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Hope School Relocation Main Works

Wigan Council

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

13 Jul 2026 at 11:21

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

16 Sep 2025 at 11:37

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

01 Aug 2025 at 15:07

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

28 Jul 2025 at 12:30

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the "Hope School Relocation Main Works" has been completed by Wigan Council, a sub-central government public authority based in Wigan, United Kingdom. This contract involves major construction works to relocate Hope School and College for students with severe and profound learning difficulties, to the Central Park Site in Wigan. The project comprises the construction of new state-of-the-art SEND school buildings and refurbishing an existing structure, with a total estimated project value of GBP 18 million. The competitive flexible procedure was used, involving a two-stage selective process. The award was made to Conlon Construction Limited on 2nd July 2026, with the standstill period ending on 23rd July 2026, and the construction is scheduled to start on 24th August 2026 and conclude by 16th July 2027.

The tender represents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in construction, particularly those experienced with educational and SEND facilities. SMEs have shown a strong interest and participation, with the successful contractor also being an SME. Companies with skills in constructing specialised educational facilities can greatly benefit by engaging in this process, providing not only substantial financial rewards but also enhancing their portfolio with a high-profile public sector contract. This project, valued at over GBP 18 million, offers financial security and industry recognition for participating companies. Suitable candidates would be businesses capable of handling complex construction requirements and adhering to specific public sector tendering processes.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Hope School Relocation Main Works

Notice Description

Wigan Council are seeking to procure the main construction works for the relocation of Hope School and College to the Central Park Site, Montrose Avenue, Wigan. The school is a SEND school for severe learning difficulties and profound and complex physical/medical needs and has a catchment area of the whole of the borough. The main build will comprise of 2 new state of the art SEND buildings, one including 13 primary school age classrooms, alongside hydrotherapy pool, kitchen, rebound room, and reception offices (GIFA 2387m2) and a secondary school building with 10 secondary school classrooms, with dining hall, reheat kitchen, and seven specialist resource rooms - art room, food tech, ICT etc (GIFA 1586m2). A third block is to be created utilising an existing 2 storey building to form the main administration facility for the school and the area for the most complex needs pupils (GIFA 1455m2). Externals include car park with drop off area, playgrounds and soft landscaping. The estimated value of the works is GBP 18 million. The procurement is being carried out in two stages using the Competitive Flexible procedure. Stage 1 - Invitation to Participate will comprise of a pre-qualification questionnaire including a scored assessment. This stage will be used to identify a shortlist of suppliers to go through to the next stage. It is intended to invite the top 5 scoring bids at Stage 1 to be invited to submit a final tender bid at Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender. A Tender Notice in relation to this procurement has been published on the Find a Tender website with reference number 2025/S 000-056884.

Planning Information

The deadline to respond to this Preliminary Market Engagement consultation is Friday 15th August at 17:00. Those interested in responding should submit their consultation response via The Chest procurement portal at https://www.the-chest.org.uk (reference number DN785130). As detailed in the Preliminary Market Engagement consultation document, the Authority reserves the right to contact respondents (which may be some but not all) in order to follow up on views submitted.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-056700
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065529-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

45000000 - Construction work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£18,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£18,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£18,035,036 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
10 Oct 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
20 Aug 2025Expired
Award Date
2 Jul 20261 months ago
Contract Period
24 Aug 2026 - 16 Jul 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Wigan Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WIGAN
Postcode
WN1 1YN
Postcode Area
Wigan
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD36 Greater Manchester North West
Delivery Location
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Local Authority
Wigan
Electoral Ward
Wigan Central
Westminster Constituency
Wigan

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Conlon Construction Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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