Official UK procurement notice
Tate - Provision of Membership Communication Services for Tate Members
Authority: Tate (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis tender seeks a supplier to deliver our monthly and weekly programme of printed membership communications, in addition to ad hoc mailing campaigns, to support Tate's ambition to continue growing and retaining our membership.
CPV: Mailing-list compilation and mailing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£300,000
- Economic & financial standing
Insurances - The requirement is £1m for public liability, £1m employers' liability (compulsory insurance), £1m professional indemnity insurance and £1m product liability insurance.
Financial Stability - Liquidity Test (Acid Test), (Current Assets - Stock) / Current Liabilities. From the latest 2 years accounts, the average result of the Test should be 0.8 or greater e.g. Y1 - 1.3, Y2 - 1.6 equals an average of 1.45. Please provide your last 2 years accounts so that Tate can independently verify that you meet this threshold.
- Technical & professional ability
Case Study examples - Please provide 2 case study examples, undertaken in the last 5 years, of providing similar work.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 40%
- Cost: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Cost
- Economic & financial standing
Insurances - The requirement is £1m for public liability, £1m employers' liability (compulsory insurance), £1m professional indemnity insurance and £1m product liability insurance.
Financial Stability - Liquidity Test (Acid Test), (Current Assets - Stock) / Current Liabilities. From the latest 2 years accounts, the average result of the Test should be 0.8 or greater e.g. Y1 - 1.3, Y2 - 1.6 equals an average of 1.45. Please provide your last 2 years accounts so that Tate can independently verify that you meet this threshold.
- Technical & professional ability
Case Study examples - Please provide 2 case study examples, undertaken in the last 5 years, of providing similar work.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Jan 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jan 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Mar 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-006322- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060da5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
23 Jan 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published277 days ago23 Jan 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Clarification questions by257 days ago13 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline249 days ago20 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by217 days ago24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts119 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published23 Jan 2026, 15:47 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender