Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has published 33 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 7 CPV divisions, most often business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.

Across 22 awarded contracts the median value is £660k.

Its published awards total £26.5m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 33 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 9 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.9 tenders a month, measured over 38 months of history.
Half of their 22 awarded contracts are worth £660k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, recreational, cultural and sporting services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support.
Their most frequent suppliers are Williams Commerce (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
RBGKEW1164 Wakehurst Summer Festival 2024 Meadows	Heinrich & Palmer	6 July 2023	£500k
RBGKEW1191 Event Lighting, Production & Broadcasting Service...	O W Productions t/a Ofilms	26 June 2023	£2.4m
RBGKEW1135 Exhibition and Visitor Experience Design Services...	DesignMap London Ltd.	21 June 2023	£150k
RBGKEW1137 Signage Manufacture Framework	Wood & Wood International Signs Ltd	21 June 2023	£600k
RBGKEW1121 Extended Magento Implementation, hosting and supp...	Williams Commerce	5 May 2023	£1.2m
RBGKEW1179 Art Installers and Transportation for Visitor Pro...	Mtec Warehousing Ltd	5 May 2023	£800k