Official UK procurement notice
Pre-tender Market Engagement for Mannequin Development and Production for Museum Display
Authority: Victoria and Albert Museum (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Victoria and Albert Museum is intending to procure approximately 170 mannequins for its new permanent Fashion Gallery. This prominent FuturePlan project will include the design and manufacture of fashion mannequins of various shapes and sizes, and is likely to require a modular and bespoke approach to development and production. Objects will include historical and contemporary garments with a global scope. These will be displayed on a range of mannequin types including full figures and bust forms, with an option to consider head treatments and bespoke adaptations as required.
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CPV: Exhibition equipment · Museum-exhibition services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot VA/CON/25/03Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 11 Mar 2025, 17:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Mar 2025, 17:59 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008860- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ebe0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Mar 2025 → 1 May 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published11 Mar 2025, 17:59 GMT
- Market engagement4 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
The V&A would like to hear from suppliers who may be able to provide all or part of the services mentioned in this notice. The Museum intends to engage directly with suppliers that may have an interest in submitting a response to a future tender notice, including suppliers that have historically provided similar services successfully to the Museum. In response to this notice, engagement might include emails, phone calls, or in-person/online meetings to seek further information about project tender.
The tender may appeal to mannequin suppliers who have proven experience in delivering high quality mannequin displays for museums, galleries, or fashion exhibitions. This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice aims to gauge an interest of the market ahead of the Tender Notice, which will be published in early April 2025. If you would like to discuss this future tender opportunity with us, please send an email to the address provided.
- Tender notice expected5 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts1 May 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Mar 2025, 17:59 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender