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SCC - JW - Meadowcroft Infants School Expansion

SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL

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05 Mar 2026 at 14:34

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Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the Meadowcroft Infants School Expansion project, under Surrey County Council's School Basic Need Capital Programme, has reached the award stage. This initiative is part of Surrey's Community Vision 2030, aiming to develop the school into a 1 FE all-through Junior School to provide 120 additional pupil places. The procurement concerns construction work for school buildings, classified under CPV code 45214200. The contract begins on 4th February 2025 and ends on 13th March 2026, with Surrey County Council as the buyer. The awarded supplier is Neilcott Construction Limited. The project addresses the need for more school places within Surrey, with the procurement method details not specifically outlined.

This tender presents a substantial opportunity for businesses involved in construction, particularly those specialising in educational infrastructure, to engage in strategic growth. While the procurement does not specifically target small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), companies with expertise in large-scale school expansion will find it advantageous. The involvement in such a project could enhance their portfolio and open doors to future tenders with Surrey County Council and other local authorities looking for similar expansions under educational programmes across the country. Interested businesses should consider the detailed project requirements to ensure their proposals align with the strategic vision of Surrey's infrastructure development goals.

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Notice Title

SCC - JW - Meadowcroft Infants School Expansion

Notice Description

The School Basic Need Capital Programme is aligned with Surrey's Community Vision 2030, which seeks to realise the local area's ambition that everyone benefits from education, skills and employment opportunities that help them to succeed in life. 2. The local authority (LA) has a duty to provide sufficient school places to meet demand as set out in the Education Act 1996 as subsequently amended. This duty applies to any status of publicly funded schools be that community, voluntary controlled, foundation, voluntary aided, academy, and academies in multi-academy trusts. The current forecast of mainstream school places indicates the need for additional places across a ten-year period. Forecasts are made using planning areas and these are groups of schools that reflect the local geography, reasonable travel distances and existing pupil movement patterns. These may include schools in different boroughs or districts. Birth data underpins all forecasts and is collected by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) by electoral ward. 3. The need for additional school places is either provided directly via Government (Department for Education), Developer contribution, School direct delivery or through Local Authority (LA) delivery. 4. Each year the LA completes a School Capacity survey known as SCAP, for the Department for Education (DfE), and this examines the primary and secondary school places available in planning areas against the forecast demand of places in the relevant areas. Where there is a demonstrable deficit of places the DFE allocate Basic Need grant funding to the LA by primary and or secondary against the shortfall. The amount of grant funding each year from 2011/12 to 2025/26 is shown at PS445,086,022 of Basic Need grant allocated to Surrey CC during this period. 5. Basic need funding is intended to support the creation of mainstream places for pupils aged 5 to 16. Local authorities can use this funding to create places in whole new schools (via the 'free school presumption' process) or through the expansion or re-modelling of existing schools. The DfE expect that local authorities will work with any school in their local area in doing so, including academies and free schools. 6. Between 2009/10 and 2021/22 Surrey provided 14,758 new primary and 8,874 new secondary places meeting the demand for places across the planning areas. Already planned for delivery between 2021/22 and 2024/25 are 990 secondary school places. Estimated additional places still needed to meet demand in 2024/25 are 1,520 places for primary and 1,910 places for secondary schools 7. The Meadowcroft Infants School Expansion Project forms part of the above SBN Strategy , and will develop the school into a 1 FE all through Junior School providing 120 additional pupil places in the county.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/911bbb2a-5bac-45ac-bfc3-936fdb57fe0b
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

45214200 - Construction work for school buildings

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£4,300,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Mar 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
4 Sep 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 Mar 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
4 Feb 2025 - 13 Mar 2026 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEWES
Postcode
BN7 1UE
Post Town
Brighton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ22 East Sussex CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Lewes
Electoral Ward
Lewes Priory
Westminster Constituency
Lewes

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NEILCOTT CONSTRUCTION

Further Information

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