Notice Information
Notice Title
Sunderland Museum and Winter Garden Redevelopment
Notice Description
Plans include moving the main entrance to the terrace adjacent Mowbray Park, better connecting the museum to the park. The ground floor will be completely transformed with a new central atrium space, new galleries and more family friendly activities and exhibitions. The redevelopment will also create a new learning and engagement zone to complement the Winter Gardens with imaginative educational and outreach programmes focusing on the museum's collections, the natural world, biodiversity and climate change
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051f58
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031007-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
-
- CPV Codes
45212300 - Construction work for art and cultural buildings
45212313 - Museum construction work
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £7,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £47,151 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Apr 20264 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 1 Apr 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 3 May 2026 - 31 Jul 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SUNDERLAND
- Postcode
- SR1 3AA
- Post Town
- Sunderland
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC44 Sunderland
- Delivery Location
- TLC23 Sunderland
-
- Local Authority
- Sunderland
- Electoral Ward
- Millfield
- Westminster Constituency
- Sunderland Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031007-2026
2nd April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002404-2026
12th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025349-2025
22nd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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