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Gallery 33 Strip Out and Refurbishment Heritage Principal Contractor
Construction work for art and cultural buildings
Construction work for buildings relating to exhibitions
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Location not published
Published value
£1,500,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Natural History Museum: "Gallery 33 Strip Out and Refurbishment Heritage Principal Contractor". Published status: planning. Published value: £1,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Natural History Museum | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planning No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £1,500,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Natural History Museum
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Natural History Museum. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
10.6Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
NISSEN RICHARDS STUDIO LIMITEDTop vendor: 24.7% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 17 active published awards; 11 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| NISSEN RICHARDS STUDIO LIMITED | 1 win | £448,890 |
| MUF ARCHITECTURE / ART LLP | 1 win | £429,758 |
| KELLENBERGER-WHITE LIMITED | 1 win | £420,200 |
| STUDIO MUTT LIMITED | 1 win | £269,768 |
| The Moule Partnership | 1 win | £250,000 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNatural History Museum | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanning | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published19 Nov 2025, 19:05 GMT | Last source update19 Nov 2025, 19:05 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationConstruction work for art and cultural buildings, Construction work for buildings relating to exhibitions, Library, archives, museums and other cultural services, Museum construction work, Museum services | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05e4e3 | ||
What is being bought
The Natural History Museum is tendering for a Heritage Principal Contractor (Strip Out and Refurbishment) to deliver our vision for the building and its new permanent exhibition in Gallery 33, replacing the current Creepy Crawlies gallery on the ground floor of the Grade 1 listed Waterhouse East Building. This new, permanent gallery at South Kensington will be dedicated to building a positive connection to nature in our very youngest audiences - aged 4-7 years old - and their adults.
The Gallery 33 Strip Out & Refurbishment Project will be split into two key phases:
•Phase 1: Strip Out of the existing 1980’s exhibition
•Phase 2: Internal refurbishment of the gallery
In order to participate in the tender exercise for the Strip Out and Refurbishment Heritage Principal Contractor, an NDA must be signed by an appropriate representative of the tendering company and returned to the Museum for countersignature. Once the NDA has been completed by both parties, it will be sent to tenderers for record keeping. The tenderer will then be added to the Tenderbox stage, where the tender documents will be made available.
To access the NDA, please use the following link: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3ZP5KV7RS5
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Construction-work-for-art-and-cultural-buildings./3ZP5KV7RS5
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3ZP5KV7RS5
What changed
From the official release history
- Published value updated to £1,500,000
19 Nov 2025, 19:05 GMT - Status changed to planning
19 Nov 2025, 19:05 GMT - Official notice release published
19 Nov 2025, 19:05 GMT - Buyer information updated
19 Nov 2025, 19:05 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplanningPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
19 Nov 2025, 19:05 GMT - Procedure published
19 Nov 2025, 19:05 GMT - engagement
8 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduledThe engagement has not yet been carried out.Engagement process description: In order to participate in this tender exercise, an NDA must be completed by an appropriate representative of the company. The NDA must be signed and returned to the Museum for countersignature. Once countersigned, the completed NDA will be sent back the tenderers for record keeping. The tender exercise is intended to be published w/c 24 November 2025.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Natural History Museum
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PJBJ-4723-MZPXDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 19 Nov 2025, 19:05 GMT
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |