Awarded contract

CONCESSIONS CONTRACT: SCM Events Accredited Supplier Tender - Catering - AWARD

Details

Supplier(s)
Duration
3 years
Topic
Catering services
Published
6 May 2025

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

  1. Completed: Award date1 April 2025
  2. Completed: Award published6 May 2025
    Current notice
  3. 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

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