UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Tate requires a segmentation exercise of members, which can provide good insight and actionability for existing audiences, but provides insight and actionability for reaching further audiences. The segmentation must allow us to grow audience numbers, diversify and income by providing insight to be able to devise detailed programme, media, partnership and other departmental strategies to sustainably nurture existing audiences and to increase the diversity of our gallery visitors. We require a segmentation which provides insightful understanding of how different audiences experience art, art galleries and our galleries, both triggers and barriers - which also allows us to specifically and effectively target and grow certain desirable demographics. The segmentation must be workable by site and should provide a unified framework and easy to use language for use and uptake across all four Tate sites and all Tate departments.

Tate seeks expressions of interest and pre qualification questionnaires by return, to replace our current HR Information System, with an up-to-date, fit for purpose and all encompassing system. The new system will have modules for all core HR areas which at present are split across multiple systems and offline management. Core HR areas include HR employee management and record keeping, Payroll, Recruitment, On/offboarding, Self-Service Dashboard, Management Portal, Learning and Development and Performance Management. The successful provider will be required to manage the implementation of the new system, and the transition from our current software - ResourceLink,

Tate seeks expressions of interest and pre qualification questionnaires by return, to replace our current HR Information System, with an up-to-date, fit for purpose and all encompassing system. The new system will have modules for all core HR areas which at present are split across multiple systems and offline management. Core HR areas include HR employee management and record keeping, Payroll, Recruitment, On/offboarding, Self-Service Dashboard, Management Portal, Learning and Development and Performance Management. The successful provider will be required to manage the implementation of the new system, and the transition from our current software – ResourceLink,

Tate are seeking an exceptional designer and team to deliver a new contemporary garden at Tate Britain.

Tate are seeking an exceptional designer and team to deliver a new contemporary garden at Tate Britain.

Tate's vision is to serve as artistically adventurous and culturally inclusive art museums for the UK and the world. The supplier will deliver sessions for approximately 20 members of Tate's Directors Group with a focus on supporting and accelerating Tate's ongoing commitment to race equality, and equality, diversity and inclusion more broadly. Please download the tender document for more details. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

The Board of Trustees of the Tate Galleries require an experienced supplier to provide a new offering of visitor lockers, initially at Tate Modern, to be followed by Tate Britain in FY 25/26. Tate are seeking suitable tenders to provide new visitor lockers, on a revenue sharing basis, along with an accessible interface to allow all our visitors simple access to store their items. We are hoping to award this contract in March 2024, with the aim of having the new lockers delivered and operational in Q1 24/25.

From 20 July to 26 August 2024, Tate Modern's Turbine Hall will be transformed by Oscar Murillo's new installation The flooded garden. Taking inspiration from Claude Monet's Water Lilies and the garden in which he painted them, visitors will be invited to paint water and waves onto a monumental wall of canvas, creating a layered, collaborative painting of epic proportions. This will form the first layer of the painting, over which the public's wave-like, gestural brushstrokes will be added to create 'the flooded garden'. Tate requires a skilled scaffolding partner to assist in the delivery of this installation, providing hire, delivery, erection, dismantling and clearing of scaffolding. Installation will take place from 8 to 18 July and de-installation 27 to 31 August.

From 20 July to 26 August 2024, Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall will be transformed by Oscar Murillo’s new installation The flooded garden. Taking inspiration from Claude Monet’s Water Lilies and the garden in which he painted them, visitors will be invited to paint water and waves onto a monumental wall of canvas, creating a layered, collaborative painting of epic proportions. This will form the first layer of the painting, over which the public’s wave-like, gestural brushstrokes will be added to create ‘the flooded garden’. Tate requires a skilled scaffolding partner to assist in the delivery of this installation, providing hire, delivery, erection, dismantling and clearing of scaffolding. Installation will take place from 8 to 18 July and de-installation 27 to 31 August.

Tate are embarking on a £3m refurbishment of grade 2 listed building known as the Palais de Danse (or Palais) in St Ives Cornwall. The building has had a rich history and been an important venue in the town stretching back to the 1800s having been a naval college, a cinema, a dancehall and latterly the second studio of the artist Barbara Hepworth. The building has lain empty since the artists death in the 1970s and a full refurbishment is needed to bring the building back into useful life. The Tate run the adjacent Barbara Hepworth Museum and Garden and the Palais will extend visitors understanding of Hepworth’s work by allowing access into the spaces where she created some of her most iconic larger scaled work.

Tate are embarking on a £3m refurbishment of grade 2 listed building known as the Palais de Danse (or Palais) in St Ives Cornwall. The building has had a rich history and been an important venue in the town stretching back to the 1800s having been a naval college, a cinema, a dancehall and latterly the second studio of the artist Barbara Hepworth. The building has lain empty since the artists death in the 1970s and a full refurbishment is needed to bring the building back into useful life. The Tate run the adjacent Barbara Hepworth Museum and Garden and the Palais will extend visitors understanding of Hepworth's work by allowing access into the spaces where she created some of her most iconic larger scaled work.

This contract to provide Security Services is a significant one for Tate, and is the second largest contract by value managed by Tate. The successful supplier will be closely integrated and involved with the provision of a professional and effective Security and Visitor Experience service, and become part of the Tate family. The supplier will be responsible for securing Tate sites, colleague safety, visitor safety and that of the Tate collection across numerous sites. We are welcoming bids from tenderers who feel they can provide such a critical, tightly integrated service while also delivering an extremely high level of customer service in welcoming every visitor.

This contract to provide Security Services is a significant one for Tate, and is the second largest contract by value managed by Tate. The successful supplier will be closely integrated and involved with the provision of a professional and effective Security and Visitor Experience service, and become part of the Tate family. The supplier will be responsible for securing Tate sites, colleague safety, visitor safety and that of the Tate collection across numerous sites. We are welcoming bids from tenderers who feel they can provide such a critical, tightly integrated service while also delivering an extremely high level of customer service in welcoming every visitor.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery, we are looking to appoint a suitably qualified Construction Project Manager and Contract Administrator to support the redevelopment of the Palais de Danse in St Ives Cornwall. Constructed on the site of an old naval school, the Palais de Danse is one of the most unique spaces in the heart of St Ives. Formerly a cinema and dance hall, the Palais was also an important hub for community events during the Second World War and beyond. The building was bought by Barbara Hepworth in 1961 to use as her second studio. This gave her the space to create larger and more complex sculptures, including the monumental Single Form (1961-4) commissioned for the United Nations in New York. Located directly opposite Trewyn Studio - now the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden - the Palais was gifted to Tate by the Hepworth Estate in 2015 and was awarded Grade II listed status in 2020. Together, these buildings housed the entire scope of Hepworth's creative work from 1949-1975. The Palais de Danse is both deeply rooted in community memory and central to Hepworth's artistic legacy worldwide. Having remained untouched since Hepworth's death in 1975, Tate St Ives is now embarking on a major capital project to renovate this significant building with Adam Khan Architects. The changes will introduce substantive improvement to the fabric of the building to support visitor access across all levels of the building, facilities and a visitor welcome, and expand the story around Hepworth's artistic legacy, the importance of the PDD for the community, and the potential for contemporary making and artistic practice, supported by a new artist residency. The project will uncover the Palais's rich history, realise its immense potential for the community and continue its story by securing the building for the long term. A design team has been appointed and we have an indicative design which responds to Tate's brief. The team are currently in Stage 3 and preparing for formal planning submission and our delivery phase of the NHLF application, following a successful first round of funding in 2023. We anticipate opening the Palais to the public in Q3 2026 with main construction completed in Q2 of the same year. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

Time Based Media equipment for Do Ho Suh, Robin Hood Gardens (LED video wall, playback/distribution unit, audio equipment, power) Framework or supporting structure Installation, documentation, staff training Maintenance De-installation

Time Based Media equipment for Do Ho Suh, Robin Hood Gardens (LED video wall, playback/distribution unit, audio equipment, power) Framework or supporting structure Installation, documentation, staff training Maintenance De-installation Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

Time Based Media equipment for Do Ho Suh, Robin Hood Gardens (LED video wall, playback/distribution unit, audio equipment, power) Framework or supporting structure Installation, documentation, staff training Maintenance De-installation

Last financial year, over £400k was spent on alternations of the Tate Modern gallery spaces, mainly dismantling and re-building walls to suit the layout requirements for each exhibition. This practise also contributes to one of the largest portions of the carbon footprint generated by exhibitions production. The next three exhibitions scheduled for Blavatnik L2 South Gallery are The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh, Light&Magic and Ana Mendieta. Each of these will require very different typology of artworks and different wall configurations, entailing significant structural changes that will further compound negative cost and carbon footprint trends. It is highly likely that, following current practice, a number of walls built for Light&Magic, will be demolished for the following show. The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh, scheduled prior to this, also provides a unique window of opportunity where we will be required to completely dismantle all walls in the gallery space, thus creating a blank canvas to work from. OUR AIMS - WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE The TM Programme team would like to turn this challenge into an opportunity, where we are taking advantage of a completely empty space to design a new gallery that could be adapted for multiple exhibition projects. This project will commission specialised designers to design a set of modular, movable and re-configurable walls to use in Blavatnik L2 South Gallery. This would allow us to respond to project-specific spatial needs by achieving multiple layouts with flexible setworks, making substantial efficiencies in construction costs, materials, labour and waste. Blavatnik L2 South Gallery will enable us to pilot new ways of working in exhibition productions, providing a template that could be applied to other spaces at Tate Modern and other sites. This will also highlight Tate as a leader in developing new approaches to sustainable and circular exhibition production approaches for the wider art sector.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery, we are looking to appoint a suitably qualified set of consultants to support the transformation of the landscape at the front of Tate Britain Gallery, along Millbank. The Tate Britain Garden Project will transform the open spaces in front of the gallery, the so-called Millbank entrance, reframing the public approach and formal entrance to Tate Britain with a beautiful, contemporary and welcoming new green space. The garden will be an open invitation for new audiences of all ages and backgrounds to engage with exceptional plants and garden design, to rest, to play, to meet, to explore works of art, to enjoy food and drink in a beautiful plant-filled setting. We want the garden to be a model of new thinking in urban ecological design, set out with people and nature in mind, reversing the current predominance of hard landscaping, formal barriers and under-used areas in the current garden. We want to open up the spaces, introducing plant species and features that will thrive in the garden and create visual interest year-round.