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Imperial War Museums

Marketing Design & Creative Services Framework at Imperial War Museums (IWM)

Business ServicesCPV 79822500
Value£817k
Deadline30 Sept 2026
Published28 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 28 Aug 202628 days leftCloses 30 Sept 2026
Who to contact
oclifford@iwm.org.uk
02074165000

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How to submit
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Contract value in context
£817ktotal contract value
median £75k
this tender£0£2.1m

This is a large award for Recreation, Culture & Sport — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 3,522 valued Recreation, Culture & Sport tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The marketing department at IWM seeks to establish a new Framework Agreement for the provision of marketing design and creative services, including creative ideation, graphic design, art working, video production, photography, illustration, and copywriting.

The Framework will consist of multiple Lots, as detailed below (with respective estimated value for each Lot over the four years of the Agreement): •Lot 1 – Advertising and Brand Campaign Ideation and Design (£520,000) •Lot 2 – Print Design and Art Working (£80,000) •Lot 3 – Digital Design and Art Working (£100,000) •Lot 4 – Copywriting (£40,000) •Lot 5 – Illustration (£40,000) •Lot 6 – Video Production (£150,000) •Lot 7 – Photography (£50,000) Each Lot is subject to a separate evaluation process and appointment onto one Lot does not guarantee an appointed to any other Lot.

Potential Providers will be selected based on IWM's confidence in their ability to deliver the required services which will be determined through an application of the assessment methodology and award criteria outlined within the tender documents.

Potential Providers may bid for one Lot, a combination of Lots or all Lots.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Advertising-photography-services./E6J865Y985 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/E6J865Y985

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What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
The marketing department at IWM seeks to establish a new Framework Agreement for the provision of marketing design and creative services, including creative ideation, graphic design, art working, video production, photography, illustration, and copywriting.

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What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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