The British Museum: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
GOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public body·Greater London·London
Official UK PPONPCDW-8715-VGZT
What they buyi
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
71 Architectural, construction, engineering8 procedures · 67%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet2 procedures · 17%92 Recreational, cultural and sporting2 procedures · 17%38 Laboratory, optical and precision1 procedure · 8%39 Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances1 procedure · 8%45 Construction work1 procedure · 8%48 Software package and information systems1 procedure · 8%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting1 procedure · 8%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 12 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Contract92%(11 notices)
11 of 12 notices are Contract (92%).Framework8%(1 notice)
1 of 12 notices is Framework (8%).
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Open50%(6 notices)
6 of 12 notices are Open (50%).Selective25%(3 notices)
3 of 12 notices are Selective (25%).Route not published17%(2 notices)
2 of 12 notices are Route not published (17%).Direct award8%(1 notice)
1 of 12 notices is Direct award (8%).
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Based on 4 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Fewer than 5 lots: a median, not a typical figure.
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Based on 5 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 12 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
Who wins herei
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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 |
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| Bureau Veritas | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | 1 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Gerald Eve LLP | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | 1 | 24 Jul 2025 |
| Meyvaert | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | 1 | 11 Feb 2026 |
| HIZKIA France | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | 1 | 2 Jun 2026 |
| BSB Construction ltd | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | 1 | 4 Sept 2026 |
| Rackline Ltd | 1 | 11.1% | 0 | 5 | — |
| Lista UK Ltd | 1 | 11.1% | 0 | 5 | — |
| Bruynzeel Storage Systems Limited | 1 | 11.1% | 0 | 4 | — |
9 awarded procedures across 28 suppliers: too few to describe concentration.
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Largest published awards i | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Bayeux Tapestry Showcase | Meyvaert | 11 Feb 2026 | 1.5 yrs | £499,313 ≈ £333k/yr |
| Western Range Registered Building Control Approver | Bureau Veritas | 2 Jul 2026 | 9.8 yrs | £379,600 ≈ £39k/yr |
| Western Range Construction Logistics Advisor | BSB Construction ltd | 4 Sept 2026 | 1.8 yrs | £279,950 ≈ £160k/yr |
| Western Range Town Planning Consultant | Gerald Eve LLP | 24 Jul 2025 | 2.9 yrs | £189,754 ≈ £65k/yr |
Contracts endingi
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5 of 46 contracts carry an end date · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Bayeux Tapestry Transport | HIZKIA France | 30 Sept 2027 | €137,043 |
Recent procedures
Latest 15 of 15 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| British Museum BIM Consultancy FrameworkArchitectural | Awarded / complete | 5 Nov 2026 | £2,100,000 |
| Western Range Planning Communications ConsultantPublic relations consultancy services | Open | 21 Oct 2026 | £250,000 |
| British Museum Round Reading Room Roof Oculus WorksGlazing work | Open | 24 Sept 2026 | £9,000,000 |
| Western Range Construction Logistics AdvisorConstruction consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 4 Sept 2026 | £300,000 |
| Western Range Security ConsultantBuilding consultancy services | Open | 5 Aug 2026 | £370,000 |
| Western Range ICT ConsultantConstruction consultancy services | Open | 5 Aug 2026 | £280,000 |
| Western Range Registered Building Control ApproverBuilding-inspection services | Awarded / complete | 2 Jul 2026 | £185,000 |
| Bayeux Tapestry Transport | Awarded / complete | 17 Jun 2026 | — |
| Bayeux Tapestry ShowcaseDisplay cases | Awarded / complete | 11 Feb 2026 | £500,000 |
| British Museum Environmental Monitoring SystemEnvironmental monitoring other than for construction | Planning | 14 Aug 2025 | — |
| Western Range Town Planning ConsultantUrban planning services | Awarded / complete | 24 Jul 2025 | £500,000 |
| Human Resources and Recruitment SystemTime accounting or human resources software development services | Planning | 23 Jul 2025 | — |
| British Museum Art Explora Culture Bus Transport PartnerHire of buses and coaches with driver | Open | 23 Jan 2023 | £1,400,000 |
| British Museum Collection Storage Furniture FrameworkArchive shelving | Awarded / complete | 11 Jun 2021 | — |
| Professional Services Consultants Framework (Construction)Architectural services for buildings | Awarded / complete | 24 May 2021 | — |
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Contracts Finder adds 2 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.
About this data
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- 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. 5 of 46 published contracts have an end date; 0 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.