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title: "Museum of Land Speed Pendine - Interactive Permanent Exhibition"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05496f"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2025-06-16"
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# Museum of Land Speed Pendine - Interactive Permanent Exhibition

Buyer: CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05496f

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## Summary

The Carmarthenshire County Council is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process for the "Museum of Land Speed Pendine - Interactive Permanent Exhibition." Located in Carmarthen, UK, the council seeks to engage the market with preliminary proposals focused on a new exhibition about Pendine. This project falls under the recreational, cultural, and sporting services sector and involves exhibition design consultancy and specialty design services. The engagement process, scheduled until 30th September 2025, includes early market engagement meetings via Teams on various dates in July 2025. The council plans to enhance the visitor experience and improve technical aspects of a 54m² exhibition, contributing to the council's broader objectives in line with the Welsh devolved regulations.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in museum-grade fabrication, accessible exhibition design, and interpretive graphic design. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in creating interactive exhibits and exhibition consultancy are well-positioned to participate. The council encourages interested parties to engage by providing feedback and attending scheduled meetings. This process, identified as a light-touch regime procurement, opens doors for suppliers to influence and shape the exhibition's final direction, potentially leading to substantial business growth. The formal tender's details will be announced in a forthcoming Invitation to Tender, providing a structured chance for companies to compete and secure a role in delivering these innovative exhibition components.

## Notice

Carmarthenshire County Council wishes to carry out early market engagement on proposals for a new permanent medium-to-high specification exhibition about Pendine at the Museum of Land Speed. This process will improve the quality of the technical elements of the brief and indicate a realistic value for the award. The exhibition aims to explore Pendine's fascinating history and natural environment. It will feature collections and archive material showcasing the area's unique geology, Ice Age Neanderthal activity, SSSI dunes habitat, and the extensive beach known for its significant events and visitors. It is proposed that visitors can also access through AV terminals social histories of curated digitised material from the collection and community. The gallery, measuring 54m2, will include museum-grade showcases with lighting, interactive terminals, set works, AV, and seating for visitors. Additionally, the project will make modest accessibility adaptations to some existing land speed themed exhibition interactives. A new wind-assisted cycling exhibit, inspired by Guy Martin's land speed record, will also be designed and manufactured. Lastly, we are seeking proposals for enhancing the visitor arrival experience, from additional wayfinding and external signage to visual communication within the museum visitor reception and retail area, to help convert passers-by into customers. Participation in this engagement is for information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Council to any procurement or award. All interested parties are encouraged to register their interest, attend the engagement session, and provide written feedback by the specified deadline. Details of the formal tender, including selection criteria and contract structure, will be confirmed in the Invitation to Tender, to be published following this engagement process.

### Planning Information

The purpose of this early market engagement exercise is to ensure a realistic value and timescale for the award to support the case for grant funding, and to improve the technical aspects of the brief. The key areas we are keen to seek feedback on are approaches to design and interactive elements, accessibility features and storytelling. The brief includes three components: 1) design and build of a new 54m² exhibition about Pendine to complement the existing land speed exhibition, 2) design and build/commission one new interactive and adapt existing interactives for accessibility on the theme of land speed, and 3) improve the visitor orientation and welcome experience on arrival. For the first component, we are seeking feedback on options for increasing access to collections and material held in store that span a variety of themes on Pendine. For the second component, we are seeking feedback on pragmatic accessibility options to new and existing interactives; these include a wind-assisted bicycle interactive and making accessibility adaptations, such as the addition of a video cave floor vibration pad for wheelchair users, provision of hand-held accessible information sheets, and options for visitors to control noisy AV displays. The project encompasses a range of specialist skills, and we would like to engage with suppliers across all aspects of accessible exhibition design, interpretive graphic design, and museum-grade fabrication. 
We would like to invite interested parties to email Morrigan Mason at mimason@carmarthenshire.gov.uk to arrange an online engagement meeting via Teams. Dates and Times Available: 
13:30 30th June 2025
14:30 30th June 2025
13:30 1st July 2025
14:30 1st July 2025
13:30 3rd July 2025
14:30 3rd July 2025
13:30 7th July 2025
14:30 7th July 2025
13:30 8th July 2025
14:30 8th July 2025

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032657-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Jun 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 May 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 29 Jun 2026 - 31 Jan 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £275,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | CARMARTHEN |
| Post town | Swansea |
| Postcode | SA31 1JP |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL4 Mid and South West Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL42 South West Wales |
| Local authority | Carmarthenshire |
| Electoral ward | Carmarthen Town North and South |
| Westminster constituency | Caerfyrddin |
| Delivery location | TLL14 South West Wales |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 79415200 - Design consultancy services
- 79930000 - Specialty design services
- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

## Release History

- 16 Jun 2025 at 14:14 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032657-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032657-2025
  16th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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