Wildlife Photographer of the Year 61 - Principal Contractor

Authority: Natural History Museum (Central government)

WorksBelow threshold

Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Recreational, cultural and sporting services (92) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Planned pipeline value£290,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 10 May 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 3 moends 1 Oct 2025 · up to 1 Oct 2027 with extensions · starts 30 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Natural History Museum wishes to procure the services of a Principal Contractor for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 61 to carry out the following for this year's exhibition: derigging existing exhibition, installing new exhibition incl. maintaining current setworks and some new build elements, plus fabrication of graphic panels for Tring.

There will be an option to extend the contract for 1 + 1 year.

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CPV: Art gallery construction work · Construction work for art and cultural buildings · Construction work for buildings relating to exhibitions · Museum construction work · Museum-exhibition services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 mo

Contract period: 30 Jun 2025 – 1 Oct 2025 (3 mo) · up to 1 Oct 2027 with extensions

Extensions: Extension options published

45212300 Construction work for art and cultural buildings 45212310 Construction work for buildings relating to exhibitions 45212311 Art gallery construction work 45212313 Museum construction work 92521100 Museum-exhibition services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Works
Notice status: Past planning notice
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: 2 Apr 2025, 19:05 BST
Last source update: 2 Apr 2025, 19:05 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-012646
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Art gallery construction workConstruction work for art and cultural buildingsConstruction work for buildings relating to exhibitionsMuseum construction workMuseum-exhibition services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fc50 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

2 Apr 2025 → 30 Jun 2025 · 4 dates

Planning notice published
2 Apr 2025, 19:05 BST
Market engagement
10 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
The following list of suppliers will be contacted prior to the tender exercise being published and the follow information will be shared with the suppliers:
Suppliers:
The Moule Partnership Ltd
Exib Ltd
M.E.R Services Ltd
SetWorks Ltd
Qwerk Ltd
Realm Projects Ltd
•Tender for 3 years of the exhibition – scope for this year will include derigging existing exhibition, installing new exhibition incl. maintaining current setworks and some new build elements, plus fabrication of graphic panels for Tring
•Total contract value for 3 years is approximately £250k (ex VAT)
•Tender will request a fixed price for this year's scope based on RIBA stage 3 Scheme Design. NHM have a methodology to assess pricing in future years
•Date tender goes out: 12th May 2025
•Date tender returns are due: 9th June 2025
•Date exhibition opens: 17th October 2025
•Key project milestones e.g. RIBA stage 4, Contractor appointment and kick off, Construction drawings, Off-site fabrication, On-site derig/install
Tender notice expected
10 May 2025, 00:59 BST
Contract starts
30 Jun 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
2 Apr 2025, 19:05 BST
UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Natural History Museum

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJBJ-4723-MZPX Cromwell Road, London, London, SW7 5BDContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender2 Apr 2025, 19:05 BST