Quick answer — National Museum of the Royal NavyLast refreshed 17 Jun 2025

At a glance

National Museum of the Royal Navy has awarded £30.2m across 81 suppliers, with 68 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 33% · 31 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 55% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration33%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share55%
Pipeline · open now31
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

National Museum of the Royal Navy is a contracting authority, based in UKJ31. Tracks 226 published notices and 188 awards on PublicSupply.

226
Notices published
188
Awards
81
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£183k
12 m spend
£7.1m
Prior 12 m
-97%
YoY change
£99k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
National Museum of the Royal Navy — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£4mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

9

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

31

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified186 · £27.3m
services17 · £17.4m
works14 · £10.9m
goods9 · £1.7m

Instrument type

contract157 · £35.6m
call off69 · £21.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 174Find a Tender: 52

Awarded contracts · 68 live

All contracts with a published award notice where National Museum of the Royal Navy is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Metal Work Fabrication for Lift Support System for HMSV ProjectMTECH SOUTHERN SOLUTIONS LIMITED£27kpending
Design and Build Bow Door Lifting Replacement for Landing Craft Tank- LCT 7074MTECH SOUTHERN SOLUTIONS LIMITED£30kest.active
Purchase of IT Infrastructure HardwarePHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED£439kest.active
Purchase of IT Infrastructure HardwareEXPONENTIAL-E LIMITED£439kest.active
Purchase of IT Infrastructure HardwareEspira Limited£439kest.active
Purchase of IT Infrastructure HardwareBALLICOM LIMITED£439kest.active
Purchase of IT Infrastructure HardwareROCK I.T. SPECIALISTS LIMITED£439kest.active
Appointment of Guidebook Publisher 2025 (Second Issue)complete
Royal Navy Submarine Museum- Waterbus Jetty WorksUKI MECHANICAL LTD£100kest.active
Provision of IT Security Solutions (2025)GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP£235kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PM
£9.9m
33% of total
2
SI
1 contract · SME · 23 Apr
£3.7m
12% of total
▼ 100%
3
KU
1 contract · SME · 15 Oct
£1.2m
4% of total
▼ 100%
4
AI
1 contract · SME · 06 Mar
£1.2m
4% of total
▼ 100%
5
SM
2 contracts · 23 Feb22 Nov
£1.1m
4% of total
6
AL
1 contract · SME · 20 Oct
£825k
3% of total
7
SE
1 contract · SME · 14 Oct
£730k
2% of total
8
FH
1 contract · SME · 29 Apr
£700k
2% of total
981
···
73 other suppliers
long tail · 38 SMEs
£9.5m
31% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
22 contracts
£17.9m
41%
Construction materials
11 contracts
£10.4m
24%
Other
19 contracts
£7.4m
17%
Recreational, cultural, sport
22 contracts
£2.9m
7%
Construction works
27 contracts
£1.9m
4%
Office equipment, IT
5 contracts
£1.3m
3%
Printed matter
11 contracts
£969k
2%
Software packages, IT
8 contracts
£965k
2%

Activity heatmap

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

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Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Construction materials
Other
Recreational, cultural, sport
Construction works
Office equipment, IT
LessMore (£m awarded)

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 · 0 in 90 d

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

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

National Museum of the Royal Navy has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

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.

55%
SME supplier share
target 33%
50
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
81
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ31
Contact
Dave Hartley
Email
procurement@nmrn.org.uk

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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