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Published 12 May 2025, 10:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You Summative Evaluation

Official notice

Authority: Science Museum Group (Central government)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Business Services & Consultancy (79)Recreational, cultural and sporting services (92) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£10,000£12,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Jun 2025
Contract term 7 moends 30 Jan 2026 · starts 23 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Science and Industry Museum (SIM) is looking to appoint an audience research consultant to evaluate Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You currently showing at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum

CPV: Evaluation consultancy services · Museum services · Museum-exhibition services · Technical analysis or consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 7 moSMEPublished value£10,000
Contract period: 23 Jun 2025 – 30 Jan 2026 (7 mo)Value: £10,000 exc. VAT · £12,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligible
71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services79419000 Evaluation consultancy services92521000 Museum services92521100 Museum-exhibition services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Award criteria can be found within the ITQ tender document

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
12 May 2025, 10:06 BST
Last source update
12 May 2025, 10:06 BST
Authority reference
SIM3707
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020324
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Evaluation consultancy servicesMuseum servicesMuseum-exhibition servicesTechnical analysis or consultancy services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05107d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
8 Jun 2025, 18:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Your quotation should be submitted via the In-Tend portal at in-tendhost.co.uk/sciencemuseumgroup/a… ↗ by Sunday 08 June 2025. Please see the ITQ document for more details.

Timeline

12 May 2025 → 23 Jun 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    12 May 2025, 10:06 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Jun 2025, 18:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    23 Jun 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    12 May 2025, 10:06 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Science Museum Group

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDTR-3338-MNPG The Science Museum, London, London, SW7 2DDContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender