Invitation to Tender for the Digitisation of the Organisational Health Checker for Museum Futures

Paid contract: £15,000 including VAT

Closing Date: Monday, 9th March 2026 at 12 noon 

About Us

MGS is the National Development Body for the Scottish museums sector, supporting over 450 museums and galleries through strategic investment, advice, advocacy, skills development and other means. Core funding is received from the Scottish Government. As well as receiving funding from the Scottish Government and other sources, MGS also operates as a grant-giving body, distributing funds directly to the museums and galleries sector.

MGS is an independent registered charity governed by a Board of Trustees (charity number SC015593) and is also a private company limited by guarantee registered under company number SC074264. Although core funding is received from the Scottish Government, MGS is entirely independent.

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Contract Summary

MGS seeks to appoint an individual or organisation to create a digital version of its Organisational Health Checker (“OHC”). Originally developed specifically for the  Museum Futures programme, the OHC supports museums in identifying their strengths, weaknesses and development opportunities. Available on the MGS website as a downloadable Word (.docx) file, the OHC is designed to help organisations in the museum sector determine priority areas for improvement and to enable as many organisations as possible to engage effectively with the Programme. MGS would like to develop a digital version of the tool that incorporates the learning gained from piloting the Word‑based format.

Although the digital tool will be developed for the Scottish museum sector, this tender opportunity is available to contractors located outside of Scotland.

Applying

Please note that all tender bids must be submitted via the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) Postbox facility.

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Information & Support – Public Contracts Scotland

. By registering your interest in this opportunity using notice reference FEB548900, you will be able to access all submitted questions and answers and submit any queries of your own.

Deadline for tender submissions is Monday 9th March 2026 at 12pm (noon).

Queries can be submitted on the Q&A section of PCS or sent to procurement@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk

Budget is £15,000 including VAT.