Quick answer — Victoria and Albert MuseumLast refreshed 01 May 2026

At a glance

Victoria and Albert Museum has awarded £48.6m across 30 suppliers, with 89 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 53% · 43 open notices now · 3 awards in last 90 d (£29.1m) · SME share 46% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration53%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share46%
Pipeline · open now43
Awards · 90 d3

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Victoria and Albert Museum is a contracting authority, based in UKI33. Tracks 182 published notices and 123 awards on PublicSupply.

182
Notices published
123
Awards
30
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£30.1m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£450k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Victoria and Albert Museum — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£7m£15m£22m£29mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

6

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

43

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

3

£29.1m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services30 · £410.5m
works16 · £60.2m
Unspecified121 · £41.8m
goods15 · £32.4m

Instrument type

contract182 · £544.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 102Find a Tender: 80

Awarded contracts · 89 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Victoria and Albert Museum is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Fashion Gallery Refurbishment: Showcase ContractorMeyvaert NV£2.5m01 May 2026active
Sustainability Consultant Framework71313000£450kest.active
Sustainability Consultant Framework71313000£450kest.active
Security Services to the Museums Security Consortium79710000£85.8mest.active
V&A - Soft FMTOTAL SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED£25.3m20 Mar 2026pending
Life Safety ServicesHONEYWELL CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED£1.2m18 Mar 2026pending
Life Safety ServicesHONEYWELL CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED£1.2mpending
V&A Fashion Gallery Refurbishment: Showcase Contractorcomplete
V&A - Hard FM45261900£29.6mest.active
Environmental Monitoring System Framework38290000£20.0mest.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
TS
3 contracts · 06 Mar20 Mar
£25.6mest.
53% of total
New
2
ML
1 contract · 09 Jul
£4.5m
9% of total
3
MN
1 contract · SME · 01 May
£2.5m
5% of total
New
4
HC
£2.4m
5% of total
New
5
MI
2 contracts · SME · 01 Nov
£1.8mest.
4% of total
6
TT
£1.8mest.
4% of total
7
ML
3 contracts · 11 Dec
£696k
1% of total
New
8
FD
1 contract · 07 Mar
£600k
1% of total
930
···
22 other suppliers
long tail · 8 SMEs
£8.5m
18% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
14 contracts
£311.8m
60%
Other
44 contracts
£66.3m
13%
Construction works
21 contracts
£59.5m
11%
Architecture, engineering
49 contracts
£40.3m
8%
Laboratory, scientific
7 contracts
£30.0m
6%
Transport services
2 contracts
£5.0m
1%
Support transport services
2 contracts
£4.5m
1%
Radio, TV, communications
6 contracts
£693k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Other
0
1
0
27
3
Construction works
Architecture, engineering
Laboratory, scientific
Transport services
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 · 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.

46%
SME supplier share
target 33%
24
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
30
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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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
Alison Lynch
Email
procurement@vam.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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