Published date: 11 November 2024

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


Closing: 31 July 2024, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services - 92310000

  • Library, archives, museums and other cultural services - 92500000

  • Museum services - 92521000

    • Museum-exhibition services - 92521100

Location of contract

SW7 2DD

Value of contract

£0 to £135,000

Procurement reference

IT-492-1394-SIM3427M - AWARD

Published date

11 November 2024

Closing date

31 July 2024

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

25 September 2024

Contract end date

30 September 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The museum is devoted to inspiring visitors through ideas that change the world, from the Industrial Revolution to today and beyond. The site houses four listed buildings; two of them Grade I Listed - the Station building, the original terminus of the world's first inter-city railway, and the 1830 Warehouse. We combine the distinctive appeal of the historic site with a vibrant contemporary science programme, making connections between the past and the present, between scientific theory and real-world applications.

Building on the overwhelming success of the previous exhibition Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You at the Science and Industry Museum, we are creating an exhibition based on the theme of sensory perception with the working title Operation Ouch! Senses.

For this exhibition, we are working in collaboration with the producers of the BAFTA award winning CBBC TV show Operation Ouch! and the BBC to bring to life the essence of the show in a physical format.

Operation Ouch! is presented by three doctors, Dr Chris van Tulleken, Dr Xand van Tulleken and Dr Ronx Ikharia who will feature throughout the exhibition.

We will be bringing the hilarity, sense of fun and the open and honest approach from the TV show to an exhibition filled with visually bold encounters, super-sized setworks, playful soundscape and engaging interactive exhibits.

Set in a series of dynamic zones, visitors will explore each of the major senses (and some hidden ones too) through integrated interactives, illusions and fascinating content. Visitors will journey through a giant wax-filled ear, encounter a larger-than-life brain, experience different zones dedicated to fascinating and stimulating the senses before being sneezed out of an enormous nose.

We are seeking a mechanical interactive exhibit making company to create seven interactive exhibits for the Operation Ouch! Senses exhibition. The exhibition is a multi-sensory experience, and the mechanical interactive exhibit maker will help deliver an imaginative, playful and dynamic setting for adults, families and school groups.

Award information

Awarded date

25 September 2024

Contract start date

25 September 2024

Contract end date

30 September 2025

Total value of contract

£74,305

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

FifeX [Scotland] Ltd

Address

Units 5-7 Mill Court, Mill Lane, Tayport, Fife, United Kingdom, DD69EL

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Catherine Mak

Address

Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London
SW7 2DD
United Kingdom

Telephone

01904 686 291

Email

Catherine.Mak@ScienceMuseum.ac.uk

Website

https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk