Science Museum Group: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

GOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public bodyCentral governmentGreater LondonLondon

Official UK PPONPDTR-3338-MNPG

Open now9next deadline 15 Nov 2026

Notices, last 12 months76+46% vs prior 12 months (52)

Typical bids per lot612% single-bid · median of 25 lots

Based on 25 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Top-3 supplier share6%of 313 awarded procedures · 271 suppliers

313 awarded tenders, 271 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months4519 within 6 months · 7 estimated

Published award value, 24m£60mnet · on 79 of 79 published values · top 5 = 79%

Open notices

9 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

Notice	Deadline	Days left	Published value
3D, 2D and Lighting Exhibition Design Services for: The Ocean (working title) Temporary Exhibition at Science Museum 2028 & Science and Industry Museum 2029	15 Nov 2026	15h	£108,000
Risk Management and Auditing Services for Legionella and Air Hygiene	16 Nov 2026	32h	£150,000
Video Games Exhibition - Fit Out and Graphics	18 Nov 2026	3d	£100,000
Early Years Experience ”Hey Duggee’s Big Day Out“ Experience Designer	20 Nov 2026	5d	£70,000
Heritage Airframe Surveys	20 Nov 2026	5d	£40,000
NRM Posters Exhibition - Setworks	20 Nov 2026	5d	£25,000
Masterplan Feasibility Visioning Architect	24 Nov 2026	9d	£100,000
Hangar Door Like-for-like Replacement Science and Innovation Park	27 Nov 2026	12d	£1,000,000
NRM Great Hall Visitor Offer - Lead Designer	10 Dec 2026	25d	£150,000

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

92 Recreational, cultural and sporting55 procedures · 43% · 6 open

45 Construction work46 procedures · 36% · 3 open

71 Architectural, construction, engineering40 procedures · 31% · 3 open

79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting28 procedures · 22% · 5 open

32 Radio, television, communication16 procedures · 13%

50 Repair and maintenance services14 procedures · 11%

44 Construction structures and materials10 procedures · 8% · 1 open

48 Software package and information systems9 procedures · 7%

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 128 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool

Contract97%(124 notices)
124 of 128 notices are Contract (97%).
Framework3%(4 notices)
4 of 128 notices are Framework (3%).

Procedure route

Open90%(115 notices)
115 of 128 notices are Open (90%).
Selective5%(7 notices)
7 of 128 notices are Selective (5%).
Direct award2%(3 notices)
3 of 128 notices are Direct award (2%).
Route not published2%(3 notices)
3 of 128 notices are Route not published (2%).

Typical bids per lot

Based on 25 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

6robust · n=2512% of lots drew a single bid

Deadline → award

Based on 24 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

33 daysrobust · n=24

Notice amendments

Based on 128 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

190 of 128 notices amended

Award vs estimate

Based on 19 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

0% at estimaterobust · n=19

Who wins here
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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
Sphere Insights Ltd	9	2.9%	0	9	20 Feb 2024
Hadley Interiors Ltd	6	1.9%	1	6	30 May 2024
Clay Interactive Limited	5	1.6%	1	6	10 Feb 2023
Neo Property Solutions Ltd	5	1.6%	1	5	6 Nov 2024
Allelys Heavy Haulage Ltdframework/DPS on 2	5	1.6%	1	5	24 Apr 2023
SARNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	5	1.6%	0	5	9 Oct 2024
The Hub Consulting Limited	4	1.3%	3	4	2 Dec 2024
AIVAF LIMITED	4	1.3%	3	4	15 May 2025

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 6% of 313 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 271 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)

£60mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 79 of 79 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 79%.

Typical single-supplier award (24m)

£64k middle valuerobust · n=79Middle half £32k–£198k.

Largest published awards i	Supplier	Awarded	Term	Published value
Lot 1 - Security provision for Science Museum (London)	Carlisle Security Services Limited	26 Oct 2026	5 yrs · up to 8 yrs	£20,501,051 ≈ £4.1m/yr
Lot 3 - Security provision for the National Railway Museum (York), Science and Industry Museum (Manchester), National Science and Media Museum (Bradford) and Locomotion (Shildon)	Amulet (Churchill Security Solutions) Limited	26 Oct 2026	5 yrs · up to 8 yrs	£16,315,307 ≈ £3.3m/yr
Lot 2 - Security provision for Science and Innovation Park (Wiltshire)	Carlisle Security Services Limited	26 Oct 2026	5 yrs · up to 8 yrs	£5,075,406 ≈ £1.0m/yr
Business Travel Management Solution 2027	Diversity Travel	21 Oct 2026	3 yrs · up to 5 yrs	£3,500,000 ≈ £1.2m/yr
Tomorrow Gallery Base Build Contractor	VINCI Construction UK	—	7 mo	£1,944,776 †

Contracts ending
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314 of 318 contracts carry an end date, 17 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Holder	Ends	Published value
SIM Shop Upgrade Works	JOHNSTON SHOPFITTERS UK LIMITED	20 Nov 2026	£31,477
Tomorrow Gallery Display Cases	Meyvaert	26 Nov 2026	£261,900
Adobe VIP Marketplace Licencing Renewal 2025	Academia Ltd	26 Dec 2026	£44,874
Lighting Designer Horizons Gallery Project and further Masterplan Gallery Projects - AWARD	DHA Design Services Ltd.	31 Dec 2026	£74,000
Horizons Gallery Graphic Designer - AWARD	Martin McGrath Studio Ltd	31 Dec 2026	£38,525
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
Video Games Exhibition - New Films and Animations	Tinmouse Animation Studio Ltd	27 Jan 2027	£23,300
Flying Scotsman Immersive Experience - AWARD	SARNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	20 Feb 2027	£530,000
Rail Vehicle Moves Framework	Allelys Heavy Haulage Ltd, Quattro Plant Ltd, Reid Freight Services Ltd	6 Mar 2027 estimated	£600,000 ceiling

Soonest 10 of 45 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 160 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

Procedure	Status	Published	Published value
Engineering Insurance Inspections2 lotsArchitectural	Awarded / complete	30 Jul 2026	£120,000

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Contracts Finder adds 522 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.

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Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
Contract end dates. 314 of 318 published contracts have an end date; 17 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.