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Hope School Relocation Main Works

Wigan Council

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

07 Sep 2026 at 12:30

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
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

Wigan Council procured the main construction works for relocating Hope School and College to the Central Park site on Montrose Avenue, Wigan. The project is for a borough-wide special educational needs school serving pupils with severe learning difficulties and profound, complex physical or medical needs. The works comprise two new buildings: a primary block with 13 classrooms, hydrotherapy pool, kitchen, rebound room and reception offices, and a secondary block with 10 classrooms, dining hall, reheat kitchen and specialist rooms for art, food technology and ICT. An existing two-storey building is to be converted into administration and complex-needs accommodation. External works include a car park, drop-off area, playgrounds and soft landscaping. This is a construction works requirement, classified under CPV 45000000, delivered in Wigan.

The procurement has been awarded following a two-stage restricted tender under a competitive flexible procedure. Three valid final-stage bids were received, with price weighted at 60% and quality and social value at 40%. The contract was awarded to Conlon Construction Limited on 2 July 2026, following a standstill period ending 23 July 2026. The awarded value is £18,035,036.83 excluding VAT, or £21,642,044.20 including VAT. The contract was signed on 20 August 2026 and runs from 7 September 2026 to 30 July 2027. It covered one lot, originally estimated at £18,000,000 excluding VAT and £21,600,000 including VAT, with the planned contract period from 16 March 2026 to 15 March 2027. Stage 1 selection required the top five bidders to proceed, assessed through suitability, experience, disruption and local-economy questions.

This requirement shows that Wigan Council looks for established main contractors able to deliver complex educational construction, including SEND facilities, and to manage substantial multi-building projects with specialist spaces and external works. A credible future supplier would need recent experience of constructing educational and SEND buildings, supported by three relevant case studies, and the organisational capacity to coordinate specialist subcontractors through a healthy supply chain. The procurement also required a minimum annual turnover of £35 million, financial-risk scrutiny, a parent company guarantee where applicable, and a performance bond or bank guarantee. Required insurance included public liability, employers’ liability, professional indemnity and works cover. Suppliers would also need Considerate Constructors Scheme status, Common Assessment Standard compliance, and evidence of quality, social value, disruption management and local economic benefits.

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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.

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/084354-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Open
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
£18,035,036 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
20 Aug 2025Expired
Award Date
2 Jul 20263 months ago
Contract Period
7 Sep 2026 - 30 Jul 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

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 Ltd

Further Information

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