Published date: 2 April 2024

Last edited date: 22 April 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: 26 April 2024, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Catering services - 55520000

Location of contract

SW7 2DD

Value of contract

£0 to £3,600,000

Procurement reference

IT-492-1369-SCM3284E

Published date

2 April 2024

Closing date

26 April 2024

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

As the world's leading group of science museums, we share our unparalleled collection spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine with over 5 million visitors each year.

Part of the Science Museum Group (SMG), which comprises of the Railway Museum in York, Science and Media Museum in Bradford, Locomotion in Shildon and Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, as well as our National Collections Centre in Wroughton, the multi award-winning Science Museum in London has been available for corporate and private clients to hire for events since 1992. We host approximately 200 events every year, ranging from daytime conferencing to fashion shows, product launches, awards ceremonies etc... many events attract VIPs, industry leaders, and Royalty... last financial year, the income generated by our accredited caterers from events at the Science Museum was £1.2m.

We are currently tendering for contractors for our accredited suppliers list for catering. The accredited caterers list will include between 8 and 12 companies. We are looking to appoint companies to provide a well-balanced list for our clients in terms of service style, price point and offering a unique selling point that will enhance customers' experience at the Science Museum.

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

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