Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- The Trustees of the British Museum · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Lina Gotmeh SME, Ove Arup & Partners Limited
- Value
- £28,286,352
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Architectural and related services (CPV 71200000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Sep 2025
- Published10 Oct 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
Please note this is a Contract Award Notice to announce the conclusion of the procurement it is not a new opportunity. The British Museum is delighted to launch this international competition to choose a visionary, architect-led design team to work with the Museum to develop an extraordinary design for a significant part of its Bloomsbury site: The Western Range. This is an important commission to re-envisage and transform key parts of the main, iconic site in Bloomsbury. This will be the Museum's biggest building project since the 1820s, when work commenced on the original quadrangle. The ambition is significant: to restore the Western Range and, in so doing, reimagine a third of the existing gallery area, deliver improved collections storage and create new amenities to enhance the visitor experience, making the collection as accessible as possible to all the Museum's audiences.
About the suppliers
Lina Gotmeh: every public contract they have won.
Ove Arup & Partners Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01312453).