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# Tender for the Appointment of the Exhibition Design Team for the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum Transformation Project

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-appointment-of-the-exhibition-design-team-for-the-international-slavery-mus-ocds-h6vhtk-031150). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Museums Liverpool: "Tender for the Appointment of the Exhibition Design Team for the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum Transformation Project". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Mar 2022, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Museums Liverpool](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-museums-liverpool-gov-pb178)
- **Published Value:** £2,200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 March 2022 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Library, archives, museums and other cultural services, Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings, Museum-exhibition services, Project and design preparation, estimation of costs, Project-design services other than for construction work (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKD72
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,192,372 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-appointment-of-the-exhibition-design-team-for-the-international-slavery-mus-ocds-h6vhtk-031150#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031150`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-appointment-of-the-exhibition-design-team-for-the-international-slavery-mus-ocds-h6vhtk-031150#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fnationalmuseumsliverpool)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-appointment-of-the-exhibition-design-team-for-the-international-slavery-mus-ocds-h6vhtk-031150#participate

## Description
National Museums Liverpool, whose legal name is National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (NMGM), is inviting tenders for a procurement to appoint an Exhibition Design Team which will consist of Lead Consultant and Principal Designer (the Exhibition Designer) and sub-consultant team.  The team is to work with National Museum Liverpool (NML) and our community partners in developing the transformation project for both the International Slavery Museum and the Maritime Museum (ISM and MM).  This will entail the creation of new galleries and learning spaces for both the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum in the Martin Luther King Jr Building and the Hartley Pavilion.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71242000, 79421200, 92000000, 92500000, 92520000, 92521100
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** This procurement is for the appointment of an Exhibition Design Team which will consist of Lead Consultant and Principal Designer (the Designer) and any required sub-consultant teams, to work with National Museum Liverpool (NML) and our community par...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Tender for the Appointment of an Exhibition Design Team to transform National Museums Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum & Maritime Museum (active)
  - Award id: `012314-2023-2022/Jan-04-ISM/MM-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Ralph Appelbaum Associates **
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-103141`
  - Value: £2,192,372 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Tender for the Appointment of an Exhibition Design Team to transform National Museums Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum & Maritime Museum (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,192,372
  - Signed Date: 26/04/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012314-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-04-28T13:16:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T07:27:12.909Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-031150