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SIM Shop Upgrade Works

ConstructionCPV 45213112

Value£27k

Deadline25 Sept 2026

Published1 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 1 Sept 202623 days leftCloses 25 Sept 2026

Who to contact

Orla Gardner

procurement@sciencemuseum.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

Your quotation should be submitted via the In-Tend portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sciencemuseumgroup/aspx/Home by 17:00 25th September 2026. Your quotation will be rejected if it is received after this date.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£27ktotal contract value

median £158k

this tender£0£6.5m

This sits below the typical range for Construction contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 64,002 valued Construction tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

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The brief

This project wishes to appoint a contractor to the following scope of works.

The project is aimed to improve the following area within shop. • Strip out existing wall units. • Skim, prime, and repaint all walls. • Install new wall unit layout. • Manufacture & Install in shelving block.

Page 14 on presentation. • Manufacture & install new book area.

Page 20 on presentation. • Removal of old till point and manufacture & build of new till point

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£3.4k–£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates

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

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Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
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