Quick answer — The Board of Trustees of the Tate GalleryLast refreshed 01 Dec 2024

At a glance

The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery has awarded £369k across 4 suppliers, with 15 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 38% · 10 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 60% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration38%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share60%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery is a contracting authority, based in UKI. Tracks 36 published notices and 19 awards on PublicSupply.

36
Notices published
19
Awards
4
Suppliers engaged
2024
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£369k
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£200k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

10

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

works5 · £42.5m
services9 · £28.7m
goods4 · £800k
Unspecified18 · £369k

Instrument type

contract36 · £72.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 18Contracts Finder: 18

Awarded contracts · 15 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Tate - Tate Modern Blavatnik L2 South Gallery re-design - Creating a flexible and sustainable exhibition space£250kest.active
Tate - Tate Modern Blavatnik L2 South Gallery re-design - Creating a flexible and sustainable exhibition space71000000£0active
Tate Galleries - Do Ho Suh Time Based Media EquipmentITSL Audio Visual Limitedactive
Tate Galleries - Do Ho Suh Time Based Media EquipmentITSL Audio Visual Limited32321200£130k01 Dec 2024active
Tate - Tate Modern Blavatnik L2 South Gallery re-design - Creating a flexible and sustainable exhibition space - Request for Information45212311£200kest.planned
Tate - Tate Modern Blavatnik L2 South Gallery re-design - Creating a flexible and sustainable exhibition space - Request for Information71000000£0active
Tate - Clore Garden - Project Manager, Contract Administrator, Approved Inspector, Principal Designer71541000£1est.active
Tate - Clore Garden - Project Manager, Contract Administrator, Approved Inspector, Principal Designer71540000£0est.closed
Tate Galleries - Do Ho Suh - Time Based Media Equipment£200kest.active
Tate Galleries - Do Ho Suh - Time Based Media Equipment32321200£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
QC
1 contract · 20 Jun
£141k
38% of total
▼ 100%
2
IA
2 contracts · SME · 01 Dec
£130k
35% of total
▼ 100%
3
GA
1 contract · 04 Jul
£98k
27% of total
▼ 100%
4
AK
1 contract · SME
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
6 contracts
£42.5m
59%
Other
12 contracts
£28.6m
39%
Software packages, IT
1 contract
£750k
1%
Radio, TV, communications
4 contracts
£228k
0%
Construction materials
1 contract
£155k
0%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£141k
0%
Architecture, engineering
7 contracts
£1
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
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Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Other
Software packages, IT
Radio, TV, communications
Construction materials
Financial, insurance
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

60%
SME supplier share
target 33%
3
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
4
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI
Contact
Procurement Team
Email
declan.mcalister@tate.org.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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