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title: "Ocean Lab Principal Contractor"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f015"
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buyer: "National Maritime Museum"
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# Ocean Lab Principal Contractor

Buyer: National Maritime Museum  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f015

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## Summary

The National Maritime Museum is procuring principal contractor services for Ocean Lab, an adaptation of an existing gallery in London into a flexible exhibition and learning environment. The work is a museum exhibition fit-out, classified under CPV 92521100. The scope includes constructing new walls and exhibition structures, forming additional storage areas, installing an audio-visual control booth, and creating new display and interpretation spaces. It also covers associated flooring, finishes, services integration and exhibition-quality wall surfaces. The design is intended to support experiment and discovery, using a flexible, sustainable material palette that allows the gallery to be reused, adapted and reconfigured. Delivery is at the National Maritime Museum in London.

The procurement reached tender: the National Maritime Museum invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. It is a services procurement with one lot and a light-touch regime. The buyer set the tender deadline as 16 September 2026 at 5:00 pm, with electronic submission allowed. The contract period is 2 November 2026 to 2 April 2027. The estimated value is £100,000 excluding VAT and £120,000 including VAT. Evaluation is weighted 60% to the quality of the bid, covering technical considerations, and 40% to price, covering commercial considerations. The opportunity is for a principal contractor responsible for delivering the complete gallery adaptation and fit-out works described in the scope.

This opportunity suits an experienced principal contractor delivering museum, gallery or exhibition fit-outs, particularly a business able to coordinate construction, specialist exhibition structures, finishes, building services integration and audio-visual installation within one programme. Relevant suppliers will need the capacity to manage multiple work packages and interfaces, including new walls, display and interpretation spaces, storage, flooring and exhibition-quality surfaces. Experience of working in existing buildings and creating flexible environments will be valuable, as the gallery is being adapted rather than newly built and the design is intended to support future reuse, adaptation and reconfiguration. Contractors with strong technical delivery, quality control and commercial planning capabilities are well placed, since technical quality carries greater evaluation weight than price.

## Notice

Ocean Lab is a more substantial intervention involving the adaptation of the existing gallery to create a new flexible exhibition and learning environment. The design language is inspired by the aesthetic of a contemporary encouraging experiment and discovery. Using science lab a flexible and sustainable material palette, selected to enable reuse, adaptation life of the gallery. and reconfiguration throughout The works include the construction of new walls and exhibition structures, the formation of additional storage areas, the installation of an AV control booth, and the creation of new display and interpretation spaces. Associated flooring, finishes, services integration and exhibition quality wall surfaces are also included as part of the overall fit out. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Museum-exhibition-services./582ZUUGTDB To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/582ZUUGTDB

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082913-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 2 Nov 2026 - 2 Apr 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £100,000 |
| Lots value | £100,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | National Maritime Museum |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE10 9NF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East |
| ITL 3 | TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich |
| Local authority | Greenwich |
| Electoral ward | Greenwich Park |
| Westminster constituency | Greenwich and Woolwich |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 92521100 - Museum-exhibition services

## Release History

- 2 Sep 2026 at 09:37 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082913-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082913-2026
  2nd September 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/582ZUUGTDB
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Museum-exhibition-services./582ZUUGTDB
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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