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Tate Galleries - Tate Time Machine

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16 Jul 2026 at 09:44

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16 Jul 2026 at 09:35

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Tate is procuring the design and delivery of a Tate Time Machine prototype for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in London. The service is multimedia software development, combining mixed reality with 360- and 180-degree recreations of iconic past Turbine Hall commissions. Visitors should be able to encounter these works in an accessible, playful way, with an option to design their own commission and see the Hall brought to life with their ideas. The prototype is intended to support Tate’s plans for a wider digital experience connecting visitors with the gallery and its history. The requirement is for services, delivered at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The procurement has reached tender: Tate has invited offers through an open procedure. It is a single-lot requirement with an estimated value of £150,000 excluding VAT and £180,000 including VAT. Enquiries were due by 2 September 2026 at 12:00, and tender submissions by 11 September 2026 at 12:00. Tate planned to complete evaluation and award by 21 October 2026 at 23:59. The initial contract period is 30 October 2026 to 28 February 2027, with an option for the full production and maintenance service if funding is secured, potentially extending the arrangement to 31 December 2030. Evaluation is weighted 70% quality and 30% price.

This opportunity suits a supplier able to combine mixed-reality production, multimedia software development, immersive visitor experience design and creative technology. Relevant teams will need to turn historic gallery commissions into convincing 360- or 180-degree digital recreations, while also supporting an interactive user-generated commission experience. Tate is looking for a partner able to prototype credibly, explain the technical approach to potential funders, and design for scalability, extensibility and long-term maintenance. The work also favours suppliers with experience delivering engaging, accessible public-facing digital installations in complex cultural or visitor environments. Bidders must demonstrate financial capacity through the latest two years’ accounts, meet an average acid-test ratio of at least 0.8, and hold employer’s, public, product and professional indemnity insurance at the stated levels.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Tate Galleries - Tate Time Machine

Notice Description

Tate Modern's Turbine Hall is one of London's most iconic artistic spaces, where anyone can come in, look around and encounter art. Since it opened in 2000, over 60 million people have experienced the Turbine Hall. We want visitors to feel that the Hall and Tate Modern are a welcoming space, where they can encounter surprising, exciting and accessible digital experiences that connect them to Tate and spark fun and amazement. We want visitors walking through the Turbine Hall to encounter an easy, direct, playful way of being transported back in time and seeing some iconic Turbine Hall commissions, experiencing 360 / 180-degree recreations of past Turbine Hall commissions through mixed reality. For those who remember the commissions this would spark a memory and sense of connection to Tate. For those who don't remember a commission, they would be surprised by what they see. The experience goes beyond passive viewing by including the option of designing your own commission and seeing the Turbine Hall come alive with your own ideas. Prototyping and Future Contract This tender is for the design and delivery of the Tate Time Machine prototype. It is the first phase of this opportunity, and we want to be clear from the outset about how the two are connected. The prototype is not an end in itself. It is what Tate will use to secure funding from our partners for the full rollout of the experience; this funding bid is currently estimated in the region of PS150,000. The successful supplier will play a central role in that effort: the quality and credibility of what you build will directly shape whether the funding bid succeeds, and we will look to you to support it by providing material, technical insight and, where helpful, taking part in conversations with prospective funders. If that funding is secured, Tate will award the full rollout to the awarded tenderers from this process as an option under this contract, without a further competition, subject to satisfactory completion of the prototype phase and agreement of Phase 2 pricing and terms. This is why the competition is evaluated based on the whole project rather than the prototype alone, and why we are asking you about scalability, extensibility and long-term maintenance: we are appointing a partner for the full experience, not a contractor for a single piece of work. If the bid to our partners is unsuccessful, the contract will conclude at the end of the prototype phase, the option will not be exercised, and no further work will follow. Tate gives no guarantee or commitment that the rollout will proceed, and Tenderers should plan and price the prototype phase on the basis that it may be the entirety of the work awarded.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: As above, the initial contract is for a prototype and if a funding bid is successful, there will be an option for the bidder to be awarded the full production and maintenance contract.

Renewal: As above, the initial contract is for a prototype and if a funding bid is successful, there will be an option for the bidder to be awarded the full production and maintenance contract for the full length of time.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cc71
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067055-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72212520 - Multimedia software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
11 Sep 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Oct 2026 - 28 Feb 2027 1-6 months
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
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4RG
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
Vincent Square
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

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