--- title: "Science and Industry Museum Wonderlab Group 2 Interactives Makers 2" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0779ec" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0779ec" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0779ec.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0779ec.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "Science Museum Group" published: "2026-09-24" --- # Science and Industry Museum Wonderlab Group 2 Interactives Makers 2 Buyer: Science Museum Group Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0779ec [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0779ec) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0779ec.json) ## Summary The Science Museum Group is commissioning five interactive exhibits for Wonderlab at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester: Circuits, Forces Wheel, Tessilation, Binary Patterns and Guess Time. The exhibits are intended to bring moments of fun, surprise and discovery into the visitor journey and align with the gallery’s wider design. They should encourage playful exploration, social interaction between children and accompanying adults, and inclusive, multisensory participation. They should also feel welcoming and intuitive, with a Manchester character, and be usable without written instructions. The content should support inquiry-based science learning through experimentation, questioning, reflection, open-ended play and testing. This is museum exhibition work, covering the design and provision of interactive exhibits. The buyer invited offers through an open procedure. The enquiry deadline was 15 October 2026 at 17:00; bids were due by 23 October 2026 at 23:59. The planned award decision date was 13 November 2026. The contract period for each lot runs from 30 November 2026 to 29 November 2028. The estimated total is £155,000 excluding VAT (£186,000 including VAT), divided into five lots: Circuits £80,000, Forces Wheel £30,000, Tessilation £10,000, Binary Patterns £20,000 and Guess Time £15,000, all excluding VAT. Each lot is assessed on quality, weighted at 70%, and price, weighted at 30%. The opportunity suits exhibit makers and museum-interaction specialists able to develop and deliver hands-on science experiences for a public gallery. Suppliers need to translate scientific ideas into intuitive activities that prompt experimentation and discovery, while making the experience engaging for children and adults together. The design brief favours work that is playful, multisensory and accessible to a broad range of visitors, with no reliance on written instructions. Designs must fit with a wider gallery scheme overseen by a lead designer or architect, and offer a welcoming feel with a Manchester character. The five separate lots cover varied interactive concepts, and each is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses, so specialist suppliers can consider bidding for relevant individual exhibits. ## Notice This tender invites suppliers to bid for Wonderlab interactives. These interactive exhibits will provide moments of joy, fun, surprise and wonder throughout the visitor journey. They should be in keeping with wider, gallery designs which will be overseen by the Lead Designer / Architect. Interactives will embody the gallery's key principles: * playful - inspires and celebrates active exploration, curiosity, fun and experimentation. * social - appeals to both children and their accompanying adults, sparks intergenerational conversations and encourages sharing discoveries and ideas with others. * inclusive - is multi-sensory, values diversity, strives to be 'Open for All' and is accessible to as many people as possible. * inviting - welcoming, with a sprinkling of Manchester personality, intuitive to navigate and empowering independent exploration. Wonderlab interactive exhibits will be intuitive, easy to manipulate and importantly will not rely on written instructions to function. Exhibits will foster interaction in many different ways but will be based on the inquiry approach to science education, which allows for experimentation, questioning, reflection, open ended play and testing. ### Lot Information Circuits Interactive - Circuits Forces Wheel Interactive - Forces Wheel Tessilation Interactive - Tessilation Binary Patterns Interactive - Binary Patterns Guess Time Interactive - Guess Time ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090741-2026 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 24 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | 23 Oct 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Nov 2026 - 29 Nov 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £155,000 | | Lots value | £155,000 | | 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 | Science Museum Group | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | South West London | | Postcode | SW7 2DD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham | | Local authority | Kensington and Chelsea | | Electoral ward | Brompton & Hans Town | | Westminster constituency | Kensington and Bayswater | | Delivery location | TLD3 Greater Manchester | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services ### Codes - 92521000 - Museum services - 92521100 - Museum-exhibition services ## Release History - 24 Sep 2026 at 16:52 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090741-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090741-2026 24th September 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sciencemuseumgroup/aspx/Tenders/Current ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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