Haigh Woodland Park - Bothy Cottages and Events Venue Restoration and New Build Construction

Descriptions

Wigan Council has been successful with a Round 2 National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) grant application for the restoration of Haigh Woodland Park. The Council is seeking to commission an appropriate contractor to undertake the restoration of the bothy cottages and potting sheds combined with a contemporary new-build range of glasshouses. The project will bring an under-used part of the site back into beneficial use and provide a focus for visitor experience combined with facilities for training, volunteering, events, and education. Wigan Council are seeking to procure a main contractor suitably experienced, resourced and with capacity to lead on this combination of both restoration and new-build, appointing specialist sub-contractors as required to deliver the specification of work. The programme of works targets the delivery of the specified works between October 2025 and January 2027. Wigan Council have appointed a design team which will be assisting the Authority to carry out the procurement and management of the contract. Details of the design team is available in the Invitation to Tender documentation.The 'Legal and Financial Capacity Conditions of Participation' have been amended in respect of the insurance requirements and a parent company guarantee and performance bond. Legal and financial capacity conditions of participationThe bidder, and their Associated Persons identified for this contract, must provide responses to a series of Mandatory and Discretionary Exclusion questions as part of their core supplier information on Find a Tender (Central Digital Platform), and the bidder must respond to Corporate and Professional Standing questions in Section 3 of the Common Assessment Standard. Responses will be assessed in line with the supplier suitability assessment detailed in the Invitation to Tender documentation. The bidder must have a minimum annual turnover of £10million. The bidder must commit to obtain a Parent Company Guarantee (in the event of a contractor having a parent company) and a Performance Bond or guarantee from a bank or other approved surety. The bidder must hold, or commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover specified in the Bill of Quantities document and indicated as follows: a. Employer's Liability Insurance = a minimum of £10 million for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of one event; b. Public Liability Insurance = a minimum of £10 million for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of one event; c. Professional Indemnity Insurance = a minimum of £5 million for claims or series of claims arising out of one event; d. Contract Works Insurance (Option C, JCT SBC/Q 2024). Bidders which are classed as a relevant commercial organisation as defined by section 54 ("Transparency in supply chains etc") of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ("the Act") need to be compliant with the annual reporting requirements contained within Section 54 of the Act 2015.