Official UK procurement notice
Sunderland Museum and Winter Garden Redevelopment
Authority: Sunderland City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPlans include moving the main entrance to the terrace adjacent Mowbray Park, better connecting the museum to the park. The ground floor will be completely transformed with a new central atrium space, new galleries and more family friendly activities and exhibitions. The redevelopment will also create a new learning and engagement zone to complement the Winter Gardens with imaginative educational and outreach programmes focusing on the museum's collections, the natural world, biodiversity and climate change
- No preliminary market engagement: N/A - preliminary market engagement been carried out
CPV: Museum construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£7,500,000
- Technical & professional ability
Refer to the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) within the tender documentation.
Suppliers must be able to demonstrate that they can fulfil contracts of the size and nature of this contract and have been performed within the last 5 years (i.e. January 2021 to December 2025)
To demonstrate this the examples must include the following elements:
- Redevelopment works of a similar value (range £5m to £15m)
- Works to a listed building or historic monument
- Works within a museum and/or gallery
- Works within a site where employee access is required
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 1a - Second step delivery proposals for RIBA Stage 4 - 10% 1b - Outline Construction Methodology for RIBA Stages 5 to 7 - 10% 2 - Project Team - 10% 3 - Sustainability - 5% 4 - Affordability Appraisal - 15% 5 - General Approach to Health & Safety - 10%
- Social Value
- Price: PCSA Price evaluated on median price basis - 20% Overheads and Profit percentage evaluated on median basis - 10%
- Technical & professional ability
Refer to the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) within the tender documentation.
Suppliers must be able to demonstrate that they can fulfil contracts of the size and nature of this contract and have been performed within the last 5 years (i.e. January 2021 to December 2025)
To demonstrate this the examples must include the following elements:
- Redevelopment works of a similar value (range £5m to £15m)
- Works to a listed building or historic monument
- Works within a museum and/or gallery
- Works within a site where employee access is required
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2025, 17:35 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Apr 2026, 14:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
OPEN202628- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-002404- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051f58Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
22 May 2025 → 16 Apr 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published22 May 2025, 17:35 BST
- Next notice expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published287 days ago12 Jan 2026, 16:22 GMT
- Clarification questions by250 days ago18 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline243 days ago25 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by224 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts211 days ago30 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent208 days ago2 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published207 days ago2 Apr 2026, 14:59 BST
- Standstill ends193 days ago16 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Pipeline notice published22 May 2025, 17:35 BSTUK1
- Tender notice published12 Jan 2026, 16:22 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £7,500,00012 Jan 2026, 16:22 GMT
- Status changed to active12 Jan 2026, 16:22 GMT
- Procurement method changed12 Jan 2026, 16:22 GMT
- Deadline published: 25 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT12 Jan 2026, 16:22 GMT
- Contract award notice published2 Apr 2026, 14:59 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete2 Apr 2026, 14:59 BST
- Contract signature expected17 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brims Construction LimitedSunderland Museum and Winter Gardens Redevelopment4 May 2026 – 31 Jul 2026 | £47,152 | 2 Apr 2026standstill to 16 Apr 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Brims Construction LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender