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Natural History Museum

Supply of Storage Boxes

Forecast · PlanningNo open deadline

Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£2,000,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
Published
30 Oct 2026
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

The Natural History Museum is one of the world’s best-loved visitor attractions, as well as a leading science research centre and commercial event space. We use the unique collection of more than 80 million objects we look after and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today.

The Museum has been awarded a substantial government investment to create a new science and digitisation centre at Thames Valley Science Park (TVSP), which is owned by the University of Reading. This is a once in a century opportunity to shape the future of the Museum, protect and share our unique collection and further our science.

The new centre will include large collections stores alongside new specialist laboratories and non-technical workspaces. As part of this development, the Museum will be moving over a third of its 80 million specimens and Library and Archive collections from its four sites to the new site, plus undertaking substantial internal moves. The physical moves are currently scheduled to take place from 2028, with an extensive programme of preparation that has already commenced.

The Museum is seeking to procure containers for housing Museum collections. There will be a variety of types and sizes required including the following:

-lidded archival card boxes

-archival card trays

-lidded plastic boxes

-plastic pallets

-plastazote

-acid free tissue

03/ Classification

CPV codes

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

  • 30199500
  • 39221160
  • 92500000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 30 Oct 2026
    Planning notice

    Planning notice published 30 October 2026.

    Release 103155-2026

    View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)

05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

Natural History Museum published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £2,000,000.

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Reference
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Source
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Stage
planning · Planning
Last verified
Sat 31 Oct 2026, 06:09 GMT
Read at
Sat 31 Oct 2026, 08:20 GMT

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