Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 9 Feb 2026, 14:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Interpretive Design - Pop up Museum for Neath Port Talbot CBC

Official notice

Authority: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£42,500£51,000 inc. VAT18.3% below published estimate
Submissions closed 9 Mar 2026awarded 20 Mar 2026
Awarded to Made Roughly Ltd
Contract term 7 moends 31 Oct 2026 · starts 17 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

An award has been made allowing:

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council who had recently been awarded funding from the Welsh Government’s Priorities for Culture Fund to create a ‘pop-up museum’ resource to enable access to our Neath Museum collection by residents and visitors. This project will create a formal ‘pop-up museum’ resource to enable our museum archive and new exhibitions, relating to the heritage of the town of Neath, to be accessible within our community. The pop-up museum will enable access whilst we work towards a longer-term solution to deliver a permanent exhibition and achieve museums accreditation. The exhibition will include digital and static interpretation at a which will be sourced through this commission, in addition to the display of items from our archive.

CPV: Design consultancy services · Event services · Museum-exhibition services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 7 moSMEVCSEPublished value£42,500
Contract period: 17 Apr 2026 – 31 Oct 2026 (7 mo)Value: £42,500 exc. VAT · £51,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Understanding and Delivery of the Brief: 40%
  • Project Team: 20%
  • Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Understanding and Delivery of the Brief
  • Project Team
  • Commercial
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Awarded
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
9 Feb 2026, 14:23 GMT
Last source update
20 Mar 2026, 12:01 GMT
Authority reference
CPU25-26-89
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-011432
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Design consultancy servicesEvent servicesMuseum-exhibition services
Delivery area
UKWales (UKL17)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064b49 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
9 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Suppliers’ Instructions ‘How to Express Interest in this ITT’:

  1. Register your company on the etenderwales portal (this is required only once. However if your details have changed since you registered you will need to up-date them).
  • Browse to the eSourcing Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
  • Click the ‘Suppliers register here’ link.
  • Complete the ‘Organisation Details’ and ‘User Details’ sections.
  • Note the username you choose and click ‘save’ when complete.
  • You will shortly receive and email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
  • Agree to the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’.
  1. Express an interest in the ITT.
  • Login to the portal with the username / password.
  • Click the ‘ITT Open to all Suppliers’ link.
  • Alternatively, search for the relevant ITT (itt_122819).
  • Click on the relevant ITT to access the content.
  • Click the ‘Express Interest’ button on the right-hand side of the screen.
  • This will move the ITT into your ‘My ITT pages’. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only.)
  • Click on the ITT code, you can now access any attachments by selecting ‘Buyer Attachments’.
  1. Responding to the ITT.
  • You can now choose to ‘Respond’ or ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining).
  • Note the ‘Closing Date’, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT.
  • There is help available Monday – Friday (8am – 6pm) on: help@bravosolution.co.uk or by telephone on 0800 069 8634.

Timeline

9 Feb 2026 → 17 Apr 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published260 days ago
    9 Feb 2026, 14:23 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by239 days ago
    2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline232 days ago
    9 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Latest notice published221 days ago
    20 Mar 2026, 12:01 GMT
  5. Contract starts194 days ago
    17 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Feb 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    9 Feb 2026, 14:23 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    20 Mar 2026, 12:01 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    20 Mar 2026, 12:01 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    2 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £34,7401 award exc. VAT
Bids received 77 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Made Roughly Ltd2 Apr 2026 – 31 Oct 2026£34,74020 Mar 2026Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7final-stage tenders70—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PRGM-1776-LMWP Civic Centre, Port Talbot, Wales, SA13 1PJContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Made Roughly LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PLPX-3654-WDBL 10 Pennine Close, Risca, , Newport, , Wales, NP11 6QSContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender