Official UK procurement notice
Brief for a museum exhibition design and fit-out company to support the development of a Round 1 Development Phase application to National Lottery Heritage Fund to re-develop Lancaster City Museum.
Authority: Lancaster City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are seeking to appoint a museum exhibition design company to support us to develop a Round 1 Development Phase application to National Lottery Heritage Fund. The successful contractor will work with us to produce an interpretation plan and some concept designs for the potential displays. This work will then all feed into the architect’s work to develop concept drawings for how a redeveloped Lancaster City Museum might look/work and feel
CPV: Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£10,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: Below threshold evaluation
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jan 2026, 14:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Jan 2026, 14:50 GMT
- Authority reference
DN802544- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001521- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060200Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
8 Jan 2026 → 13 Feb 2026 · 3 dates- Tender notice published294 days ago8 Jan 2026, 14:50 GMT
- Submission deadline269 days ago2 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts258 days ago13 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published8 Jan 2026, 14:50 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender