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Tring Grounds Project - Groundworks and Landscaping

Natural History Museum · Local or regional public body

In brief

Natural History Museum has announced plans to buy construction and grounds maintenance work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £180,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 months, starting 17 January 2027.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Usually high: a median of 9.5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 14 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The Tring Grounds Project delivers a comprehensive enhancement of the museum's external landscape, creating a more accessible, engaging and environmentally diverse visitor experience. The proposals include a reconfigured arrival and parking area, improved pedestrian circulation routes, new accessible pathways through the grounds and woodland, and strengthened connections between key visitor destinations. A geology trail forms a central interpretive element of the scheme, incorporating chalk and stone specimens sourced from local and regional geological contexts to help visitors engage with the area's geological history. Hard landscaping works include new paths, seating, interpretation features, gathering spaces and carefully detailed surface treatments designed to improve accessibility and visitor comfort. Soft landscaping proposals introduce a new orchard, meadow and woodland enhancements, habitat creation, strategic planting and ecological management measures that support biodiversity while enriching the character of the site. Together, the landscape, geology and interpretation elements create a coherent visitor journey that celebrates the museum's scientific mission, encourages outdoor learning and exploration, and improves the functionality, accessibility and sustainability of the grounds.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 106396-2026

About the buyer

Natural History MuseumLast 12 months

Procurements

40

Awards

22

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From notice 106396-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 9 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 9 November 2026.