Official UK procurement notice
SIM Architect and Lead Designer for Wonderlab and Power Up
Authority: Science Museum Group (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Science Museum Group ("SMG", the "Authority") is the world’s pre-eminent Museum devoted to the history of science, technology, industry and Medicine. The Authority intends to appoint a single successful supplier to provide Architect and Lead Designer services for Wonderlab and Power Up Project at the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester. *Please refer the tender document pack for further information**The specification will be uploaded w/c 24 Feb 2025
CPV: Architectural and related services · Architectural design services · Architectural services for buildings · Architectural, engineering and planning 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 (2)
- Understanding the brief, Creative response, Team coherence: 75%
- price: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Understanding the brief, Creative response, Team coherence: 75%
- Price: 25%
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 21 Feb 2025, 13:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Dec 2025, 12:34 GMT
- Authority reference
SIM3635M- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078884- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e677Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Mar 2025 → 2 Dec 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline23 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Contract starts27 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published322 days ago2 Dec 2025, 12:34 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Dec 2025, 12:34 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| THISS Studio SME | £216,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 078884-2025-SIM3635M-1 · THISS Studio SME
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2025
- Value
- £216,000
- Period
- … – 31 May 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27bids · 0 electronic | 26 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THISS Studio Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.