Official UK procurement notice
Museum Security Consortium · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Board and Trustees of the Natural History Museum
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The 3 museum partners commission Wilson James Limited to provide security services…
The 3 museum partners commission Wilson James Limited to provide security services across the numerous sites of the 3 museum partners, including control rooms, perimeter security and internal patrols, emergency response and first aid, management of electronic security systems, event and exhibition security officers, staff entrance security, traffic control, loading bay, bag search and door security across the various sites, providing co-ordinated, professional security services.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005157- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e1eaFind a Tender
Publisher note: A VEAT notice was published on FTS with reference 2024/S 000-041316. The name and contact details of the contracting authorities: The Board and Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road KensingtonSW7 2RL United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected]. Internet address(es): http://www.vam.ac.uk/ ; The Board and Trustees of the Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected]. Internet address(es): http://www.nhm.ac.uk ; The Board and Trustees of the Science Museum Exhibition Road London SW7 2DD United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] Internet address(es): http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=925577742 GO Reference: GO-2025214-PRO-29439631
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Apr 2018 → 14 Feb 2025 · 2 dates- Contract starts1 Apr 2018, 00:00 BST
- Notice published14 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson James Ltd. | £87,617,430 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Museum Security Consortium · Wilson James Ltd.
- Signed
- 8 Dec 2017
- Value
- £87,617,430
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
- Change The 3 museum partners extended their contract for security services across the numerous sites of the 3 partners with Wilson James Limited (due to expire 31/03/26) by a further year until 31/03/27 with an estimated increased value for that further year of £12,150,514. The original agreement for with Wilson James Limited (notice 2018/S 085 – 191827 estimated value £63.487,185) was extended by a further year in 2022 (notice 2018/S 085 – 191827 estimated value £11.979,731) to expire 31/03/26., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: To incentive WJ to invest in security for new V&A building now to avoid risk. WJ expertise needed for NHM collections move to new site and for SMG major construction works, to avoid risk/cost/operation issues from a new supplier at critical point. SMG/VA’s planned security assessments to address increasing risk need WJ’s knowledge of systems/equipment. Until Terrorism Bill becomes final law actions required of new supplier unclear and inconvenient/costly to vary. For further details see VEAT
- Change The 3 museum partners extended their contract for security services across the numerous sites of the 3 partners with Wilson James Limited (due to expire 31/03/26) by a further year until 31/03/27 with an estimated increased value for that further year of £12,150,514. The original agreement for with Wilson James Limited (notice 2018/S 085 – 191827 estimated value £63.487,185) was extended by a further year in 2022 (notice 2018/S 085 – 191827 estimated value £11.979,731) to expire 31/03/26., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: To incentive WJ to invest in security for new V&A building now to avoid risk. WJ expertise needed for NHM collections move to new site and for SMG major construction works, to avoid risk/cost/operation issues from a new supplier at critical point. SMG/VA’s planned security assessments to address increasing risk need WJ’s knowledge of systems/equipment. Until Terrorism Bill becomes final law actions required of new supplier unclear and inconvenient/costly to vary. For further details see VEAT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Wilson James LtdAwarded supplier
- Wilson James Ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.