Library, archives, museums and other cultural services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 92500000·Services · class·in Recreational, cultural and sporting services
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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 for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 6 lots from 6 competitions run by 4 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 17 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
1 of 3 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Oil Painting Conservation | NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM | 29 Oct 2026 | 2d | £35,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
92500000 Library, archives, museums and other cultural services34 notices · 79%- Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services 100 · 12m
- Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings 87 · 12m
- Library and archive services 37 · 12m
- Television services 35 · 12m
- Motion picture and video tape production and related services 33 · 12m
- Sports facilities operation services 31 · 12m
- Entertainment services 27 · 12m
- Sporting services 23 · 12m
- Recreational-area services 13 · 12m
- News-agency services 12 · 12m
- All of Recreational, cultural and sporting services →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities44%(19 notices)
19 of 43 notices are Local authorities (44%).Central government21%(9 notices)
9 of 43 notices are Central government (21%).Charities9%(4 notices)
4 of 43 notices are Charities (9%).Other public bodies5%(2 notices)
2 of 43 notices are Other public bodies (5%).Education & universities2%(1 notice)
1 of 43 notices is Education & universities (2%).Not classified19%(8 notices)
8 of 43 notices are Not classified (19%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM | Charities | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government | Central government | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Historic Environment Scotland | not classified | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Suffolk County Council | Local authorities | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hartlepool Borough Council | Local authorities | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Historic Royal Palaces | Other public bodies | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Northumberland County Council | Local authorities | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| University of Exeter | Central government | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bath Spa University | Education & universities | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council | Local authorities | 1 | 0 | 0 |
29 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 39 of 43 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| East of England | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
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.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold 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.
Contract93%(40 notices)
40 of 43 notices are Contract (93%).Framework7%(3 notices)
3 of 43 notices are Framework (7%).
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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.
Open51%(22 notices)
22 of 43 notices are Open (51%).Route not published19%(8 notices)
8 of 43 notices are Route not published (19%).Limited / restricted12%(5 notices)
5 of 43 notices are Limited / restricted (12%).Direct award12%(5 notices)
5 of 43 notices are Direct award (12%).Selective7%(3 notices)
3 of 43 notices are Selective (7%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Below threshold100%(12 notices)
12 of 12 notices are Below threshold (100%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (32) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 6 lots from 6 competitions run by 4 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
20 of 30 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 2 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
9 of 14 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
2 of 32 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
Who winsi
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.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 26 awards to 25 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 25% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Mtec | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| ADAM MATTHEW DIGITAL LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| AOC Archaeology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ASPIRE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Advanced Thinking Systems Ltd (t/a ATS Heritage) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Blue Genie Entertainment Ltd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Counterculture Partnership LLP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Culture Warrington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 13 of 43 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in library, archives
3 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Oil Painting Conservation | NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM | 29 Oct 2026 | 2d | £35,000 |
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.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 9250. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- 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.