Official UK procurement notice
OGH Beta Principal Contractor
Authority: Natural History Museum (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Old General Herbarium (OGH) Beta Project is a light touch refurbishment of a section of the OGH gallery to bring it back into public display for the first time since 1948. The project will install a temporary pop-up display opening in September 2026. The Museum is running a competition for the provision of Principal Contractor services for the refurbishment and fit-out works in the gallery.
In order to access the tender documents for the OGH Beta Principal Contractor tender exercise, all tenderers must complete the NDA available in the SQ stage document library. The NDA must be signed by an appropriate representative of the tendering company and returned to the Museum for countersignature. Once the NDA has been completed by both parties, it will be sent to tenderers for record keeping. The tenderer will then be added to the Tenderbox stage, where the tender documents will be made available from the 30th April 2026.
CPV: Construction work for art and cultural buildings · Construction work for buildings relating to exhibitions · Library, archives, museums and other cultural services · Museum construction work · Museum services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality Criteria: 50%
- Pricing Schedule: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality Criteria
- Social Value
- Pricing Schedule
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 18 Mar 2026, 10:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2026, 09:58 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024414- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066d16Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
18 Mar 2026 → 14 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published216 days ago18 Mar 2026, 10:14 GMT
- Clarification questions by186 days ago17 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline172 days ago1 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts144 days ago29 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published98 days ago14 Jul 2026, 09:58 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Mar 2026- Tender notice published18 Mar 2026, 10:14 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published14 Jul 2026, 09:58 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete14 Jul 2026, 09:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Forster Associates LtdSME | £187,956 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Sam Forster Associates LtdSME
- Signed
- 25 Jun 2026
- Value
- £187,956
- Period
- 29 Jun 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sam Forster Associates LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender