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Published 14 Oct 2026, 14:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Temporary Exhibition Build - Uniform

Authority: NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM (Charity / VCSE)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£75,000£90,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 11 Nov 202616:00 GMT · 27d 12h left
Clarification cut-off 5 Nov 202615:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 moends 12 Feb 2027 · starts 16 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

On 6th April 2027 the NAM will open a temporary exhibition entitled Uniform: Identity and Innovation.

A contractor is sought to manufacture and construct the gallery structures as outlined in the design drawings provided with the tender, making good walls and decorating throughout.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 3 moSMEVCSEPublished value£75,000
Contract period: 16 Nov 2026 – 12 Feb 2027 (3 mo)Value: £75,000 exc. VAT · £90,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£150,000/yr≈ 2× annual value

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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 are scored

Lot awarding rule: Tenders will be assessed on the following criteria: Fee 40% Qualifications and Experience 40% Strength of tender and methodology 20% Full scoring methodology including in the tender documents.

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £150,000 (twice the annual value).

Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

Construction work (CPV 45) in Greater London, and who usually turns up

NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction work (CPV 45) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
The marketConstruction work (CPV 45) · Greater London
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 45 · Greater London, n=907
69%

Across this market, small firms won 69% of awards with a known supplier size.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in Greater London.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 45 · Greater London, n=1,341
36%

Across this market, 36% of winners were registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
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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.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 45 · Greater London, n=191
51 days

Half of these awards were announced within 51 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 45 · Greater London, n=1,339
30%

Across this market, at least 30% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

The market400 lots with bid counts · division 45 · Greater London
14% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid14%
Market: 55 of 400 lots with published bid counts.
2–328%
Market: 111 of 400 lots with published bid counts.
4–627%
Market: 108 of 400 lots with published bid counts.
7+32%
Market: 126 of 400 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

The market212 lots with estimate and award · division 45 · Greater London
39% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate39%
Market: 83 of 212 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%31%
Market: 66 of 212 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate30%
Market: 63 of 212 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #13 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£75k
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

4expected bids7% single-bid risk
forecast from 785 past contests
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid7%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 7%. This is a forecast.
2–331%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 31%. This is a forecast.
4–642%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 42%. This is a forecast.
7+20%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 20%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

Based on 139 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

£72k3% below estimate
139 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£66k–£77k
Half of likely prices fall between £65,965 and £77,146.
Estimate£75k
The buyer published an estimate of £75,000 for this lot.
A 12% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
13 wins in Greater London39 panel places
£98m123 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago11 live · £28m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=30
1 win in Greater London1 panel places
£7.5m23 awards in 36m · last 2 months agoNone on fileat estimate n=1
2 wins in Greater London
£577k6 awards in 36m · last 2 months agoNone on file6% above n=1
3 wins in Greater London
£796k4 awards in 36m · last 3 months agoNone on file10% above n=2
£1.3m7 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago1 live · £40k
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

no comparable pairs
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Open for tender
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
14 Oct 2026, 14:53 BST
Last source update
14 Oct 2026, 14:53 BST
Authority reference
K-17-2-2-2
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097097
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0787c2 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
11 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
5 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £75,000 excludes VAT (£90,000 including VAT).

Timeline

14 Oct 2026 → 16 Nov 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    14 Oct 2026, 14:53 BST
  2. Today
    15 Oct 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 21 days
    5 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    11 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 32 days
    16 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    14 Oct 2026, 14:53 BST
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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Awards (0)
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Contracts (0)
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Bid statistics
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: RC000359 · GB-PPON: PVHX-3953-ZJTZ Royal Hospital Road, London, London, SW3 4HTContact email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender