Unawarded contract
This contract will not be signed.
Date of decision not to sign contract
5 December 2025
Reason for not signing contract
National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) has decided to withdraw the tender for the Appointment of Creative/Advertising Agency for Creative Campaign for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (2025 Issue).
The decision was reached following the evaluation of the fourteen bids received, as none achieved the minimum quality threshold of 60% set out in Section 5.2.2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT): Tenderers who score below 60% of the total available weighted quality score of the initial scoring for this opportunity will not be shortlisted to be selected for this tender or post-submission interviews.
It should also be noted that the NMRN applied the 60% threshold to Criteria 1-4, as Criteria 5 was reserved for those
shortlisted for post-submission interviews to complete the full evaluation. Therefore, the decision was based on criteria available at the time of the evaluation.
the initial evaluation.
Contracting authority
National Museum of the Royal Navy
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZYJ-5834-NBRM
Main Road (PP66), HM Naval Base Portsmouth
Portsmouth
PO1 3NH
United Kingdom
Contact name: Dave Hartley
Email: procurement@nmrn.org.uk
Region: UKJ31 - Portsmouth
Organisation type: Public authority - central government