--- title: "Tate - Tate Modern Blavatnik L2 South Gallery re-design - Creating a flexible and sustainable exhibition space - Request for Information" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04b2b0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04b2b0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04b2b0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04b2b0.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TATE GALLERY" published: "2024-10-30" --- # Tate - Tate Modern Blavatnik L2 South Gallery re-design - Creating a flexible and sustainable exhibition space - Request for Information Buyer: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TATE GALLERY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04b2b0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04b2b0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04b2b0.json) ## Summary The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery is planning a procurement process for redesigning the Tate Modern Blavatnik L2 South Gallery to create a flexible and sustainable exhibition space. The project, titled "Tate - Tate Modern Blavatnik L2 South Gallery re-design - Creating a flexible and sustainable exhibition space - Request for Information," focuses on architectural, construction, engineering, and inspection services in London, with the procurement currently in the planning stage. The procurement process, which seeks specialised designers to design modular, movable, and re-configurable walls, is expected to significantly reduce costs, materials, labour, and waste while enabling multiple layouts for different exhibition projects. A future notice date is set for 4 December 2024, with the build period aimed for early November 2025. This tender presents ample opportunities for businesses specialising in sustainable design and construction to showcase their innovative solutions. Companies with expertise in modular and re-configurable structures, particularly those focused on reducing carbon footprints, will find this tender particularly beneficial. The project offers a chance to collaborate with a prestigious cultural institution like Tate, gaining visibility and contributing to pioneering sustainable exhibition production methods that could influence the wider art sector. Small and medium-sized enterprises specialising in eco-friendly building materials and flexible design solutions might find this an ideal opportunity to grow their portfolios and establish themselves as leaders in sustainable architectural practices. ## Notice Last financial year, over PS400k was spent on alternations of the Tate Modern gallery spaces, mainly dismantling and re-building walls to suit the layout requirements for each exhibition. This practise also contributes to one of the largest portions of the carbon footprint generated by exhibitions production. The next three exhibitions scheduled for Blavatnik L2 South Gallery are The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh, Light&Magic and Ana Mendieta. Each of these will require very different typology of artworks and different wall configurations, entailing significant structural changes that will further compound negative cost and carbon footprint trends. It is highly likely that, following current practice, a number of walls built for Light&Magic, will be demolished for the following show. The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh, scheduled prior to this, also provides a unique window of opportunity where we will be required to completely dismantle all walls in the gallery space, thus creating a blank canvas to work from. OUR AIMS - WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE The TM Programme team would like to turn this challenge into an opportunity, where we are taking advantage of a completely empty space to design a new gallery that could be adapted for multiple exhibition projects. This project will commission specialised designers to design a set of modular, movable and re-configurable walls to use in Blavatnik L2 South Gallery. This would allow us to respond to project-specific spatial needs by achieving multiple layouts with flexible setworks, making substantial efficiencies in construction costs, materials, labour and waste. Blavatnik L2 South Gallery will enable us to pilot new ways of working in exhibition productions, providing a template that could be applied to other spaces at Tate Modern and other sites. This will also highlight Tate as a leader in developing new approaches to sustainable and circular exhibition production approaches for the wider art sector. ### Lot Information Lot 1 WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR We would like to understand from the market; -Whether the precedent exists for the creation of a set of modular, re-configurable, and sustainable set of walls to suit multiple exhibition projects, on a long-term basis. -Any thoughts on the design of such walls, how they would look, be constructed etc. -The typical makeup of the materials to be used in such walls, to ensure that they are robust enough, and their typical lifespan to ensure the project returns the kind of carbon footprint reduction expected. -Whether it is feasible for such walls to be designed and constructed in time for the early November 2025 build period of Light&Magic. -Typical costings you would expect e.g. cost per m2, build costs, design costs to allow us to understand the potential cost savings as opposed to the build and break cycle as now. -Anything else you consider would be helpful, recommendations, ideas, we are interested in what you know! ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035220-2024 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Oct 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 4 Dec 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £200,000 | | Lots value | £200,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TATE GALLERY | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 4RG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | Vincent Square | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 22 - Printed matter and related products - 45 - Construction work - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 22314000 - Designs - 45212311 - Art gallery construction work - 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 71242000 - Project and design preparation, estimation of costs - 79421200 - Project-design services other than for construction work - 79930000 - Specialty design services ## Release History - 30 Oct 2024 at 16:05 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035220-2024 ## Notice URLs - http://www.tate.org.uk - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/K4NBJR9M9Q - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Architectural%2C-construction%2C-engineering-and-inspection-services./K4NBJR9M9Q ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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