Official UK procurement notice
Science and Industry Museum Wonderlab Group 2 Interactives Makers 2
Authority: Science Museum Group (Central government)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis tender invites suppliers to bid for Wonderlab interactives. These interactive exhibits will provide moments of joy, fun, surprise and wonder throughout the visitor journey. They
should be in keeping with wider, gallery designs which will be overseen by the Lead Designer / Architect.
Interactives will embody the gallery’s key principles:
• playful – inspires and celebrates active exploration, curiosity, fun and experimentation.
• social – appeals to both children and their accompanying adults, sparks intergenerational conversations and encourages sharing discoveries and ideas with others.
• inclusive – is multi-sensory, values diversity, strives to be ‘Open for All’ and is accessible to as many people as possible.
• inviting – welcoming, with a sprinkling of Manchester personality, intuitive to navigate and empowering independent exploration.
Wonderlab interactive exhibits will be intuitive, easy to manipulate and importantly will not
rely on written instructions to function.
Exhibits will foster interaction in many different ways but will be based on the inquiry approach to science education, which allows for experimentation, questioning, reflection, open ended play and testing.
CPV: Museum services · Museum-exhibition services
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value (£155,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1CircuitsPublished value£80,000
- Value
- £80,000 exc. VAT · £96,000 inc. VAT
Lot #2Forces WheelPublished value£30,000
- Value
- £30,000 exc. VAT · £36,000 inc. VAT
Lot #3TessilationPublished value£10,000
- Value
- £10,000 exc. VAT · £12,000 inc. VAT
Lot #4Binary PatternsPublished value£20,000
- Value
- £20,000 exc. VAT · £24,000 inc. VAT
Lot #5Guess TimePublished value£15,000
- Value
- £15,000 exc. VAT · £18,000 inc. VAT
What 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).
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
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 own published record, next to the North West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings (CPV 9252) →
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 (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Science Museum Group
contract notices in 36 months: 29 in CPV 9252 · 34 in division 92 · 117 in all categories (1 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 8 lots. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2.5) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 6).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 8 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 18 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 4 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 116 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 29 notices.
North West England · Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings (CPV 9252)
contract notices delivered in North West England in 36 months: 16 in CPV 9252 (12 competed, 4 route not published) · 116 in division 92 (92 competed, 17 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 4 lots. 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 4 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 3 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 4 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 4 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9252), last 36 months: 3 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Already supplying a similar contract to Science Museum Group i
Who holds similar work with this buyer now.
Winners of this buyer’s earlier contracts that match this tender by title, lot, buyer and category.
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Who holds similar work with this buyer now.
Winners of this buyer’s earlier contracts that match this tender by title, lot, buyer and category.
| Supplier | Earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hüttinger Interactive ExhibitionsPrior contract | Wonderlab Interactive Exhibit Makers (Group 1), The Science and Industry Museum | Manchester Machine | £180k | 85% match |
Earlier contracts of this authority that the nightly matcher links to this notice by title, lot, buyer and CPV. Open the contract before treating anyone as the incumbent.
By lot · 5 lots i
Likely bidders for each lot.
For each lot: the previous winner, suppliers with history on this lot, and suppliers strong in this category.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Likely bidders for each lot.
For each lot: the previous winner, suppliers with history on this lot, and suppliers strong in this category.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Lot | Awarded / admitted | Likely suppliers |
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Circuits£80,000 · CPV 92521100 · expect ≈ £80k (at estimate, Science Museum Group) From winners of the previous framework cycle (not a lot assignment on this notice). | — |
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Forces Wheel£30,000 · CPV 92521100 · expect ≈ £30k (at estimate, Science Museum Group) From winners of the previous framework cycle (not a lot assignment on this notice). | — |
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Tessilation£10,000 · CPV 92521100 · expect ≈ £10k (at estimate, Science Museum Group) From winners of the previous framework cycle (not a lot assignment on this notice). | — |
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Binary Patterns£20,000 · CPV 92521100 · expect ≈ £20k (at estimate, Science Museum Group) From winners of the previous framework cycle (not a lot assignment on this notice). | — |
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Guess Time£15,000 · CPV 92521100 · expect ≈ £15k (at estimate, Science Museum Group) From winners of the previous framework cycle (not a lot assignment on this notice). | — |
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Ranked by CPV market fit, scale and buyer history — historical public-sector wins, not the published bidder list or a predicted field. Lots with the same shortlist are grouped.
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.H.A. DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED SME | 1 class wins · 1 lots for this buyer | 4 months ago | no comparable pairs | 57% |
| All Around Design SME | 1 class wins · 1 lots for this buyer | 2 months ago | 10% above n=1 | 57% |
| Dot Crew Digital Ltd SME | 1 class wins | 3 months ago | no comparable pairs | 55% |
| SETWORKS LIMITED SME | 2 class wins | 4 months ago | no comparable pairs | 55% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 9252 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- 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). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “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.
What this replaces i
The earlier contract this tender most likely replaces.
Matched on title, category and buyer. The match percentage says how close the titles are.
76% title match.
A likely match, not a published link.
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The earlier contract this tender most likely replaces.
Matched on title, category and buyer. The match percentage says how close the titles are.
76% title match.
A likely match, not a published link.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (76% title match) — the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Wonderlab Interactive Exhibit Makers (Group 1), The Science and Industry Museum — held by Hüttinger Interactive Exhibitions and Hüttinger Interactive Exhibitions (+1 more); the published contract ends 30 Aug 2028.
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Sept 2026, 16:52 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 16:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
SIM4117M/2- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0779ecFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published2 days ago24 Sept 2026, 16:52 BST
- Clarification questions byin 19 days15 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 27 days23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected byin 48 days13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 64 days30 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published24 Sept 2026, 16:52 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender