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NHM150 Western Galleries – Visitor Flow and Circulation Consultant

services
Below threshold - open competition
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Architectural
engineering and surveying services
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London (UKI)
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Official notice
Published value
£40,000
Submission deadline 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Natural History Museum: "NHM150 Western Galleries – Visitor Flow and Circulation Consultant". Published status: active. Published value: £40,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.
Contracting AuthorityNatural History MuseumScope & CategoriesSERVICES (1 lot)Submission Window
7d 13h left
14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission Gateway
Delta eSourcing
www.delta-esourcing.com
Legal Basis & Regime2023/54 · Below threshold - open competitionEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£40,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Natural History Museum
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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.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
10.6Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
NISSEN RICHARDS STUDIO LIMITEDTop vendor: 24.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
NISSEN RICHARDS STUDIO LIMITED1 win£448,890
MUF ARCHITECTURE / ART LLP1 win£429,758
KELLENBERGER-WHITE LIMITED1 win£420,200
STUDIO MUTT LIMITED1 win£269,768
The Moule Partnership1 win£250,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNatural History Museum
Procedure methodBelow threshold - open competition
Procurement categoryservices
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNo
Legal basisUKPGA · 2023/54
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadline14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submissionallowed
Submission languagesNot published
Published10 Aug 2026, 16:34 BST
Last source update10 Aug 2026, 16:34 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAnalysis services, Architectural, engineering and surveying services, Building consultancy services, Building surveying services, Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants, Engineering design services, Museum construction work, Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings
Delivery area
London (UKI)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d57e
How to participate
Open submission portal
Submission methodNot published
Electronic submissionallowed
Clarification deadline14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission languagesNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
E-Sourcing Portal
Delta eSourcing
Open portal
Submission instructions
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9378W497XY
What is being bought
The Natural History Museum has launched NHM150, an ambitious transformation programme leading up to its 150th anniversary in 2031. The programme will significantly enhance the Museum’s public offer, increasing access, reach and impact through a major renewal of galleries and visitor experiences. The Natural History Museum is seeking to appoint a Visitor Flow and Circulation Consultant to support the delivery of Phase 2 of the NHM150 Programme. The appointment will span both the base build projects and the associated gallery fit out projects and the consultant will form part of the wider multidisciplinary design teams. The consultant will provide strategic and technical advice relating to visitor flow, horizontal and vertical circulation, capacity, orientation, and visitor movement throughout the refurbished Western Galleries and Oceans Hall. The consultant shall support the development of an integrated visitor circulation strategy which considers individual galleries and spaces, the Western Galleries and Oceans Hall as a whole, and within the context of the wider museum. The appointment will cover RIBA Stages 2-4 of the Western Galleries Base Build, Oceans Gallery Base Build, Dinosaurs 28 (Swing Space) Exhibition Fit Out and Lives of Dinosaurs (Dinosaurs 30) Exhibition Fit Out projects. They will be required to work as a fully integrated member of the project design teams, providing specialist expertise, analysis and design support to ensure the delivery of a coherent, accessible and enjoyable visitor experience across the Phase 2 galleries. The consultant shall also provide advice and recommendations in response to queries by the Lead Designer(s) and NHM Core Team, for the Old General Herbarium & Botany Library Exhibition Fit Out, Life on Earth (Origins) Exhibition Fit Out and Oceans Gallery Exhibition Fit Out projects. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Construction-work-for-buildings-relating-to-leisure%2C-sports%2C-culture%2C-lodging-and-restaurants./9378W497XY To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9378W497XY
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to active
    10 Aug 2026, 16:34 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    10 Aug 2026, 16:34 BST
  3. Submission deadline changed to 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
    10 Aug 2026, 16:34 BST
  4. Published value updated to £40,000
    28 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
  5. Status changed to planning
    28 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    28 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    28 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£40,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period5 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 May 2029, 23:59 BST
    Eligibility
    SME eligible
    Options / renewalSubject to the outcome of the feasibility study and at the Museum’s sole discretion, the Museum may also appoint the consultant to the Oceans Gallery Fit Out project to provide their services as a fully integrated member of the project design team for RIBA Stages 2-4. The contract will have an initial firm period of 2 years and 8 months, with an option to extend the Contract period for a further 3 months. The Contract may be extended at the Museum’s sole discretion, and the extension will be issued under a new contract to the Supplier.
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    28 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
  2. Procedure published
    10 Aug 2026, 16:34 BST
  3. engagement
    3 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Bidders are invited to an online Bidder Briefing Session and Q&A (to be held on Microsoft Teams) in w/c 3 August 2026. In order to register for this session bidders should sign the NDA which is available in the SQ stage document library. This must be returned by 12 noon, Monday 3 August. The NDA must be signed by an appropriate representative of the tendering company and returned to the Museum for countersignature. To access the SQ stage, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/X9234TMCGC Once the NDA has been completed by both parties, it will be sent to tenderers for record keeping. The tenderer will then be invited to the briefing session. The date and time of the session will be confirmed shortly, and the invite will be sent out Monday 3 August. The session will be recorded and circulated to all bidders, including those who were unable to attend. All bidders who have completed the NDA will be given access to the tender documents, which are currently expected to be available from the 10 August 2026 (this date is subject to change).
  4. Submission deadline
    14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
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-MZPX
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  • Natural History Museum
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PJBJ-4723-MZPX
    Cromwell Road, London, UKI33, SW7 5BD, GB
    c.higgins@nhm.ac.uk
Documents (2)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published