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# Museum Security Consortium

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/museum-security-consortium-ocds-h6vhtk-04e1ea). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Board and Trustees of the Natural History Museum: "Museum Security Consortium". Published status: awardUpdate. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Board and Trustees of the Natural History Museum](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-board-and-trustees-of-the-natural-history-museum-GB-FTS-133523)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Security services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £87,617,430 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e1ea`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/museum-security-consortium-ocds-h6vhtk-04e1ea#tl-md)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** 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 e...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2018 to 31/03/2025

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Museum Security Consortium (active)
  - Award id: `005157-2025-2024/S 000-041316-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Wilson James Ltd, Wilson James Ltd.**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-138052`
  - Value: £87,617,430 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Museum Security Consortium (active)
  - Signed Value: £87,617,430
  - Signed Date: 08/12/2017

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005157-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-14T14:05:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T09:33:47.394Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e1ea