British Museum Western Range Competition to find an Architect-Led Design Team

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Estimated value

£47.5m

Awarded value

£28.3m

Awarded 10 Sept 2025

Suppliers

1

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

10 Oct 2025

Deadline 10 Sept 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