Official UK procurement notice
NRM Great Hall Visitor Offer - Lead Designer
Authority: Science Museum Group (Central government)
The Science Museum Group (SMG) is looking to appoint a creative Lead Designer: Exhibition and Graphic Designer to develop and deliver the reinterpretation of the Great Hall; a large permanent gallery space at the National Railway Museum (NRM) in York.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Science Museum Group (SMG) is looking to appoint a creative Lead Designer: Exhibition and Graphic Designer to develop and deliver the reinterpretation of the Great Hall; a large permanent gallery space at the National Railway Museum (NRM) in York
CPV: Design consultancy services · Design support services · Designs · Graphic design services · Library, archives, museums and other cultural services · Museum services · Museum-exhibition services · Project-design services other than for construction work · Specialty design services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Experience and Team: 30%
- Approach and Methodology: 30%
- Programme of Work: 10%
- Price: 20%
- Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Price
- Experience and Team
- Approach and Methodology
- Programme of Work
- Sustainability
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £99,818 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Science Museum Group buys Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings (CPV 9252), and who usually turns up
Science Museum Group’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings (CPV 9252) →
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Half of these awards have an award date within 33 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid11% / 10%
2–319% / 20%
4–622% / 60%
7+48% / 10%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate46% / 47%
Within ±2%27% / 27%
Above estimate27% / 27%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 7941Published estimate£150k
This lot is listed as CPV 7941. The table above uses the notice category.
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1 bid5%
2–352%
4–615%
7+29%
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Based on 22 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
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Middle 50%£143k–£150k
Estimate£150k
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| D.H.A. DESIGN SERVICES LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | Exhibition Design Services for Technicians Gallery Science and Industry Museumruns to Jun 2029 | — | £190k | Similar wording and category |
| All Around DesignWorked for this buyer | Wonderlab Gallery 2D Graphic Designer at Science and Industry Museumnotice published Jul 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| One Further LimitedWorked for this buyer | Audience Testing - General Admission Online Ticketingnotice published Apr 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Anna Moutrey Production LtdWorked for this buyer | Freelance Project Manager at Science and Industry Museum, Manchesternotice published Apr 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Hüttinger Interactive ExhibitionsWorked for this buyer | Wonderlab Interactive Exhibit Makers (Group 1), The Science and Industry Museumruns to Aug 2028 | Whirlwind Room | £120k | Similar wording and category |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £1.2m3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £65k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £4.9m4 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 1 live · £160k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 13% above n=4 | |
| £61k1 award in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £61k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 10% above n=1 | |
| £190k1 award in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £186k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £40k1 award in 36m · last 7 months ago | 1 live · £40k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts and the buyer's decision figure; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
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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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Nov 2026, 15:51 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2026, 15:51 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
NRM4250M- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106364- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b7e5Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 10 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All communication and submission responses during this procurement exercise must be made via the procurement portal (in-tendhost.co.uk/sciencemuseumgroup/a… ↗)
Timeline
9 Nov 2026 → 25 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice publishedjust passed9 Nov 2026, 15:51 GMT
- Today9 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 18 days27 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 31 days10 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 63 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 76 days25 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Nov 2026, 15:51 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender