Official UK procurement notice
Tate - Tate Britain Garden Classroom - Build Contractor
Authority: Tate (Central government)·On behalf of: Turner & Townsend Cost Management Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Clore Garden Classroom Overview
Designed by architects Fielden Fowles the Clore Garden Classroom learning space will enable thousands of school children to engage with the new Clore Garden and the Tate Britain gallery in a way that has never been possible before.
The garden classroom's main purpose is to offer shelter for workshops and educational activities. The roof provides protection while also collecting rainwater. Light enters the pavilion through a lantern in the centre of the roof.
The yard space is flexible and open, allowing for a variety of learning activities. Tables and chairs can be set up to support these activities. The external spaces are designed as a continuation of the main garden, utilising the same materials and planting pallets. There is provision for gardeners' tool storage here too alongside WC's.
Project Particulars
Project Name: The Clore Garden Classroom
Project Location: Tate Britain, Millbank, SW1,
Background
Tate is undertaking a comprehensive redesign of the front landscape at Tate Britain in collaboration with renowned landscape designer Tom Stuart Smith.
Realised in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and made possible by generous funding from the Clore Duffield Foundation, the new Clore Garden at Tate Britain will offer a beautiful and inviting new green space for visitors, local residents and staff to enjoy.
This transformation is about more than improving appearances. It reflects Tate's aspiration to become a truly civic institution, one that fosters connection between art, nature, and people, and ensures its spaces are inclusive, inspiring, and sustainable for generations to come.
The Clore Garden at Tate Britain is being delivered by principal contractor Blakedown Landscapes between March 2026 and February 2027.
Nature of the works
The classroom contractor will be working concurrently with Blakedown and will need to follow Blakedown's site security measures and coordinate works to avoid any delay and/or disruption. Blakedown will act as Principal Contractor for the purposes of CDM Regulations. The works will include piled foundations, a bespoke timber frame, high quality joinery, new services connecting into the existing utilities on site and works to re-level and landscape the neighbouring yard.
Further details, drawings and information are available within the project tender pack.
Form of contract
The works will be let via a JCT Standard Building Contract (without quantities) 2024.
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,000,000
- Condition of participation
Prompt Payment of Suppliers
Bidders should provide confirmation that they have systems in place to ensure that organisations in your supply chain are paid on time, including that you have procedures for resolving disputed invoices promptly and effectively and details about your payment performance, including the percentage of invoices paid within 60 days.
Provision of accounts
Bidders should submit the latest 2 years audited accounts as an appropriately referenced appendix.
Turnover Test
These accounts should show an average turnover of at least £2,000,000 over the past 2 years accounts.
Liquidity Test (Acid Test)
(Current Assets - Stock) / Current Liabilities
From the latest 2 years accounts, the average result of the Test should be 1.0 or greater e.g. Y1 - 1.3, Y2 - 1.6 equals an average of 1.45.
For insurance cover, the requirement is £10m for public liability, £5m employers' liability (compulsory insurance) and £2m professional indemnity insurance.
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).
Lot awarding rule: Price 40 % Non-Price 60 % Price Bidders are required to submit a breakdown of their proposed costs that they would charge in the Price List template (enclosed within 05 Pricing Documents) that they would charge in relation to services described in this document and the Specification. Costs should be presented as an itemised breakdown of the exact costs to be charged, a description of the cost (e.g. a description of the member of staff assigned / expenses), a fixed price for each element (day rates etc.) the expected amount of days each cost will be incurred, along with a final 'Total Cost'. Quality Non-Price accounts for 60% of the total tender score and will be assessed by reference to a number of method statements prepared by the Tenderer, in response to questions posed in this Invitation to Tender. There are 5 questions within the Non-Price section (see section 2, Response to the Requirement & Specification, of the tender submissions document, Part B), and each has an individual weighting as shown (more information is provided below).
- Condition of participation
Prompt Payment of Suppliers
Bidders should provide confirmation that they have systems in place to ensure that organisations in your supply chain are paid on time, including that you have procedures for resolving disputed invoices promptly and effectively and details about your payment performance, including the percentage of invoices paid within 60 days.
Provision of accounts
Bidders should submit the latest 2 years audited accounts as an appropriately referenced appendix.
Turnover Test
These accounts should show an average turnover of at least £2,000,000 over the past 2 years accounts.
Liquidity Test (Acid Test)
(Current Assets - Stock) / Current Liabilities
From the latest 2 years accounts, the average result of the Test should be 1.0 or greater e.g. Y1 - 1.3, Y2 - 1.6 equals an average of 1.45.
For insurance cover, the requirement is £10m for public liability, £5m employers' liability (compulsory insurance) and £2m professional indemnity insurance.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 13 Mar 2026, 16:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Mar 2026, 16:23 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-023191- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066a50Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
13 Mar 2026 → 1 Jun 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published228 days ago13 Mar 2026, 16:23 GMT
- Clarification questions by200 days ago10 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline194 days ago17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts149 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Mar 2026, 16:23 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Turner & Townsend Cost Management LimitedProcuring entityQuantity Surveyor
- WARD WILLIAMS ASSOCIATES LLPProcuring entityProject Manager
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender