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# British Museum Construction Professional Services Consultancy Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/british-museum-construction-professional-services-consultancy-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-04e5f6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Trustees of the British Museum: "British Museum Construction Professional Services Consultancy Framework". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £46,100,000. 7 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Trustees of the British Museum](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-trustees-of-the-british-museum-GB-FTS-16713)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £46,100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 December 2025 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 7
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Architectural services for buildings, Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, Building surveying services, Civil engineering consultancy services, Construction project management services (+6 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/british-museum-construction-professional-services-consultancy-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-04e5f6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e5f6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/british-museum-construction-professional-services-consultancy-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-04e5f6#tl-md)

## 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.

## Lots (7)
### Lot 1: Project Management
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 71541000, 79994000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £11,500,000
- **Description:** 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: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/U3434K...

### Lot 2: Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 71324000, 79994000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £3,500,000
- **Description:** 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: h...

### Lot 3: MEPhF Engineering
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 71334000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £6,900,000
- **Description:** 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)...

### Lot 4: Architecture and Interior Design
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 71221000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £11,500,000
- **Description:** 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)...

### Lot 5: Structural and Civil Engineering
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 71311000, 71312000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £6,900,000
- **Description:** 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)...

### Lot 6: Fire Safety Engineering
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 71317100
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £3,500,000
- **Description:** 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...

### Lot 7: Surveying
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 71315300, 71355000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £2,300,000
- **Description:** 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 u...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006559-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-11T10:05:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:01:25.165Z
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