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Bespoke and specialist exhibition display production design & fitout services

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Edinburgh, City of
Contract value
£365,000ex VAT
Deadline
29 September 2026
Award decision
28 September 2026(estimated)
Published
25 August 2026

Procurement

Contract period
9 November 2026 - 17 June 2027
7 months
Submission method
Electronic Submission
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 39154000 Exhibition equipment
  • 79950000 Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services
  • 79930000 Specialty design services

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What happened

The contract runs until 17 Jun 2027.

Description

AMENDED SPECIFICATION SCOPE AND TIMELINES - RBGE would like to commission a specialist exhibition fit-out contractor to work with us to deliver the production design, build and installation of interpretative displays for the Palm Houses.

Full description

PLEASE NOTE AMENDED SPECIFICATION SCOPE AND TIMLINES

RBGE would like to commission a specialist exhibition fit-out contractor to work with us to deliver the production design, build and installation of interpretative displays for the Palm Houses. The successful fit-out contractor must propose and then lead a multidisciplinary design team who can provide the following activities, but not limited to (to read in conjunction with the full Scope of Services in the ITT):

1. Principal designer duties

2. Production design

3. Production management including budget and programme working with the project manager

4. Fabrication of exhibition structures

5. Scenic model making

6. Small scale mechanical & electromechanical interactives

7. Electrical design and install (specific to the exhibition units only, exhibition lighting by others)

8. Structural advice and implementation

9. Graphic production (design by others)

10. AV hardware supply (Software design & commissioning by others)

11. Main contractor duties

12. Site mobilisation

13. Installation of exhibition elements

14. Managing and mitigating health & safety including RAMS

Not all scope has to be delivered in-house, but the successful contractor must be able to clearly demonstrate previous experience of successfully forming and managing a multidisciplinary design team to deliver successful projects of similar scale and nature.

RBGE will supply the following to the successful contractor:

  • Design intent drawings for all exhibitions elements, including dimensions, location, material and content specification.
  • Exhibition data sheets for all exhibits, including AV exhibits
  • Graphic design and artwork files setup to dimensions from drawings supplied by the successful contractor.
  • Audio Visual software.
  • Any real artefacts for use in the displays

Contact

Address
20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR
Contact name
Keith Smith

Bid documents

Identifiers

Buyer reference
RBGE 2026-077
Notice ID
rls-13-AUG563171
OCID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000841193

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External ID: pcs-ocds-r6ebe6-0000841193 • Added 26 August 2026