Estimated Value
Up to £2,000,000
Deadline
Not specified
Published
30 October 2026
Type
Not specified
At a glance
- Estimated value
- £2,000,000
- Published
- 30 October 2026
- Location
- London
- Likely incumbent
- Building Design Partnership Limited, current contract ends March 2032
- Published on
- Find a Tender
Overview
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.
Additional details
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
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Recent awards by Natural History Museum
- CCE Project Consultancy Services
Awarded to Udavey Ltd, £158,000 · September 2026
- NHM150 Western Galleries - Base Build Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health
Awarded to Building Design Partnership Limited, £719,569 · September 2026
- Art Programme Principal Contractor
Awarded to Bild Studios Ltd, £273,798 · September 2026
- Art Programme Principal Contractor
Awarded to Bild Studios Ltd, £260,000 · September 2026
- GB-London: NHM Unlocked Object Tracking System
Awarded to Axiell ALM Limited, £180,800 · September 2026
Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
Building Design Partnership Limited
2 contracts wonlatest 18 Sept 2026ends 31 Mar 2032£1m
total awarded
- 2
Element Biosciences Netherlands B.V.
2 contracts wonlatest 16 May 2025ends 31 Jul 2028£315,088
total awarded
- 3
Agilent Technologies LDA UK Limited
£55,017
total awarded
- 4
Learning Pool Ltd
£142,634
total awarded
- 5
UDAVEY LTD
£158,000
total awarded
Building Design Partnership 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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Natural History MuseumKey Dates
Published
30 October 2026
Submission deadline
Not specified
Notice type
planning
Source
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