Lot 1
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The Horniman Museum and Gardens (HMG) is seeking to replace its end-of-life collections management system with a new, digital-first solution that will enhance efficiency, transparency, and best practice across its diverse collections and related activities. This project will span three to four years, focusing initially on data migration, followed by phased development and alignment of functions and procedures. The Horniman Museum and Gardens' current collections management system is used to catalogue and manage diverse collections including Natural History, Anthropology, Musical Instruments, Living collections (an aquarium, a butterfly house, a small zoo, the gardens), a Handling Collection, an Archive, and items of value and interest that are not part of any formal collection. The system supports the 21 Spectrum procedures, but only partially. A core objective of this project is to develop new digital first procedures, aligned with and supported by the new system, promoting efficiency, transparency and museum best practice.
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No lot description published.
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Industry specific software package, Database and operating software package, Library and archive services, Museum services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Industry specific software package (48100000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 48 | 4,618 | 1 median · 9 average (1,605 of 4,618 with a bid count) | 1.7 average (1,851 of 4,618 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 0 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKC | 248 | 1 median · 3.6 average (93 of 248 with a bid count) | 1 average (111 of 248 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 215 | 3 median · 3 average (1 of 215 with a bid count) | 1 average (1 of 215 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-05dc42 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 081770-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Thu Dec 11 2025 09:48:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081770-2025 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | No |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-01-31T23:59:00Z |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2026-01-19T23:59:00Z |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Submissions should be made to Jonathan Whitson Cloud at jwhitsoncloud@horniman.ac.uk . Secure SharePoint directories can be made available for the upload of submissions, upon request. |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £96,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 4 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2025 | tenderUpdate | 081770-2025 |
| 6 Nov 2025 | tender | 071818-2025 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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