Official UK procurement notice
DfC – National Museums NI - Exhibition Interpretation Production (Graphics)
Authority: National Museums NI (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational Museums NI requires a Supplier to provide the production, delivery and installation of exhibition interpretation graphics across its museum sites, including wallpapers, panels, vinyl graphics, signage and related display materials, to support temporary and permanent exhibitions.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 3 Mar 2031, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Graphic design services · Graphic display panels · Museum-exhibition services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£288,000
- Technical & professional ability
CoP1 - Company Experience
As per tender documentation.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Key Staff - Technical Experience: 21%
- Key staff - Account Manager: 14%
- Service Delivery: 14%
- Contract Management: 10.5%
- Total Hourly Rate: 20%
- Total Material Costs: 10%
- Sustainability: 10.5%
Published award criteria (7)
- Key Staff - Technical Experience: As per tender documentation.
- Key staff - Account Manager: As per tender documentation
- Service Delivery: As per tender documentation.
- Contract Management: As per tender documentation
- Sustainability: As per tender documentation.
- Total Hourly Rate: As per tender documentation.
- Total Material Costs: As per tender documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
CoP1 - Company Experience
As per tender documentation.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 3 Mar 2031
- First published
- 28 Aug 2026, 11:16 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2026, 11:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
ID 6524710- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082103- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ee62Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
All invoices must be submitted electronically to National Museums NI’s Accounts Payable:
Contract Value
The estimated value figure indicated in the Scope Section represents an overall estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and a Supplier shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority.
- Risks
N/A
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below.
Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer.
The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
Timeline
28 Aug 2026 → 26 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published55 days ago28 Aug 2026, 11:16 BST
- Clarification questions by31 days ago21 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline24 days ago28 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
- Award decision expected by9 days ago12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 4 days26 Oct 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published28 Aug 2026, 11:16 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPDBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery – Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender