CONCESSIONS CONTRACT: SCM Events Accredited Supplier Tender - Catering - AWARD
Details
- Buyer
- Science Museum Group
- Supplier(s)
11 suppliers
- Blue Strawberry Group
- By Word of Mouth
- Caper and Berry
- Compass Contract Services (UK) Limited trading as Chartwells
- Dish Catering Limited
- Give us this day t/a Lettice events
- Jimmy Garcia Catering Limited
- KERB Events Ltd
- Moving Venue Caterers
- Social Pantry Ltd
- The Clink Events
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Catering services
- Published
- 6 May 2025
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
As the world's leading group of science museums, we share our unparalleled collection spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine with over 5 million visitors each year. Part of the Science Museum Group (SMG), which comprises of the Railway Museum in York, Science and Media Museum in Bradford, Locomotion in Shildon and Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, as well as our National Collections Centre in Wroughton, the multi award-winning Science Museum in London has been available for corporate and private clients to hire for events since 1992. We host approximately 200 events every year, ranging from daytime conferencing to fashion shows, product launches, awards ceremonies etc... many events attract VIPs, industry leaders, and Royalty... last financial year, the income generated by our accredited caterers from events at the Science Museum was £1.2m. We are currently tendering for contractors for our accredited suppliers list for catering. The accredited caterers list will include between 8 and 12 companies. We are looking to appoint companies to provide a well-balanced list for our clients in terms of service style, price point and offering a unique selling point that will enhance customers' experience at the Science Museum.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date1 April 2025
- Completed: Award published6 May 2025Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 2 years
About the buyer
Science Museum Group is an agency and non-departmental public body that runs six national museums, including the Science Museum in London and the National Railway Museum in York. Tenders are published through the Group's own procurement portal, hosted on In-Tend. Larger opportunities also appear on Find a Tender, with smaller contracts advertised on Contracts Finder. A Sustainable Procurement Policy scores tenderers on environmental, ethical and social value criteria. The Board of Trustees oversees how the Group is run. Venue hire, touring exhibitions and consultancy work add further income for the Group.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of Science Museum Group's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, recreation, culture and sport and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 55520000 · Catering services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@science-museum-group.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@science-museum-group.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@science-museum-group.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@science-museum-group.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@science-museum-group.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@science-museum-group.gov |
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