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National Museum of the Royal Navy

Appointment of Guidebook Publisher 2025 (Second Issue)

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£206,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
Mon 18 Aug 2025, 12:00 BSTClosed.
Published
23 Jul 2025
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

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The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) are seeking through this tender process to appoint a supplier to produce and print its range of souvenir guidebooks for a 5-year period commencing in September 2025.

This appointment will be contracted to the NMRN Trading Company, with the procurement undertaken by NMRN Operations. The contractor should be able to undertake both the design and printing elements. Examples of our key objectives include:

- To maximise commercial revenue through sales of the guidebooks at all physical NMRN sites and through the digital journey.

- The NMRN are progressing a new brand redevelopment that will launch in 2025, of which at the point of reprint, the guidebooks will need to embody, increasing and extending our brand awareness.

- To enhance the visitor experience whilst on site.

- To contribute to the NMRN's overall interpretation strategy, as articulated within its master narrative

All details of the guidebooks required to be published under this tender are included within the ITT itself. This includes setting out your pricing proposals.

The NMRN are not accepting physical examples of guidebooks, only PDF examples are to be sent alongside submissions on the tender deadline stated on this advert.

Clarifications are to be sent to tenders@nmrn.org.uk

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 22000000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 23 Jul 2025
    Tender notice

    Tender notice published 23 July 2025.

    Deadline in this release: Mon 18 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST.

    Release 042401-2025

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  2. 29 Jan 2026
    Notice

    Notice published 29 January 2026. The source does not state what changed.

    Release 008100-2026

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.

06/ Questions

About this notice

The notice gave a deadline of Monday 18 August 2025, 12:00 BST. It is no longer open for bids.

National Museum of the Royal Navy published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £206,000.

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08/ Related

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Last verified
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