)
5 of 23 notices are Direct award (22%).Selective13%(3 notices)
3 of 23 notices are Selective (13%).Limited / restricted9%(2 notices)
2 of 23 notices are Limited / restricted (9%).Route not published9%(2 notices)
2 of 23 notices are Route not published (9%).
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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 5 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 11 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 23 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 4 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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| OMD Group Ltd. | 2 | 11.8% | 2 | 2 | 21 Jul 2026 |
| Total Support Services Ltd | 2 | 11.8% | 1 | 2 | 20 Mar 2026 |
| THE MOSAIC RESTORATION COMPANY LIMITED | 1 | 5.9% | 1 | 1 | — |
| KP ACOUSTICS LIMITED | 1 | 5.9% | 1 | 1 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| INVISIBLE SYSTEMS LIMITED | 1 | 5.9% | 1 | 1 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| Wagstaff Bros Limited | 1 | 5.9% | 1 | 1 | 9 Sept 2025 |
| Honeywell Control Systems Limited | 1 | 5.9% | 1 | 1 | 18 Mar 2026 |
| Microsoft Ltd | 1 | 5.9% | 1 | 1 | 11 Dec 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 29% of 17 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 30 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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| V&A - Soft FM | Total Support Services Ltd | 20 Mar 2026 | 5 yrs · up to 7 yrs | £25,314,658 ≈ £5.1m/yr |
| Fashion Gallery Refurbishment: Showcase Contractor | Meyvaert | 1 May 2026 | 2 yrs | £2,541,964 ≈ £1.3m/yr |
| Ironworks Roof Project | Coniston Limited | — | 5 mo | £1,559,241 † |
| Life Safety Services | Honeywell Control Systems Limited | 18 Mar 2026 | 5 yrs | £1,193,426 ≈ £239k/yr |
| V&A East Museum Media Buying - Burst 2 | OMD Group Ltd. | 21 Jul 2026 | 5 mo | £450,000 |
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.
9 of 12 contracts carry an end date, 2 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| V&A Fashion Gallery Refurbishment: Mosaic Floor Restoration | THE MOSAIC RESTORATION COMPANY LIMITED | 20 Nov 2026 | £195,480 |
| Ironworks Roof Project | Coniston Limited | 17 Mar 2027 | £1,559,241 |
| VA New Fashion Gallery Mannequin Development and Supply | HANS BOODT MANNEQUINS | 24 Jun 2027 | £114,469 |
| Roof and Drainage Maintenance | Hammersmith Works | 12 Feb 2028 estimated | £240,000 |
| Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance | Total Support Services Ltd | 14 Feb 2028 estimated | £140,000 |
| Network detection and response (NDR) solution | Darktrace Holdings Limited | 31 Mar 2028 | £167,774 |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 50 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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| V&A New Fashion Gallery: Mannequin Development and SupplyExhibition equipment | Awarded / complete | 25 Jun 2025 | £200,000 |
| Pre-tender Market Engagement for Mannequin Development and Production for Museum DisplayExhibition equipment | Planning | 11 Mar 2025 | £264,000 |
| V&A East Phase 5 FF&EFurniture (incl. office furniture) | Open | 7 Oct 2024 | £260,000 |
| V&A East Wayfinding and Interpretation ContractorMuseum construction work | Open | 12 Sept 2024 | £320,000 |
| V&A East AV Hardware Supply and IntegrationAudio-visual equipment | Open | 26 Jul 2024 | £1,000,000 |
| Kochi Ceiling Conservation and Related ServicesMuseum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings | Open | 1 Jul 2024 | £200,000 |
| Fashion Gallery Refurbishment DesignArchitectural design services | Open | 3 May 2024 | £1,000,000 |
| V&A East Phase 3 FF&EFurniture (incl. office furniture) | Open | 16 Apr 2024 | £275,000 |
| Landscaping and Grounds MaintenanceLandscape gardening services | Awarded / complete | 27 Mar 2024 | £140,000 |
| Roof and Drainage MaintenanceRoof maintenance work | Awarded / complete | 27 Mar 2024 | £240,000 |
| V&A Museum Professional ServicesArchitectural | Awarded / complete | 14 Mar 2024 | £3,000,000 |
| Frame Framework AgreementPicture frames | Open | 12 Mar 2024 | £120,000 |
| V&A South Asia Galleries - DesignArchitectural design services | Open | 17 Jan 2024 | £800,000 |
| Carbon Accounting Reporting SoftwareSoftware programming and consultancy services | Open | 11 Jan 2024 | £160,000 |
| Revolutionising Access to V&A Collections not on Display - Order an Object Technical Solution ProjectCustom software development services | Open | 19 Dec 2023 | £630,000 |
| Contract for the Provision of a Storage Area Network Solution to the Victoria and Albert MuseumData storage services | Open | 14 Dec 2023 | £450,000 |
| Design, Sampling, Fabrication, Supply and Installation of a Display Kit of Parts for V&A Storehouse and Related ProjectsMetalworking | Open | 30 Oct 2023 | £180,000 |
| V&A Microsoft Dynamcs 365 Business Central (LS Central) Project TwoFinancial analysis and accounting software development services | Open | 30 Aug 2023 | £700,000 |
| Fine Art, Object Packing, Storage and Transportation ServicesTransport services (excl. Waste transport) | Open | 28 Oct 2022 | £5,000,000 |
| V&A East Wayfinding and Storehouse Interpretation DesignGraphic design services | Open | 23 Sept 2022 | £110,000 |
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. 9 of 12 published contracts have an end date; 2 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.