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Published 11 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

British Museum Construction Professional Services Consultancy Framework

Official notice

Authority: The Trustees of the British Museum

Framework agreement7 lotsServicesRestricted procedure
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: London (UKI)
Framework ceiling (notional)£46,100,000total for 7 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Submissions closed 30 Dec 2025
Lots 7see the lot list below

What is being bought7 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The British Museum is seeking to create a Framework for the provision of Professional Services Consultancy to its Estates and Capital Projects Department. The Framework will have seven lots covering the following disciplines:

  1. Project Management
  2. Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management
  3. MEPhF Engineering
  4. Architecture and Interior Design
  5. Structural and Civil Engineering
  6. Fire Safety Engineer
  7. Surveying

The types of projects and related planning and design activity likely to be delivered under the Framework are broad and could be classified under one of the following categories, covering both front-of-house and back-of-house spaces:

  1. Strategic / technical studies or reviews.
  2. Light touch refreshments / renewals (painting, minor carpentry, etc., but no significant fabric interventions).
  3. Complex, stand-alone M&E / lift / security / fire systems renewal or refurbishment.
  4. Refurbishment / renewal / creation of spaces (sometimes in conjunction with refurbishment of wings).
  5. Masterplan projects including new buildings and / or significant reconfiguration of existing wings / spaces.

The Framework objectives are as follows:

  1. Safeguard value for money in the appointment of consultancy services for (construction) projects.
  2. Ensure projects are delivered in alignment with budgets via securing the appropriate skills and expertise.
  3. Guarantee the services delivered by the supply chain via the Framework are in alignment with the British Museum’s specialist context.
  4. Ensure services delivered via the Framework are of high quality and aligned with clearly defined duties.
  5. Provide programme assurance in project delivery via the appointment of those with the appropriate skills and expertise.

CPV: Architectural services for buildings · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Building surveying services · Civil engineering consultancy services · Construction project management services · Contract administration services · Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services · Mechanical and electrical engineering services · Quantity surveying services · Structural engineering consultancy services · Surveying services

Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure

7 lots · all with a published value

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £11,500,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Project Managementceiling above

Project Management (core service)

Non-core services for the Lot:

a. Contract Administration

b. Lead Consultant Additional information: Procurement documentation for this lot is available via the website: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/U3434K5BFD ↗

Delivery: London · LONDON
Second stage: 8–null candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
71541000 Construction project management services79994000 Contract administration services
Lot #2Quantity Surveying and Commercial ManagementPublished value£3,500,000

Quantity Surveying & Commercial Management (core service)

Non-core services for the Lot:

a. Lead Consultant

b. Contract Administration

c. Building Surveyor Additional information: Procurement documentation for this lot is available via the website: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/H63C7EFG38 ↗

Delivery: London · LONDON
Second stage: 8–null candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
71324000 Quantity surveying services79994000 Contract administration services
Lot #3MEPhF EngineeringPublished value£6,900,000

MEPhF Engineering (including fire protection, security, lighting, acoustics, lifts) (core service)

Non-core services for the Lot:

a. Lead Consultant

b. Lead Designer

c. CDM Designer

d. CDM Principal Designer

e. Building Regulations Designer (BRD)

f. Building Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD)

g. Energy Consultant Additional information: Procurement documentation for this lot is available via the website: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/UH79C3WXS2 ↗

Delivery: London · LONDON
Second stage: 8–null candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
71334000 Mechanical and electrical engineering services
Lot #4Architecture and Interior Designceiling above

Architecture and Interior Design (core service)

Non-core services for the Lot:

a. Lead Consultant

b. Lead Designer

c. CDM Designer

d. CDM Principal Designer

e. Building Regulations Designer (BRD)

f. Building Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD)

g. Contract Administration

h. Building Surveyor Additional information: Procurement documentation for this lot is available via the website: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/87BE46U388 ↗

Delivery: London · LONDON
Second stage: 10–null candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
71221000 Architectural services for buildings
Lot #5Structural and Civil EngineeringPublished value£6,900,000

Structural and Civil Engineering (core service)

Non-core services for the Lot:

a. Lead Consultant

b. Lead Designer

c. CDM Designer

d. CDM Principal Designer

e. Building Regulations Designer (BRD)

f. Building Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD)

g. Contract Administration

h. Building Surveyor Additional information: Procurement documentation for this lot is available via the website: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/96J4X9V4X3 ↗

Delivery: London · LONDON
Second stage: 8–null candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
71311000 Civil engineering consultancy services71312000 Structural engineering consultancy services
Lot #6Fire Safety EngineeringPublished value£3,500,000

Support and advise the British Museum in meeting and /or improving its statutory responsibility linked to fire safety, as well as the museum's strategic objectives: protect life (life safety), protect the collection (property protection), and protect the estate (property protection). Additional information: Procurement documentation for this lot is available via the website: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5FNZU6789W ↗

Delivery: London · LONDON
Second stage: 8–null candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
71317100 Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services
Lot #7SurveyingPublished value£2,300,000

Surveying Services, including measured surveys of, but not limited to (expected RICS Survey Band range in brackets, latest edition to apply):

Building fabric, inclusive of Roof spaces / voids / confined spaces (B-E)

MEPhF Services (B-G)

Underground utilities (C-G)

Topographic (D-G)

Site demise / boundary surveys (D-G)

Area, GEA, GIA, NIA (E-G)

Volume data Additional information: Procurement documentation for this lot is available via the website: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/QU25JFCZB8 ↗

Delivery: London · LONDON
Second stage: 8–null candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
71315300 Building surveying services71355000 Surveying services

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “British Museum Construction Professional Services Consultancy Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
Last source update
11 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
Authority reference
BM.25.009
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-006559
Classification (CPV)
Architectural services for buildingsArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesBuilding surveying servicesCivil engineering consultancy servicesConstruction project management servicesContract administration servicesFire and explosion protection and control consultancy servicesMechanical and electrical engineering servicesQuantity surveying servicesStructural engineering consultancy services
+1 moreSurveying services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e5f6 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=926052804 GO Reference: GO-2025221-PRO-29523702

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
30 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline

Timeline

11 Mar 2025 → 30 Dec 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    11 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
  2. Admission / appointment period ends296 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown
    30 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Mar 2025
  1. Published value published: £46,100,000
    11 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
  2. Status changed to active
    11 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    11 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
  4. Deadline moved to 30 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
    11 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
    +281 days · was 24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.230 Dec 202524 Mar 2025-281 d

This contract is suitable for SMEs To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=930124584 GO Reference: GO-2025311-PRO-29723190

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Trustees of the British Museum

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawRecreation, culture and religion The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, London, WC1B 3DGContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Chartered Institute of ArbitratorsMediation body London
  • Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body LondonContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria