Estimated Value
Up to £40,000
Deadline
20 November 2026
14 days remaining
Published
29 October 2026
Type
Not specified
At a glance
- Buyer
- Science Museum Group
- Estimated value
- £40,000
- Closing date
- 20 November 2026 (14 days left)
- Published
- 29 October 2026
- Location
- London
- Type
- open procedure
- Likely incumbent
- Maze Fire Consulting Limited, current contract ends September 2028
- Published on
- Find a Tender
Overview
The Science Museum Group wishes to appoint a Supplier to provide a survey of 13 heritage aviation airframes, assessing structural safety and other hazards. We require surveys of 13 historic aircraft currently stored at the Science and Innovation Park, Swindon. The aircraft are static exhibits only and are stored in two aircraft hangars.
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The Science Museum Group is looking for a supplier to carry out safety and hazard surveys of 13 historic aircraft stored as static exhibits at its Swindon site.
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
Maze Fire Consulting Limited
£1m
total awarded
- 2
OFR Consultants Limited
£1m
total awarded
- 3
FloQast Inc
2 contracts wonlatest 30 Oct 2025ends 31 Oct 2027£181,044
total awarded
- 4
Carlisle Security Services Limited
1 contract wonlatest 26 Oct 2026ends 31 Mar 2032£21m
total awarded
- 5
Amulet (Churchill Security Solutions) Limited
1 contract wonlatest 26 Oct 2026ends 31 Mar 2032£16m
total awarded
Maze Fire Consulting Limited is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Science Museum GroupKey Dates
Published
29 October 2026
Submission deadline
20 November 2026
Notice type
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