Hope School Relocation Main Works

Descriptions

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. The deadline for responding to this Invitation to Participate is Friday 17th October 2025 at 12:00 noon. A Tender Notice in relation to this procurement has been published on the Find a Tender website with reference number 2025/S 000-056884.