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Public sector contracts from The British Museum
What The British Museum bought, who won it and when those contracts end, from published award notices.
- 0
- Awards, last 12 months
- 24
- Awards since 2021
- 22
- Distinct suppliers
- £4.5m
- Median contract value
- 0
- Ending in 18 months
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No contract awards published in the last 12 months; 24 since 2021 from 22 suppliers.
The British Museum at a glance
The British Museum has published no contract award notice since 13 Oct 2021. This page is the record of what it bought and the suppliers that won it.
Its most active procurement category is furniture and furnishings.
Lista UK Ltd appears most frequently, holding 6 awards.
The median published contract value is £4.5m (24 contracts state a value).
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Awards per quarter
Not enough history to chart.
Latest contract awards
| Contract | Supplier | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Museum Audio Guide Refresh | Tapme Media B.V. | £118k | 13 Oct 20215 years 1 month ago |
| British Museum Collection Storage Furniture Framework | 6 suppliers (framework) | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Professional Services Consultants Framework (Construction) | 15 suppliers (framework) | £45.0m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Drawers & Drawer Units | Rotadex Systems Ltd | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Shelves & Shelving Units | Rackline Limited | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Vertical Storage Solutions | Rotadex Systems Ltd | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Vertical Storage Solutions | Lista UK Ltd | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Vertical Storage Solutions | Bruynzeel Storage Systems Limited | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Vertical Storage Solutions | Rackline Limited | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Large & Heavy Objects & Pallet Racking Solutions | Whittan Industrial Limited | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Large & Heavy Objects & Pallet Racking Solutions | Lista UK Ltd | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Large & Heavy Objects & Pallet Racking Solutions | Rackline Limited | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Bespoke Solutions | Rotadex Systems Ltd | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Bespoke Solutions | Lista UK Ltd | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Drawers & Drawer Units | Lista UK Ltd | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Bespoke Solutions | Bruynzeel Storage Systems Limited | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Bespoke Solutions | Rackline Limited | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Drawers & Drawer Units | Bruynzeel Storage Systems Limited | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Drawers & Drawer Units | Rackline Limited | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
| Drawers & Drawer Units | Conservation By Design Limited | £4.5m | 14 May 20215 years 6 months ago |
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Most frequent suppliers
- Lista UK Ltd6 awards
- Rackline Limited6 awards
- Bruynzeel Storage Systems Limited5 awards
- Rotadex Systems Limited5 awards
- Whittan Industrial Limited3 awards
- Conservation By Design Limited2 awards
- AECOM Limited1 award
- Alan Baxter Limited Ltd1 award
- Arcadis (Consulting) (UK) LTD1 award
- Avanti Architects Limited1 award
Every supplier to The British Museum with a profile15
- AECOM Limited1
- Alan Baxter Limited Ltd1
- Arcadis (Consulting) (UK) LTD1
- Avanti Architects Limited1
- Bruynzeel Storage Systems Limited5
- Building Design Partnership (BDP) Ltd1
- Civic Engineers Limited1
- CURRIE and BROWN UK LIMITED1
- GARDINER and THEOBALD LLP1
- Hoare Lea LLP1
- Rackline Limited6
- Rotadex Systems Limited5
- Stace LLP1
- Steensen Varming LimitedSME1
- Turner - Townsend Project Management1
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes The British Museum classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 71000000Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services1
- 48000000Software package and information systems1
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The British Museum, in short
Who does The British Museum award contracts to?
Across 24 contracts recorded since 2021, The British Museum has used 22 different suppliers. The most frequent are Lista UK Ltd (6 contracts), Rackline Limited (6 contracts), Bruynzeel Storage Systems Limited (5 contracts).
What does The British Museum buy?
Its most active procurement categories are furniture and furnishings, architecture and engineering, construction works. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do The British Museum contracts come up for renewal?
No contracts awarded by The British Museum currently have a recorded end date within the next 18 months. Not every award notice publishes an end date, so this is a floor rather than a complete picture.
How much does The British Museum spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £4.5m, across the 24 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 9 November 2025 to 8 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- No award notice in the last 12 months: No award notice published since 9 November 2025 in the notices we hold.
- Most recent award: recorded 13 Oct 2021 (5 years 1 month ago).
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 8 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from The British Museum [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/the-british-museum (Accessed: 8 November 2026).
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