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Published 17 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure
Risk Management and Auditing Services for Legionella and Air Hygiene
Authority:Science Museum Group(Central Government)
services
Open procedure
Above threshold
Sectors:
Delivery:
Published estimate
£150,000
Submission deadline
16 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Clarification Cut-Off
1 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Contract duration
3 yrs (with extension options)
What is being bought & procurement scope
Procurement Scope & Specification
Executive Summary: Science Museum Group: "Risk Management and Auditing Services for Legionella and Air Hygiene". Published status: active. Published value: £150,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.
Official Requirement Description:
SMG requires a reliable and compliant contractor to provide expert auditing and consultancy services to ensure the health and safety of visitors and staff by verifying adherence to Legionella management and air hygiene protocols. Further details can be found in the tender documents.
Lots and requirements (1)
Procurement Structure
- Lot #1Lot 1activeRenewalPublished valueAED 150,000The source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract period:1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)Eligibility:Not publishedTurnover benchmark:~AED 99,909/yrOptions / extension:The Agreement is intended to run for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to 2 additional years at SMG’s sole discretion.
Published award criteria & contract terms
From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 140
Price: 60
Published sub-criteria
- Quality — 70
- Quality — 70
- Price — 30
- Price — 30
Published terms
Contract duration3 yrs (with extension options)
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Science Museum Group buys Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) — and who usually turns up
Science Museum Group’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →
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How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Bids per lot6all categories · 36m · n=26 lots
Single-bid lots8%all categories · 36m · n=26 lots
Award vs estimate3% belowall categories · 36m · n=54 pairs
Deadline → award32dall categories · 36m · n=16 notices
Notice updates3all categories · 24m · n=114 notices
Awarded without competition0%all categories · 36m · n=114 notices
The market · authority’s region
Greater London · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514)
contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 207 in CPV 8514 (105 contested) · 2,141 in division 85 (1,204 contested) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
Bids per lot3.5CPV 8514 · 36m · n=38 lots
Single-bid lots21%CPV 8514 · 36m · n=38 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateCPV 8514 · 36m · n=15 pairs
Deadline → award57dCPV 8514 · 36m · n=14 notices
SME bidders42%CPV 8514 · 36m · n=8 lots
Winners based in the region83%CPV 8514 · 36m · n=149 awards
robust · n=54 Awards in Science Museum Group (all categories, n=54 pairs) land a median 3% below: on this notice’s £150,000 that is about £144,900. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Method and what to read with care
- Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
- Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
- Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
| 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 regime |
| Commercial structure | Stand-alone contract (No framework) | Competition type | Competitive procedure | GPA WTO covered | Unspecified in notice |
| Recurring procurement | Yes · Anticipated re-tender | First published | 17 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST | Last source update | 17 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST |
| Award evaluation window | Submission end — 4 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT | Classification (CPV) | Hygiene services | ||
| Delivery area | Location not published | ||||
| Official Registry OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-0774b4 | ||||
How to participate & submission route
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Supplier login required
Online submission allowed
Language: EN
Access & Registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
| Expression of interest (EOI) | — | Tender submission deadline | 16 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT | Clarification deadline | 1 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission channel | Official e-sourcing portal | Electronic submission | Allowed | Accepted languages | en |
| Participation fee | Free of charge (Open access) | ||||
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
Suppliers must submit their response via the Procurement Portal (in-tendhost.co.uk/sciencemuseumgroup/as… ). All in the form specified in the Tender Response Document and signed by the Supplier’s authorised representative.
Timeline
- Procedure published
17 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST - Clarification deadline
1 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT - Submission deadline
16 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Awards (0)No award published |
Contracts (0)No contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Notice history
1 lines · 1 source events
- Official notice release published
17 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Science Museum Group
Contracting authority
Central Government
Official Documents & Specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 17 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST