Quick answer — National Museums Liverpool, (legal name: National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside)Last refreshed 14 Jun 2026

At a glance

National Museums Liverpool, (legal name: National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside) has awarded £4.0m across 2 suppliers, with 2 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 56% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 50% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration56%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share50%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

National Museums Liverpool, (legal name: National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside) is a contracting authority, based in UKD72. Tracks 6 published notices and 2 awards on PublicSupply.

6
Notices published
2
Awards
2
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
National Museums Liverpool, (legal name: National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside) — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

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

services6 · £4.0m

Instrument type

contract6 · £4.0m
Source:Find a Tender: 6

Awarded contracts · 2 live

All contracts with a published award notice where National Museums Liverpool, (legal name: National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Tender for the Appointment of the Architectural Design Team for the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum Transformation ProjectAdjaye Associates Limited 71200000£1.8mest.active
Tender for the Appointment of the Exhibition Design Team for the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum Transformation ProjectRalph Appelbaum Associates 92521100£2.2mest.active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
RA
£2.2mest.
56% of total
2
AA
£1.8mest.
44% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Recreational, cultural, sport
1 contract
£2.2m
56%
Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£1.8m
44%

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
Recreational, cultural, sport
Architecture, engineering
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, (legal name: National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside) 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.

50%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
2
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
UKD72
Contact
Tina Yu
Email
Procurement.Services@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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