Science Museum Group: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
GOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public body·Central government·Greater London·London
Official UK PPONPDTR-3338-MNPG
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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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 when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 21 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
71 awarded tenders, 83 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
9 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video Games Exhibition - New Films and Animations | 2 Oct 2026 | 2d | £25,000 |
| Science and Industry Museum Wonderlab Group 2 Interactives Makers | 2 Oct 2026 | 3d | £182,500 |
| A Store Refurbishment – Roller Shutters Replacement | 5 Oct 2026 | 5d | £350,000 |
| Exclusive AV partner for Level 4 & 5 Illuminate event space at the Science Museum | 8 Oct 2026 | 8d | £6,900,000 |
| Large Infill Modernisation Phase 2 | 12 Oct 2026 | 12d | £270,000 |
| D2 Dehumidification (L&A and Radiation Stores) | 14 Oct 2026 | 14d | £500,000 |
| Manchester, Cotton & Transatlantic Slavery AV hardware supply and integration | 22 Oct 2026 | 23d | £69,300 |
| Science and Industry Museum Wonderlab Group 2 Interactives Makers 2 | 23 Oct 2026 | 24d | £155,000 |
| Risk Management and Auditing Services for Legionella and Air Hygiene | 16 Nov 2026 | 47d | £150,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
92 Recreational, cultural and sporting32 procedures · 27% · 3 open71 Architectural, construction, engineering30 procedures · 25%45 Construction work24 procedures · 20% · 3 open79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting16 procedures · 14%32 Radio, television, communication11 procedures · 9% · 3 open50 Repair and maintenance services9 procedures · 8% · 1 open48 Software package and information systems8 procedures · 7%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet7 procedures · 6%How they buyi
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.
Last 24 months · 118 notices · commercial tool and route 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.
- Contract 97% (114 notices)
- Framework 3% (4 notices)
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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.
- Open 90% (106 notices)
- Selective 7% (8 notices)
- Direct award 3% (3 notices)
- Route not published 1% (1 notices)
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 21 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 20 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 118 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 52 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
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.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Allelys Heavy Haulage Ltd | 3 | 4.2% | 1 | 3 | 7 Nov 2025 |
| AIVAF LIMITED | 2 | 2.8% | 2 | 2 | 16 Sept 2025 |
| daaad | 2 | 2.8% | 2 | 2 | 19 May 2026 |
| Lucidblack Ltd | 2 | 2.8% | 2 | 2 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Crozier Fine Arts | 2 | 2.8% | 1 | 4 | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Clay Interactive Limited | 2 | 2.8% | 1 | 3 | 2 Oct 2025 |
| Hüttinger Interactive Exhibitions | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 5 | 3 Aug 2026 |
| ROOFF CONSTRUCTION LTD | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 1 | 12 Sept 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 10% of 71 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 83 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Tomorrow Gallery Base Build Contractor | VINCI Construction UK | — | 7 mo | £1,944,776 † |
| L HANGAR ROOF REPAIR WORKS - Rev 1 | WELBRO PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED | — | 3 mo | £1,371,138 † |
| Horrible Science Fitout Services: Stinky Space Exhibition | Hadley Interiors Ltd | — | 2.8 yrs | £705,000 † ≈ £256k/yr |
| West Hall Goods Lift Construction | Arrow Lift Engineers Ltd | — | 10 mo | £526,100 † |
| Future of Food Exhibition Fit-out Contractor | Sam Forster Associates Ltd | — | 1.3 yrs | £406,946 † ≈ £305k/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 63 of 81 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Future of Food Exhibition Fit-out Contractor | Sam Forster Associates Ltd | 30 Sept 2026 | £406,946 |
| Station Hall Soundscape Power and AV Hardware Provision Integration | daaad | 31 Oct 2026 | £64,466 |
| Adobe VIP Marketplace Licencing Renewal 2025 | Academia Ltd | 26 Dec 2026 | £44,874 |
| Hangar Wayfinding | MS-GROUP LIMITED t/a Morgans Consult | 31 Dec 2026 | £31,153 |
| MEP Survey Station Building at Science and Industry Museum, Manchester | Moutnain Earth Developments Ltd | 31 Dec 2026 | £12,900 |
| Manchester Cotton and Transatlantic Slavery Exhibition Design | Freehaus Design Limited | 30 Mar 2027 | £61,145 |
| Eurovision Exhibition Fit Out | Lucidblack Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £84,700 |
| Tactile Objects Package of the Tomorrow Gallery | Tactile Studio | 31 Mar 2027 | £35,000 |
| Freelance Project Manager at Science and Industry Museum, Manchester | Anna Moutrey Production Ltd | 30 Apr 2027 | £39,850 |
| Becoming America- Exhibition Fit-out | Lucidblack Ltd | 28 May 2027 | £195,540 |
Soonest 10 of 18 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 142 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Acoustic Upgrade – Study, Welcome Building and Main OfficeBuilding completion work | Awarded / complete | 3 Aug 2026 | £65,000 |
| Engineering Insurance InspectionsArchitectural | Awarded / complete | 30 Jul 2026 | £120,000 |
| Wonderlab Gallery 2D Graphic Designer at Science and Industry MuseumGraphic design services | Awarded / complete | 30 Jul 2026 | £55,000 |
| Business Travel Management Solution 2027Business travel services | Open | 30 Jul 2026 | £3,500,000 |
| SIP Site Wide Drainage SurveySewage services | Open | 16 Jul 2026 | £49,999 |
| Hangar WayfindingArchitectural | Awarded / complete | 15 Jul 2026 | £49,999 |
| America (working title) Exhibition Fitout TenderConstruction work for art and cultural buildings | Awarded / complete | 15 Jul 2026 | £191,700 |
| Landscape Management at The Science and Innovation ParkGrounds maintenance services | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | £275,000 |
| Tomorrow Gallery - Futures Art Commission: Animal MindsMuseum services | Open | 10 Jul 2026 | £50,000 |
| Video Games Exhibition - 2D and 3D DesignDesign consultancy services | Open | 7 Jul 2026 | £40,000 |
| TOMORROW GALLERY AV Hardware IntegratorAudio-visual equipment | Awarded / complete | 29 Jun 2026 | £660,000 |
| Hackpen Landscape RefurbishmentLandscaping work | Open | 24 Jun 2026 | £50,000 |
| Tomorrow Gallery: Tactile Objects PackageMuseum-exhibition services | Awarded / complete | 2 Jun 2026 | £35,000 |
| Sound and Vision Galleries Access EvaluationDesign consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 1 Jun 2026 | £20,000 |
| Sound and Galleries - Summative EvaluationDesign consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 1 Jun 2026 | £30,000 |
| SMG Wonderlab Gallery Wonderlab Slides Works 2026Construction work for art and cultural buildings | Awarded / complete | 28 May 2026 | £250,000 |
| Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos Exhibition - Summative EvaluationEvaluation consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 22 May 2026 | £10,000 |
| Station Hall Soundscape Power and AV Hardware Provision IntegrationAudio-visual equipment | Awarded / complete | 19 May 2026 | £65,000 |
| Tomorrow Gallery Exhibition Fit Out Main ContractorConstruction work for art and cultural buildings | Open | 8 May 2026 | £1,800,000 |
| Wonderlab Gallery - Audio-Visual Hardware and IntegrationAudio equipment accessories | Awarded / complete | 1 May 2026 | £167,300 |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£77m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 64 award records on 58 procedures (62 to a single canonical supplier, 2 multi-supplier). 47 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 63 of 81 published contracts carry a period end; 18 end within 18 months, 5 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (13 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
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