Buyer profile · Local or regional public body
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Tenders published
- 5
- About one every 73 days
- Contracts awarded
- 39
- To 38 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £3.44m
- 34 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £52k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 5 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £20mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £25mestimated
- £600kestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 4 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)12%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)17%
- Direct award (no competition)68%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 12%
- Lower than 88% of other public bodies
- Based on 60 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 68%
- Higher than 66% of other public bodies
- Based on 40 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 72% of other public bodies
- Based on 5 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 68%
- Higher than 86% of other public bodies
- Based on 60 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most other public bodies
- Based on 5 tenders
Compared with other other public bodies
This buyer: 12%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 36 |
| 10–20% | 34 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 18 |
| 50–60% | 23 |
| 60–70% | 28 |
| 70–80% | 17 |
| 80–90% | 29 |
| 90–100% | 96 |
This buyer: 68%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 6 |
| 10–20% | 14 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 27 |
| 40–50% | 44 |
| 50–60% | 49 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 39 |
| 80–90% | 29 |
| 90–100% | 25 |
Each column is a group of other public bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGKEW1499 IT Training | QA Ltd. | £20k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| RBGKEW1571Membership Growth Consultancy | The Foundation Customer Consultancy Ltd | £30k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| RBGKEW1490 Maintenance and repair of LNI Swiss Gas nitrogen generators | UVISON Technologies | £9,676 | 4 Dec 2026 |
| Bespoke printed labels & equipment for the spirit, DNA & tissue collections | Computer Imprintable Label Systems Limited | £28k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| RBGKEW1117 Media Buying Agency Framework Wakehurst | Ground Up Media LTD | £100k | 31 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGKEW1571Membership Growth Consultancy | The Foundation Customer Consultancy Ltd | £30k | 7 Oct 2026 |
| RBGKEW1530 - Catering Services Wakehurst | Company of Cooks (CH&Co) | £4.83m | 25 Aug 2026 |
| RBGKEW1455 - Catering Services - Kew Gardens | Searcy Tansley & Company Ltd | £26.8m | 25 Aug 2026 |
| RBGKEW1544 Media Monitoring and Media Database Service | Roxhill Media Limited | — | 6 May 2026 |
| RBGKEW1471 - Face to Face Membership Sales | Complete Works Staffing & Training Ltd | £280k | 31 Mar 2026 |
| RBGKEW1539 Radios Maintenance & Support | Radiocoms Systems Limited | — | 30 Mar 2026 |
| RBGKEW1538-CCTV Software Upgrade | Impulse Engineering Limited | — | 27 Mar 2026 |
| RBGKEW1536 - Millennium Seed Bank Digital Assistant Pilot | Motion Realm Studios Ltd | — | 26 Mar 2026 |
| RBGKEW1533 - Brand Advice Services | Radda Brand Limited | — | 24 Mar 2026 |
| RBGKEW1332b - Interpretation Services - Palm House Development Stage | Skellon Superfold Limited T/A Skellon Studio | — | 23 Mar 2026 |