Published date: 26 August 2024

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: 27 September 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Other services - 98390000

Location of contract

SW7 2DD

Value of contract

£0 to £65,000

Procurement reference

IT-492-1412-SCM3478M

Published date

26 August 2024

Closing date

27 September 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

30 September 2024

Contract end date

17 January 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Science Museum Group (SMG) is a group of five museums:
o Science Museum, London
o Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
o National Railway Museum, York
o Locomotion: National Railway Museum, Shildon
o National Science and Media Museum, Bradford
The group comprises of two legal entities:
o The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum (the Museum), a non-departmental public body operating at arm's length from its sponsor, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), and an exempt charity under Schedule 3 of the Charities Act 2011, with DCMS acting as its principal regulator.
o SCMG Enterprises Limited, a wholly-owned trading subsidiary.
The five museums are a key national resource. With an unparalleled collection in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine, SMG is uniquely placed to draw people of all ages to engage with science in an inspirational and informal way. It is the most significant group of science museums in the world, with over 7 million items in the collection, and received nearly 6 million visits a year.
The Group has ambitious strategic plans for the coming years, as outlined in Inspiring Futures: Strategic Priorities 2017-2030 (available on the SMG website), despite the challenging economic environment and continuing uncertainty over Government funding. These plans include significant investment in the physical and digital estates, continuing exhibition and gallery development, and investment in new methods of income generation.
SCMG Enterprises Limited
As is common in the charity sector, taxable trading activities are carried out by a trading subsidiary. In Enterprises, these activities include:
o general retailing (through both on site and online channels)
o the operation of cinemas and interactive simulators,
o catering,
o corporate hire,
o brand licensing, image sales, and publishing, and
o sponsorship of commercial exhibitions.
These activities take place across the group's five museums.
An operating agreement exists between the Museum and Enterprises under which facilities and services are provided to one another, with the terms and conditions of these provisions recorded and the costs recharged. This covers, but is not limited to:
o charges for the use of fixed assets, which are mainly owned by the Museum
o charges for Corporate Services - Estates, Finance, ICT, HR - provided by the Museum to Enterprises
o charges for the raising of sponsorship by the Museum's Development team
o recharges of staff costs for those staff employed by Enterprises but working on Museum activities and vice versa.
Enterprises has traditionally distributed all taxable profits to the Museum under the Gift Aid scheme. An annually renewed deed of covenant covers this distribution.

More information

Links

Additional text

You can view our tender documents and apply for the opportunity here: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sciencemuseumgroup/aspx/Home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Rahul Rajendran

Address

Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London
SW7 2DD
United Kingdom

Telephone

02079424171

Email

Rahul.Rajendran@ScienceMuseum.ac.uk

Website

https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk