Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£1.2m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£380k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
British Museum — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£275k£550k£825k£1.1mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£517k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified25 · £78.3m
services7 · £4.4m
goods4 · £1.0m
works1 · £0

Instrument type

contract37 · £83.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 19Find a Tender: 18

Awarded contracts · 5 live

All contracts with a published award notice where British Museum is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
JG
£26.0m
2
CB
2 contracts · 14 May
£2.3m
3
AC
2 contracts · 14 May
£2.3m
4
GT
2 contracts · 14 May
£2.3m
5
SL
2 contracts · SME · 14 May
£2.3m
6
BD
£2.3m
7
HL
2 contracts · 14 May
£2.3m
8
SV
2 contracts · SME · 14 May
£2.3m
938
···
30 other suppliers
long tail · 8 SMEs
£22.1m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Architecture, engineering
38 contracts
£36.4m
54%
Construction works
15 contracts
£27.8m
41%
Other
7 contracts
£2.7m
4%
Software packages, IT
3 contracts
£375k
1%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 1 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

26%
SME supplier share
target 33%
16
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
38
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 26% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI31
Email
procurement@britishmuseum.org

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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