Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 24 Oct 2025, 13:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Huddersfield Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Design and Build

Official notice

Authority: Kirklees Council (Local council)

WorksAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£8,550,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 5 moends 30 Jan 2029 · starts 28 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Kirklees Council is embarking on the development of a new Museum and Art Gallery in Huddersfield, a flagship component of 'Our Cultural Heart' (OCH) a transformative town centre regeneration programme supported by significant capital investment. The broader construction initiative, currently entering RIBA Stage 4, will see the extension and full refurbishment of the 1937 Central Library & Art Gallery building, reimagined as the future Museum & Art Gallery of Huddersfield.

As part of its ambitions under the 'Our Cultural Heart' (OCH) programme Home, Kirklees Council is seeking market feedback as part of its preparations for a procurement opportunity to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced organisation to deliver the design and fit out of the exhibition and gallery spaces within the new Huddersfield Museum & Art Gallery. The Vision for the Museum & Art Gallery is set out in the Pre-Market Engagement document available on the YORtender portal.

To support the progression of the procurement, the Council would like to gain information from the market related to the potential procurement exercise. Suppliers are therefore invited to consider the programme requirements detailed in this document and complete the attached questionnaire to provide feedback on the proposed approach and to support the Council further in understanding market appetite.

CPV: Art gallery construction work · Construction work for art and cultural buildings · Exhibition centre construction work · Museum construction work · Museum-exhibition services · Specialty design services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Oct 2025, 13:25 BST
Last source update
24 Oct 2025, 13:25 BST
Authority reference
KMCCD-049
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068206
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Art gallery construction workConstruction work for art and cultural buildingsExhibition centre construction workMuseum construction workMuseum-exhibition servicesSpecialty design services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d369 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

24 Oct 2025 → 28 Aug 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published369 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 13:25 BST
  2. Market engagement348 days ago
    14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Kirklees Council are seeking market feedback on the upcoming Huddersfield Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Design and Build opportunity. The Council wish to engage with the market via a market feedback questionnaire.

    Responses to this Preliminary Market Engagement are required by 12noon on Friday 14th November 2025.

    Organisations are required to access and respond to the Preliminary Market Engagement document. This can be accessed via the Council's tendering portal - yortender.eu-supply.com ↗

    Potential respondents can find the market engagement opportunity under the YORTender reference - 104637.

  3. Contract starts62 days ago
    28 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Oct 2025, 13:25 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXHZ-9111-QHMJ The Town Hall, Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Humber, HD1 2TAContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure