Published date: 10 October 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 11 September 2025, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Architectural and related services - 71200000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£28,286,352 to £47,477,472

Procurement reference

BIP982556207

Published date

10 October 2025

Closing date

11 September 2025

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

12 September 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2036

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

Please note this is a Contract Award Notice to announce the conclusion of the procurement it is not a new opportunity.

The British Museum is delighted to launch this international competition to choose a visionary, architect-led design team to work with the Museum to develop an extraordinary design for a significant part of its Bloomsbury site: The Western Range.

This is an important commission to re-envisage and transform key parts of the main, iconic site in Bloomsbury. This will be the Museum's biggest building project since the 1820s, when work commenced on the original quadrangle.

The ambition is significant: to restore the Western Range and, in so doing, reimagine a third of the existing gallery area, deliver improved collections storage and create new amenities to enhance the visitor experience, making the collection as accessible as possible to all the Museum's audiences.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

11 September 2025

Contract start date

12 September 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2036

Total value of contract

£28,286,352

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

Lina Gotmeh

Address

75 rue de la Fontaine au Roi
Paris
75011

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Ove Arup & Partners Limited

Address

8 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 4BJ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

About the buyer

Address

The British Museum
Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DG
UK

Telephone

+442073238000

Email

procurement@britishmuseum.org