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TWBC - Exhibitions design and fabrication services

Buyer: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council →

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BuyerTunbridge Wells Borough Council
StatusClosed
Deadline28 Apr 2026
Value£30,000
Published31 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is looking to procure exhibition design, fabrication and installation services for the temporary exhibition programme at The Amelia Scott cultural centre. Indicative Dates & Timeline for Procurement: Tender release: Tuesday 31st March 2026 Deadline for clarifications: 12:00pm Tuesday 21st April 2026 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm Tuesday 28th April 2026 Evaluation: w/c 27th April 2026 Appointment of contractor: w/c 4th May 2026 For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Tunbridge-Wells:-Museum-services./9K2Q36359T To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/9K2Q36359T

Delivery location

UKJ46, GB

Categories

Museum services 92521000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£30,000
Contract periodFrom 25 May 2026 to 24 May 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Cost (30%)
Quality (70%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Museum servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 92. The category anchor is Museum services (92521000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 928713 median · 21.6 average (171 of 871 with a bid count)3 average (195 of 871 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ460Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)120Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0679e4
Latest release ID029952-2026
Latest release timestampTue Mar 31 2026 15:24:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029952-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-04-28T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-04-21T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£30,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
31 Mar 2026tender029952-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
31 Mar 2026 · 029952-2026 · tender
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