British Museum Western Range Competition to find an Architect-Led Design Team
Estimated value
£47.5m
Awarded value
£28.3m
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
10 Oct 2025
Description
Please note this is a Contract Award Notice to announce the conclusion of the procurement it is not a new opportunity. The British Museum is delighted to launch this international competition to choose a visionary, architect-led design team to work with the Museum to develop an extraordinary design for a significant part of its Bloomsbury site: The Western Range. This is an important commission to re-envisage and transform key parts of the main, iconic site in Bloomsbury. This will be the Museum's biggest building project since the 1820s, when work commenced on the original quadrangle. The ambition is significant: to restore the Western Range and, in so doing, reimagine a third of the existing gallery area, deliver improved collections storage and create new amenities to enhance the visitor experience, making the collection as accessible as possible to all the Museum's audiences.
Scope
- Reference
- BIP982556207
- Total value
- £47,477,472 excluding VAT
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 11 Sept 2025 to 30 Mar 2036
- CPV classifications
- 71200000
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Submission & procedure
- Submission deadline
- 10 Sept 2025, 11:00 pm
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£28.3m
Award date
10 Sept 2025
Contract start
11 Sept 2025
Contract end
30 Mar 2036