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OpenStage · planning

Victoria and Albert Museum

Pre-tender Market Engagement for Mannequin Development and Production for Museum Display

Furniture & FurnishingsCPV 92521100
Value£264,000
Deadline
Published11 Mar 2025
RegionNationwide

£264,000 — stated in the notice, including VAT

Who to contact
procurement@vam.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£264ktotal contract value
median £75k
this tender£0£2.1m

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The brief

The Victoria and Albert Museum is intending to procure approximately 170 mannequins for its new permanent Fashion Gallery.

This prominent FuturePlan project will include the design and manufacture of fashion mannequins of various shapes and sizes, and is likely to require a modular and bespoke approach to development and production.

Objects will include historical and contemporary garments with a global scope.

These will be displayed on a range of mannequin types including full figures and bust forms, with an option to consider head treatments and bespoke adaptations as required.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ebe0
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
008860-2025
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