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Reimagining Abbey House Museum

Buyer: Leeds City Council →

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BuyerLeeds City Council
StatusClosed
Deadline15 Sept 2025
Value£80,000
Published18 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Leeds Museums & Galleries are seeking to work with a company/agency to redesign Abbey House Museum and it's future. It's almost 30 years since the museum last had major investment and we're looking to reimagine what the visitor experience could be for the next 30 years. In November 2024, facing severe financial pressures within Leeds City Council, there was a proposal to close Abbey House Museum to the public as part of measures to save £160,000. In February 2025, elected members decided not to take the proposal forward after a huge show of public support. The service are now looking at what Abbey House Museum’s future could look like and where we can make improvements to future proof the museum for the generations to come.

Delivery location

UKE42, GB

Categories

Design and execution of research and development 73300000Library, archives, museums and other cultural services 92500000Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings 92520000Preservation services of historical sites and buildings 92522000Preservation services of historical buildings 92522200

Lot details

Lot LOT-0000

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£80,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2025 to 29 Aug 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0000Design and execution of research and development, Library, archives, museums and other cultural services, Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings, Preservation services of historical sites and buildings, Preservation services of historical buildingsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Design and execution of research and development (73300000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 731,1242 median · 32.1 average (243 of 1,124 with a bid count)2.9 average (269 of 1,124 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKE421Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2329 median · 9 average (1 of 232 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 232 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeconcession
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05899f
Latest release ID049438-2025
Latest release timestampMon Aug 18 2025 11:00:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049438-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-09-15T11:00:00+00:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-09-08T11:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97079&B=
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£80,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
18 Aug 2025tender049438-2025

All source data

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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