Notice Information
Notice Title
Tate Galleries - St Ives - Palais de Danse Refurbishment
Notice Description
The Palais de Danse project is a sensitive refurbishment and extension of a Grade II listed building in St Ives, commissioned by Tate. It will become Tate's third site in the St Ives town, complementing the existing Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden. Once a vibrant social venue, the Palais de Danse was later acquired by Barbara Hepworth. Located just across the street from Trewyn Studio-Hepworth's primary workshop and now Hepworth museum-the former dance hall provided the larger space needed to create her monumental sculptures. Notably, it played a key role in the development of Single Form, one of her most significant public commissions. The Palais de Danse is being transformed to support public engagement, informal programming, and to celebrate Barbara Hepworth's legacy-complementing her nearby museum and garden. The design introduces level access throughout, a new welcoming entrance, a lift and stair for improved circulation, and flexible spaces including refurbished dance and small halls. New artist studios, visitor facilities, and staff areas support creative uses while preserving the building's historic character. The project includes a change of use from a sculptor's studio to a gallery/museum with ancillary shop, sculpture studio, artist residency accommodation, and community use. External alterations include the creation of a new main entrance area, relevant highway works, a new attic extension to the Small Hall, a new roof to the Dancehall, demolition of the existing garage and erection of a new two-storey yard building, a roof terrace, green roof, installation of new windows and doors, air source heat pumps, associated plant equipment, and other associated works. The contract will be let as a traditional contract, with tenderers acting as the Principal Contractor. The project will require careful planning and complex site logistics to ensure close coordination with the local area, community, and the historic fabric of the building itself. It demands a contractor with extensive experience in heritage preservation-one who is proactive, collaborative, and sensitive to the exceptional standards of quality and care required for the successful delivery of the scheme. Please refer to planning submission PA24/06437 via Cornwall Councils planning portal.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: To allow for any variation in scope of works during the RIBA stages.
Renewal: While the forecasted programme is for construction to take 56 weeks, extensions are possible in the event that this slips for any reason.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052ae9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029248-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
-
- CPV Codes
45000000 - Construction work
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,900,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,900,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2025 - 1 Dec 2026 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TATE
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- marketing@wardwilliams.uk, procurement@tate.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 4RG
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Delivery Location
- TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
-
- Local Authority
- Cornwall
- Electoral Ward
- Threemilestone & Chacewater
- Westminster Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029248-2025
2nd June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-1790
A guide to participating in this process via MarketDojo. The invite code to use is 9430AF9F2D. If you experience any difficulty in registering or participating, contact the HelpDojo live chat or procurement@tate.org.uk
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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