Quick answer — National Museums LiverpoolLast refreshed 28 Nov 2025

At a glance

National Museums Liverpool has awarded £36.5m across 96 suppliers, with 26 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 22% · 7 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 51% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration22%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share51%
Pipeline · open now7
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

National Museums Liverpool is a contracting authority, based in UKD72. Tracks 155 published notices and 144 awards on PublicSupply.

155
Notices published
144
Awards
96
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£352k
12 m spend
£9.1m
Prior 12 m
-96%
YoY change
£64k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
National Museums Liverpool — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£4m£6m£9mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

7

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

works3 · £38.2m
Unspecified142 · £35.3m
services8 · £19.9m
goods2 · £250k

Instrument type

contract102 · £86.9m
call off53 · £6.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 139Find a Tender: 16

Awarded contracts · 26 live

All contracts with a published award notice where National Museums Liverpool is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Dr Martin Luther King Junior Building and Hartley Pavilion Transformation Refurbishment45000000£38.0mest.planning
Tender for the Provision of Janitorial & Cleaning SuppliesCHESPACK HYGIENE LTDactive
Mechanical Adaptation Works & Associated Works for Spirit StoreA C ELECTRICAL (NORTH) LIMITED£100kest.active
Waste & RecyclingVEOLIA UK LIMITED90500000£68k28 Nov 2025active
Waste & RecyclingBAGNALL & MORRIS (WASTE SERVICES) LTD90500000£68k28 Nov 2025active
Tender for Exhibition and Graphic Design ServicesSTUDIO MUTT LIMITED£33k25 Jul 2025active
Microsoft 365 and Dynamics LicenceTGC Computers Ltd48000000£52k01 Apr 2025active
MRB Extraction WorksGP FUME EXTRACTION SERVICES LIMITED39714110£84k24 Jun 2025active
Security Needs AssessmentTripleJ Solutions Ltd71315200£100k01 Aug 2025active
ISM MM Conservation Architect for the Early Works (PBIF) and Enabling Works (MHCLG)Donald Insall Associates Ltd71221000£271k28 Mar 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
MS
2 contracts · 29 Sept17 May
£7.9m
22% of total
2
EW
1 contract · SME · 01 Aug
£7.8m
21% of total
▼ 100%
3
KC
2 contracts · 11 Feb05 May
£5.2m
14% of total
4
AA
1 contract · 28 Apr
£2.5m
7% of total
5
RA
1 contract · 27 Apr
£2.2m
6% of total
6
LW
1 contract · 26 Apr
£2.0m
5% of total
7
RA
2 contracts · 12 Jun
£1.6mest.
4% of total
8
PA
1 contract · 04 Jun
£900k
2% of total
▼ 100%
996
···
88 other suppliers
long tail · 47 SMEs
£6.3m
17% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
28 contracts
£55.2m
60%
Architecture, engineering
14 contracts
£22.7m
25%
Business, legal, advisory
15 contracts
£5.3m
6%
Security, emergency equipment
1 contract
£3.1m
3%
Recreational, cultural, sport
10 contracts
£2.4m
3%
Furniture, cleaning
17 contracts
£1.6m
2%
Other
6 contracts
£1.2m
1%
Software packages, IT
12 contracts
£616k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Architecture, engineering
0
Business, legal, advisory
Security, emergency equipment
Recreational, cultural, sport
Furniture, cleaning
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 Museums Liverpool 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.

51%
SME supplier share
target 33%
57
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
96
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD72
Contact
Matthew Arnold
Email
procurementservices@liverpoolmuseums.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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