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DfC - National Museums NI - Market Research and Insight Services

Business services: law
marketing
consulting
+6 more
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Suitable for SMEs
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 19:25 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
1lots
1 lot · 1 published item
1 published CPV family
Decision Velocity
~52 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 52 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£500,000
Contract/award value: £500,000
1 award supplier linked
Bidding Competition
6 bids
1 SME bid · 6 electronic
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 79)
Based on 227 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
43.445%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
1 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
52 days
Median time between deadline and award
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 79)
Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
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Evidence coverage
7/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
Published procedurePublished valueMatching evidence
DfC – National Museums NI - Exhibition Interpretation Production (Graphics)National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI) · 28 Aug 2026, 11:16 BST
£288,000
same CPV family
Marketing Design & Creative Services Framework at Imperial War Museums (IWM)Imperial War Museums · 28 Aug 2026, 10:11 BST
£816,664
same CPV family
DHSC: GPH: Mothers Living with HIV Formula Milk Funding Scheme 2027Department of Health & Social Care · 28 Aug 2026, 16:43 BST
£875,000
same CPV family
Media Buying Services, Integrated Marketing Campaigns and PR ServicesLlywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government · 7 Sept 2026, 18:16 BST
£74,000,000
same CPV family
Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) & Grant Assurance ServicesASTON UNIVERSITY · 2 Sept 2026, 17:12 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: National Museums Northern Ireland: "DfC - National Museums NI - Market Research and Insight Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNational Museums Northern IrelandScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: National Museums Northern Ireland
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for National Museums Northern Ireland. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6Bids / Report (median)
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Client Analysis Relationship Development CARD GROUPTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 79):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
Client Analysis Relationship Development CARD GROUP1 win£500,000—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNational Museums Northern Ireland
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published20 Jun 2024, 14:33 BST
Last source update20 Jun 2024, 14:33 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Market and economic research; polling and statistics, Market research services, Market-testing services, Survey services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-044d2f
What is being bought
DfC - National Museums NI - Market Research and Insight Services
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    20 Jun 2024, 14:33 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    20 Jun 2024, 14:33 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    20 Jun 2024, 14:33 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    20 Jun 2024, 14:33 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    20 Jun 2024, 14:33 BST
  6. Published value updated to £500,000
    26 Mar 2024, 16:40 GMT
  7. Status changed to active
    26 Mar 2024, 16:40 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    26 Mar 2024, 16:40 GMT
  9. Submission deadline changed to 1 May 2024, 15:00 BST
    26 Mar 2024, 16:40 GMT
  10. Buyer information updated
    26 Mar 2024, 16:40 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    DfC - National Museums NI - Market Research and Insight Services. Additional information: The contract will be for a minimum of 3 years with 2 optional extensions bringing the total contract duration to up to 5 years.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    20 Jun 2024, 14:33 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 19 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST · £500,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Client Analysis Relationship Development CARD GROUP
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£500,000 · signed 19 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 6 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 6 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

National Museums Northern Ireland

Contracting authority GB-FTS-116638
View buyer profile

  • National Museums Northern Ireland
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    303 Airport Road West, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9ED
    ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk

  • Client Analysis Relationship Development CARD GROUP
    supplier

    13 University Street, BELFAST, UK, BT7 1FY
    albert.hamilton@card-group.com
    +44 2894477463

  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended. Postal address
    reviewBody

    Belfast
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