Spend profile

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

£10.7m
12 m spend
£5.0m
Prior 12 m
+115%
YoY change
£75k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Science Museum Group — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£1.5m£2.9m£4.4m£5.9mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

9

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

10

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

7

£5.7m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services128 · £498.5m
Unspecified825 · £93.0m
works21 · £21.8m
goods26 · £5.0m

Instrument type

contract1000 · £618.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 754Find a Tender: 246

Awarded contracts · 46 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Science Museum Group 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
HS
£9.8mest.
2
JL
3 contracts · SME · 01 Apr22 Nov
£7.3mest.
3
NE
1 contract · 19 Dec
£6.1m
4
PA
2 contracts · 15 Oct27 Feb
£6.0m
5
CM
4 contracts · 27 Apr31 Mar
£5.4m
6
8L
2 contracts · 26 Feb25 Mar
£4.9m
7
CF
2 contracts · SME · 01 Apr
£3.8mest.
8
ML
2 contracts · SME · 01 Apr
£3.8mest.
9292
···
284 other suppliers
long tail · 42 SMEs
£82.4m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
77 contracts
£481.9m
76%
Transport services
27 contracts
£53.7m
8%
Construction works
65 contracts
£43.9m
7%
Other
64 contracts
£20.6m
3%
Architecture, engineering
68 contracts
£17.6m
3%
Recreational, cultural, sport
65 contracts
£10.0m
2%
Sewage, waste, environment
16 contracts
£5.6m
1%
Radio, TV, communications
17 contracts
£4.0m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Business, legal, advisory
Transport services
Construction works
Other
2
1
0
1
2
0
0
5
Architecture, engineering
0
0
Recreational, cultural, sport
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 · 8 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 8 notices 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.

14%
SME supplier share
target 33%
58
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
292
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 14% 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
UKI33
Contact
Catherine Mak
Email
catherine.mak@sciencemuseum.ac.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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