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Freelance Project Manager at Science and Industry Museum, Manchester

Buyer: Science Museum Group →

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BuyerScience Museum Group
StatusAwarded
Deadline12 Apr 2026
Value£40,000
Published28 Apr 2026

What is being bought

SMG wishes to award a contract for the provision of a freelance Project Manager to support the delivery of Manchester Cotton and Transatlantic Slavery exhibition due to open at Science and Industry Museum in February 2027. There will be an Online Information Session on 8th April at 17 :30 where candidates will have the opportunity to ask further questions about the role and project. Link - https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6a0d6647-d162-438b-88c8-552f79132de1@e967bcc0-c070-41c8-9f7e-806069f6330b

Lot details

Lot 1

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Statuscomplete

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Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
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Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

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Related procurements

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Awards

Contracts

1

Statusactive
Value£39,850

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06779e
Latest release ID038591-2026
Latest release timestampTue Apr 28 2026 12:51:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030838-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
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Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
28 Apr 2026award, contract038591-2026
2 Apr 2026tenderUpdate030838-2026
30 Mar 2026tender029005-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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