OGH Beta Principal Contractor

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Estimated value

£140k

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Awarded value

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0

Lots

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Published

18 Mar 2026

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Description

The Old General Herbarium (OGH) Beta Project is a light touch refurbishment of a section of the OGH gallery to bring it back into public display for the first time since 1948. The project will install a temporary pop-up display opening in September 26. This is a light touch refurbishment of the front half of the gallery space allowing it to open up to visitors including the installation of the Pop-up exhibition offer lasting approximately 18-months. This offer is the first phase of a bigger project which is part of the NHM 150 programme. The Pop-up will act as a test bed for the planned permanent gallery which will involve full refurbishment and exhibition installation through the OGH gallery opening 2029 TBC. In order to access the tender documents for the OGH Beta Principal Contractor tender exercise, all tenderers must complete the NDA available in the SQ stage document library. The NDA must be signed by an appropriate representative of the tendering company and returned to the Museum for countersignature. Once the NDA has been completed by both parties, it will be sent to tenderers for record keeping. The tenderer will then be added to the Tenderbox stage, where the tender documents will be made available from the 30th April 2026.

Scope

Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-066d2b
Total value
£140,000 excluding VAT
£168,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
28 May 2026 to 31 Aug 2026
Main category
works
CPV classifications
45212300
45212310
45212313
92500000
92521000
Contract locations
London, United Kingdom