Top suppliers
Top suppliers to National Museums Scotland
Top-five suppliers hold 88% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What National Museums Scotland buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
7179927545Recent contracts
Latest National Museums Scotland contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
National Museums Scotland - Provision of EPC and TM44 Reports
Bureau Veritas · 2026-09-14
National Museums Scotland - Collection Centre - B17 - Replacement of Vapour Detection System
Covol Engineering Ltd · 2026-08-21
£157K
Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire Exhibition Transport
Constantine Ltd · 2026-08-19
£88K
Occupational Health Service/Provider
Agile Occupational Health Ltd · 2026-08-04
£36K
Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire Exhibition Fit-out
Effective Visual Marketing Ltd T/A EVM · 2026-04-16
£145K
Scotland's First Warriors exhibition Build and Graphics
Lucidblack ltd · 2026-03-17
£50K
Internal Audit Services
Wbg Services LLP · 2025-01-23
£41K
Content production, coordination, design and print of National Museums Scotland’s Members’ magazine, Explorer. Content production, coordination and design of National Museums Scotland’s Annual Review
Connect Publications (Scotland) Ltd · 2024-02-01
£312K
National Museums Scotland Media Planning and Buying Agency
The Media Shop Scotland Ltd · 2024-01-08
£577K
Provision of Building Services Engineering Consultancy Services
Buro Happold Ltd · 2023-12-18
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Market analysis
Bidding into National Museums Scotland — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
52%
Awards to SMEs
88%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 52% of National Museums Scotland’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to National Museums Scotland
How much does National Museums Scotland spend on procurement?
National Museums Scotland awarded 13 contracts totalling £1.4M between 2023-09-26 and 2026-09-26, working with 12 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £145K.
Who are National Museums Scotland's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to National Museums Scotland by total award value are The Media Shop Scotland Ltd, Connect Publications (Scotland) Ltd, Covol Engineering Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 88% of contract value.
What does National Museums Scotland buy from suppliers?
National Museums Scotland's procurement is concentrated in architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, recreational, cultural and sporting services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-26
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
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- · Contracts Finder
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