Natural History Museum: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Natural History Museum has published 107 tenders in United Kingdom.

2 are open for bids as of 7 August 2026.

Its buying spans 18 CPV divisions, most often construction work.

Across 40 awarded contracts the median value is £505.2k.

Its published awards total £93.1m.

Open Tenders

(2)

Natural History Museum

The Museum requires a specialist contractor to clean and reline the water tanks to mitigate against debris/ rust/ scale ...

United Kingdom

£180,000

23 days remaining

45212313

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Natural History Museum

NHM is seeking to identify and appoint a supplier to provide a Retail Merchandise Management solution, including impleme...

United Kingdom

£636,000

44 days remaining

30200000

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Measured from Natural History Museum's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 32 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 30 of their tenders.
They publish about 1.7 tenders a month, measured over 64 months of history.
Half of their 40 awarded contracts are worth £505.2k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in construction work, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses).

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Photographic Printing Serv...	Arteum Group Ltd	27 March 2026	£300k
Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services	Adecco UK Limited	10 May 2023	£5.6m
Time of Flight Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer ...	Nu Instruments Ltd	24 March 2023	£469.8k
Digital Microscopy Systems	JYFEL Corporation SARL	24 March 2023	£285.9k
High-Quality Collections Imaging Camera Systems	Teamwork Digital Limited	21 March 2023	£379.1k
Exhibition Designer Birds	Real Studios Limited	20 March 2023	£160.1k