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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£39.0M

Total spend

57

Contract awards

51

Unique suppliers

£813K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Natural History Museum has awarded 57 contracts worth £39.0M to 51 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £813K, with the top five suppliers holding 77% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Natural History Museum

Top-five suppliers hold 77% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Total Support Services Ltd1£14.2M
CBRE Managed Services Limited1£12.0M
Haworth Tompkins1£1.5M
BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED2£1.2M
Element Biosciences Netherlands B.V.3£974K
Florea d.sign GmbH1£590K
Harbr Group Limited1£500K
The Planning Lab1£500K
Eight Point Eight Ltd1£450K
NISSEN RICHARDS STUDIO LIMITED1£449K
MUF ARCHITECTURE / ART LLP1£430K
KELLENBERGER-WHITE LIMITED1£420K
Carl Zeiss Ltd1£408K
Access UK Ltd1£400K
Scienion UK Ltd1£362K
Reliance High-Tech Ltd1£350K
Arteum Group Ltd1£348K
BDO LLP1£280K
STUDIO MUTT LIMITED1£270K
Bild Studios Ltd1£260K

Procurement categories

What Natural History Museum buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
18 awards£29.0M

Construction work

45
8 awards£3.5M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
8 awards£2.1M

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
7 awards£1.4M

Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

18
4 awards£274K

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
2 awards£463K

Software package and information systems

48
2 awards£681K

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
2 awards£558K

Printed matter and related products

22
1 award£91K

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
1 award£150K

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39
1 award£450K

Repair and maintenance services

50
1 award£350K

Financial and insurance services

66
1 award£0

Education and training services

80
1 award£143K

Recent contracts

Latest Natural History Museum contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

NHM Learning Management System 2026 - 2030

Learning Pool Ltd · 2026-10-19

£143K

CCE Project Consultancy Services

UDAVEY LTD · 2026-10-12

£158K

Raman Unit

Agilent Technologies LDA UK Limited · 2026-09-24

£55K

NHM150 Western Galleries – Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health

Building Design Partnership Limited · 2026-09-17

£720K

Art Programme Principal Contractor

Bild Studios Ltd · 2026-09-10

£260K

Wildlife Photographer of the Year Photographic Printing Services

Arteum Group Ltd · 2026-09-08

£348K

Public Address and Voice Alarm Design Consultant

Avitas Global Ltd trading as RH Consulting · 2026-09-08

£150K

GB-London: NHM Unlocked Object Tracking System

AXIELL ALM LIMITED · 2026-08-31

£181K

Lot 1 - Dinosaurs Gallery 2028

STUDIO MUTT LIMITED · 2026-08-25

£270K

Lot 2 - Old General Herbarium

KELLENBERGER-WHITE LIMITED · 2026-08-25

£420K

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Most of it is in construction works, architecture & engineering and software & IT systems.

2

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Inviting bids today

12

contracts ending in 12 months

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21

planned procurements

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

8

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Market analysis

Bidding into Natural History Museum — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

64%

Awards to SMEs

77%

Top-5 supplier share

0%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 64% of Natural History Museum’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Natural History Museum

How much does Natural History Museum spend on procurement?

Natural History Museum awarded 57 contracts totalling £39.0M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 51 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £813K.

Who are Natural History Museum's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Natural History Museum by total award value are Total Support Services Ltd, CBRE Managed Services Limited, Haworth Tompkins. The top five suppliers together hold 77% of contract value.

What does Natural History Museum buy from suppliers?

Natural History Museum's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, construction work, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection 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 2026-11-08

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

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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