National Museums Scotland: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

National Museums Scotland has published 27 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 7 CPV divisions, most often recreational, cultural and sporting services.

Across 10 awarded contracts the median value is £188.1k.

Its published awards total £12.1m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from National Museums Scotland's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 35 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 8 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.4 tenders a month, measured over 61 months of history.
Half of their 10 awarded contracts are worth £188.1k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in recreational, cultural and sporting services, medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses).
Their most frequent suppliers are MEL Research Ltd (2), Effective Visual Marketing Ltd T/A EVM (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire Exhibition Fit-ou...	Effective Visual Marketing Ltd T/A EVM	16 April 2026	£144.6k
Implementation and ongoing support for a new website, conten...	Supercool Ltd	4 May 2023	£190.1k
National Museums Scotland - Visitor Research Agency	MEL Research Ltd	18 January 2023	£156k
National Museums Scotland - Visitor Research Agency	MEL Research Ltd	18 January 2023	£156k
National Museums Scotland - Beyond the Little Black Dress - ...	Momart Ltd	11 January 2023	£252.8k
National Museums Scotland X-Ray Unit	Aegleteq Ltd	28 March 2022	£153k

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
MEL Research Ltd	2	£312k
Effective Visual Marketing Ltd T/A EVM	2	£144.6k