Published date: 21 February 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 21 March 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Museum-exhibition services - 92521100

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

MT208310

Published date

21 February 2018

Closing date

21 March 2018

Contract start date

2 July 2018

Contract end date

31 October 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The National Railway Museum is part of the Science Museum Group and this tenders is for the first phase of its transformation.We are the world's greatest railway museum. There is nowhere that can better tell the epic story of the way rail has transformed the world we live in.We have a challenge - to tell that story to 21st century audiences in a coherent and compelling way.To fulfil our mission, we are planning a major project:To completely re-display our Great Hall - the 8300m2 centrepiece of the museum and one of the UK's grandest exhibition spacesTo create Wonderlab - a 2300m2 hands-on gallery and learning space inspiring future engineersTo refresh and re-present our open collections storeOur aim is to complete these works in 2021 as the first phase of a wider Masterplan for NRM

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About the buyer

Address

Science Museum, Exhibition Road
London
SW7 2DD
England

Telephone

+44 2079424000

Email

anthony.latham@sciencemuseum.ac.uk

Website

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk