Notice Information
Notice Title
Strategic Evaluation of the Museum Futures Programme
Notice Description
MGS is looking to appoint a contractor to support the evaluation of its Museum Futures Programme (the "Programme"). This Programme, which launched in July 2025 and is due to complete in January 2027, is designed to provide essential support for Scotland's museums and galleries in direct response to the significant and ongoing financial and capacity challenges faced by the sector. The Programme features innovative and essential support which will be rolled out to the sector with the aim of transitioning the sector from its current fragile state to a more sustainable position. See more about the Programme at https://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/museum-futures/
Lot Information
Lot 1
FURTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE INVITATION TO TENDER - SEE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS SECTION MGS is looking to appoint a contractor to support the evaluation of its Museum Futures Programme (the "Programme"). This Programme, which launched in July 2025 and is due to complete in January 2027, is designed to provide essential support for Scotland's museums and galleries in direct response to the significant and ongoing financial and capacity challenges faced by the sector. The Programme features innovative and essential support which will be rolled out to the sector with the aim of transitioning the sector from its current fragile state to a more sustainable position. The evaluation will assess how successful the Programme has been in achieving the aims set out above. It will also assess how effective the Programme has been in reaching a diverse range of museums, and in developing and delivering a relevant offer that is effective in supporting museums organisations to become more sustainable and resilient. This independent evaluation will be a strategic programme- and portfolio-level evaluation. It will incorporate elements of both Process and Impact evaluation. The evaluation process will not only provide evidence of impact of this investment and examine how effective this model of investment is but will also identify barriers and opportunities, and crystallise valuable lessons learnt - all of which can fuel ongoing adaptive management, inform future programme design and help to leverage further support and funding.
Renewal: The contract may be extended beyond March 2027 (subject to quality assurance of processes and outputs) if further investment is secured for the programme or timescales extended.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000808334
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT541043
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
73210000 - Research consultancy services
79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £47,785 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MUSEUMS GALLERIES SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Laura McDonald
- Contact Email
- procurement@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1315504100
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH2 3DN
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=AUG537782&idx=1
27th August 2025 - Invitation to Tender - Strategic Evaluation of the Museum Futures Programme -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG537782
Strategic Evaluation of the Museum Futures Programme - MGS is looking to appoint a contractor to support the evaluation of its Museum Futures Programme (the "Programme"). This Programme, which launched in July 2025 and is due to complete in January 2027, is designed to provide essential support for Scotland's museums and galleries in direct response to the significant and ongoing financial and capacity challenges faced by the sector. The Programme features innovative and essential support which will be rolled out to the sector with the aim of transitioning the sector from its current fragile state to a more sustainable position. See more about the Programme at https://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/museum-futures/ -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT541043
Strategic Evaluation of the Museum Futures Programme - MGS is looking to appoint a contractor to support the evaluation of its Museum Futures Programme (the "Programme"). This Programme, which launched in July 2025 and is due to complete in January 2027, is designed to provide essential support for Scotland's museums and galleries in direct response to the significant and ongoing financial and capacity challenges faced by the sector. The Programme features innovative and essential support which will be rolled out to the sector with the aim of transitioning the sector from its current fragile state to a more sustainable position. See more about the Programme at https://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/museum-futures/
Notice URLs
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