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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 23 hours ago Contract notice

Oil Painting Conservation

Open United Kingdom Culture, sport & recreation

Buyer NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM

13 days left

Key facts

Closes
10:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€41,440
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 15 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

14 days from publication to deadline

Shorter than usual

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 20 and 30 days, based on 2,307 notices of the last two years. Fewer days than three in four comparable notices. Check the documents early and ask questions before the clarification deadline.

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Description

On 6th April 2027 the NAM will open a temporary exhibition entitled Uniform: Identity and Innovation. The National Army Museum (NAM) wishes to appoint a conservation company or individual conservator ('the conservator') to undertake conservation work on the oil paintings that will be displayed in the exhibition. Specifically: - conservation of 12 oil paintings and 10 associated frames - production of frames for 5 oil paintings, including glazing with Truvue UV92 - glazing of 4 oil paintings with Truvue UV92 - transport of works from NAM Stevenage to 'conservator's' studio and from 'conservator's studio to NAM Chelsea

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €41,440.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Culture, sport & recreation.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    13 days left, 10 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €32,475 and €147,618.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 4 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 23 hours ago

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 32 awards for Culture, sport & recreation in United Kingdom.

This notice
€41,440
Median award
€88,453
Middle half of past awards
€32,475 to €147,618

The estimate sits inside the usual range.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

Full buyer profile

NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM

United Kingdom

notices in the register
4

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Culture, sport & recreation - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd 2 €3.9M Jun 2026
Support in Sport (UK) Ltd 2 €620,313 Sep 2026
G Evans Services Ltd 1 €790,040 Sep 2026
Bolinda Digital Ltd 1 €350,038 Mar 2026
icecream architecture ice cream 1 €247,901 Feb 2026

Based on 45 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

3 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 32% of the open notices in Culture, sport & recreation across Europe.

open now in Culture, sport & recreation
847
median open notice
€139,658

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Culture, sport & recreation

different companies won awards here
43
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
11%
buyers awarded contracts here
28

Based on 45 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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