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Published 18 Sept 2026, 15:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NHM150 Western Galleries - AV Hardware Integrator

Name: Procurement Process ocds-h6vhtk-0775b6
Creator: Natural History Museum
Published: 2026-09-18T14:39:11.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

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Authority: Natural History Museum (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)IT Services & Software (72)CPV 92 Delivery: London (UKI)

Published estimate £300,000≈ £60k / year · £360,000 inc. VAT

Submission deadline 23 Oct 202612:00 BST · 34d 18h left

Clarification cut-off 25 Sept 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority

Contract term 5 yrsstarts 4 Jan 2027

Bids per lot · this authority 11.5CPV 9252 · n=10 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is an exciting opportunity for an AV Hardware Integrator to help us realise our vision for new galleries at the Natural History Museum. We are looking for an experienced AV Hardware Integrator to join our Exhibition Fit Out team to deliver beautiful and inspiring new galleries within our Grade I listed building. We are looking for consultants with experience in AV Hardware Integration, who can work with our Design and Build teams across four major galleries to deliver a robust and consistent AV Hardware approach for our exhibitions, interactives and gallery fit out lighting. All approaches for NHM150 galleries should be grounded in sustainability and accessibility.

These galleries form part of Phase 2 of the NHM150 Programme, which focuses on the transformation of the Western Galleries, delivering the base build refurbishment and complete gallery fit-out of four major public galleries. This tender relates to the fit-out only but includes coordination with the base build refurbishment.

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CPV: Hardware integration consultancy services · Library, archives, museums and other cultural services · Museum construction work · Museum services · Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings · Museum-exhibition services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Lot 1 5 yrsSMEPublished value£300,000

Contract period: 4 Jan 2027 — 3 Jan 2032 (5 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: LondonTurnover guideline: ~£119,934/yr≈ 2× annual value

Value: £300,000 exc. VAT · £360,000 inc. VAT

45212313 Museum construction work72228000 Hardware integration consultancy services92500000 Library, archives, museums and other cultural services92520000 Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings92521000 Museum services92521100 Museum-exhibition services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more

How bids are scored

Quality: 120Price: 60Social value: 20

Published sub-criteria (6)

Quality — 60
Quality — 60
Price — 30
Price — 30
Social Value — 10
Social Value — 10

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Natural History Museum buys Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings (CPV 9252) — and who usually turns up

Natural History Museum’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids.

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Natural History Museum

contract notices in 36 months: 15 in CPV 9252 · 15 in division 92 · 51 in all categories (1 direct)

Bids per lot11.5CPV 9252 · 36m · n=10 lots

Single-bid lots0%CPV 9252 · 36m · n=10 lots

Award vs estimate10% belowCPV 9252 · 36m · n=9 pairs

Deadline → award47dCPV 9252 · 36m · n=7 notices

Notice updates3all categories · 24m · n=59 notices

Awarded without competition0%CPV 9252 · 36m · n=15 notices

Bids per lot robust · n=10

1 bid 0%
2–3 0%
4–6 20%
7+ 80%

Median 11.5 · 10 lots on 7 contested notices · CPV 9252.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=9

Below estimate 56%
Within ±2% 33%
Above estimate 11%

9 lot pairs · CPV 9252.

The market · delivery region

Greater London · Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings (CPV 9252)

contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 45 in CPV 9252 (44 contested) · 174 in division 92 (163 contested)

Bids per lot8CPV 9252 · 36m · n=19 lots

Single-bid lots5%CPV 9252 · 36m · n=19 lots

Award vs estimate10% belowCPV 9252 · 36m · n=13 pairs

Deadline → award34dCPV 9252 · 36m · n=12 notices

SME bidders69%CPV 9252 · 36m · n=3 lots

Winners based in the region73%CPV 9252 · 36m · n=15 awards

Bids per lot robust · n=19

1 bid 5%
2–3 0%
4–6 37%
7+ 58%

Median 8 · 19 lots on 15 contested notices · CPV 9252.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=13

Below estimate 62%
Within ±2% 31%
Above estimate 8%

13 lot pairs · CPV 9252.

robust · n=9 Awards in Natural History Museum (CPV 9252, n=9 pairs) land a median 10% below: on this notice’s £300,000 that is about £269,700. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care

Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
“Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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: Open for tender
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: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 18 Sept 2026, 15:39 BST
Last source update: 18 Sept 2026, 15:39 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end — 13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice: Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV): Hardware integration consultancy servicesLibrary, archives, museums and other cultural servicesMuseum construction workMuseum servicesMuseum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildingsMuseum-exhibition services
Delivery area: London (UKI)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0775b6 Find a Tender