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IWM London Masterplan Refresh

  • Imperial War Museum

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Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-043027

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05660e (view related notices)

Published 25 July 2025, 10:18am



Scope

Description

Refresh of the IWM London Masterplan, to include strategic definition and feasibility, key assessments and modelling.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £384,000 excluding VAT
  • £460,800 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

29 August 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 September 2025 to 31 July 2026
  • 11 months

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 71200000 - Architectural and related services

Contract locations

  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

Single supplier - technical reasons

Foster + Partners delivered the IWM London Masterplan in 2010, with an update in 2016, the principles of which have guided all subsequent work on the building in Lambeth. We now require a refresh of the Masterplan in order to complete the remaining ambitions and deliver a cohesive visitor experience throughout the whole building.

The Foster + Partners leadership team remains the same as the original Masterplan, and therefore have acquired a deep understanding of IWM as an organisation, IWM Lambeth as a building, the surrounding park and our key stakeholders (various visitor groups, Southwark Council, local residents and park users, Historic England etc.). It's vital for the cohesiveness of the visitor offer that we continue to build on the principles of the Masterplan, and another architectural firm would not be suitable due to their lack of previous knowledge and understanding of the Masterplan, plus the time and cost it would take to attempt to acquaint them with the building and our aims as an organisation.


Supplier

FOSTER + PARTNERS LIMITED

  • Companies House: 01644989
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLWD-8792-XXTQ

Riverside Three, 22 Hester Road

London

SW11 4AN

United Kingdom

Region: UKI34 - Wandsworth

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

Imperial War Museum

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHRL-5691-LLXM

Lambeth Road

London

SE1 6HZ

United Kingdom

Region: UKI44 - Lewisham and Southwark

Organisation type: Public authority - central government