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Wanstead High School and Leisure Centre

London Borough of Redbridge

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Planning

18 Aug 2026 at 14:02

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Redbridge plans to procure construction works to complete the Wanstead High School and Leisure Centre Redevelopment Project in Wanstead, London. The project is approximately 40%–50% complete following the previous contractor entering administration. It comprises a new three-storey education block and an extension to the existing leisure centre, including teaching accommodation, classrooms, a dining hall and kitchen, a reception and entrance area, swimming pool and changing facilities, dance studio, staff offices, secure hoarding, courtyard remodelling, landscaping and other external works. The remaining scope includes completing the leisure centre, mechanical and electrical testing and commissioning, kitchen fit-out, classrooms and circulation areas, finishing, defect rectification and site-wide works needed for practical completion.

This procurement is at the planning stage and the current activity is preliminary market engagement, not an invitation to tender. The council expects a future notice on 2 October 2026. It has scheduled an expression-of-interest milestone for 2 September 2026, as part of its market engagement. One lot is planned, with an indicative contract period from 29 October 2026 to 11 November 2027. The estimated value is £5,000,000 excluding VAT and £6,000,000 including VAT. The lot is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises. The buyer is using this engagement to understand market interest, capability and capacity before deciding whether to proceed to procurement.

The work is likely to suit an experienced principal contractor or construction business able to take over and complete a partially built education and leisure development. Relevant capability includes managing complex construction completion, coordinating mechanical and electrical testing and commissioning, delivering internal fit-out and finishing works, rectifying defects, and completing external works, landscaping and site-wide activities to practical completion. Suppliers will need sufficient personnel, technical expertise, management resource and supply-chain capacity to support mobilisation and delivery. Experience of education, leisure-centre, swimming-pool or similarly complex building projects would be directly relevant. Businesses should use the engagement stage to demonstrate their ability to inherit an incomplete project and manage the remaining works through completion.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Wanstead High School and Leisure Centre

Notice Description

The London Borough of Redbridge is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced contractors in relation to the completion of the Wanstead High School and Leisure Centre Redevelopment Project. Following the previous contractor entering administration, the project currently remains approximately 40%-50% complete and requires a contractor to undertake and complete the remaining works. The original project comprised the construction of a new three-storey Education Block together with an extension to the existing Leisure Centre. The development involved the demolition of two existing buildings and the construction of a new facility attached to the existing leisure centre building to provide enhanced leisure and educational accommodation.

Planning Information

The London Borough of Redbridge is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced contractors in relation to the completion of the Wanstead High School and Leisure Centre Redevelopment Project. Following the previous contractor entering administration, the project currently remains approximately 40%-50% complete and requires a contractor to undertake and complete the remaining works. The original project comprised the construction of a new three-storey Education Block together with an extension to the existing Leisure Centre. The development involved the demolition of two existing buildings and the construction of a new facility attached to the existing leisure centre building to provide enhanced leisure and educational accommodation. The Leisure Centre development was designed to include a new reception and entrance area, a new swimming pool with associated wet changing facilities, a new dance studio with dry changing facilities at first floor level, together with staff accommodation and office space. The Education Block was designed to provide new teaching accommodation, including Geography, Art and Religious Education classrooms, as well as a dining hall and kitchen facility connected to the new Leisure Centre building. The wider development also included the establishment of a secure site perimeter within the existing school through the erection of solid timber hoarding, remodelling of the courtyard area, provision of a new leisure centre entrance and reception area, together with associated external works and landscaping across the site. The Education Block is substantially advanced, and the outstanding works are understood to include, but are not limited to: • MEP testing, commissioning and completion activities; • Internal fit-out works to kitchen facilities; • Completion of classrooms and circulation areas; • Associated finishing works and defect rectification as required. With regard to the Leisure Centre, the existing steel framework, the roof and the structural elements to the swimming pool are understood to be the primary elements completed by the previous main contractor. The remaining works will also include the full completion of the Leisure Centre building, together with all associated external works, landscaping and site-wide completion activities necessary to achieve practical completion of the project. Interested contractors should confirm that the necessary personnel, technical expertise, management resource and supply chain capacity can be made immediately available to support project mobilisation and delivery should the project proceed to procurement. This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued for market engagement purposes only in order to gauge current market interest, capability and capacity. It does not constitute a procurement exercise, invitation to tender, or any commitment by the London Borough of Redbridge to commence a procurement process, invite tenders or award any contract.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e699
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078567-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

44000000 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

45000000 - Construction work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£5,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Aug 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
2 Oct 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
29 Oct 2026 - 11 Nov 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
London Borough of Redbridge
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ILFORD
Postcode
IG1 1NY
Postcode Area
Ilford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI5 Outer London - East and North East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI53 Redbridge and Waltham Forest
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Redbridge
Electoral Ward
Ilford Town
Westminster Constituency
Ilford South

Further Information

Notice Documents

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