Haigh Woodland Park - Bothy Cottages and Events Venue Restoration and New Build Construction
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£5.6m
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
15 Sept 2025
Description
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.
Scope
- Reference
- DN775249
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Sept 2025 to 29 Jan 2027
- CPV classifications
- 45000000
- Contract locations
- North West England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | — | price | 50.00% |
| Quality/Social Value | — | quality | 50.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
The 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 already have, or commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the following levels of insurance cover: a. Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = a minimum of £10 million in respect of any one claim unlimited in any one year; b. Public Liability Insurance = a minimum of £10 million in respect of any one claim unlimited in any one year; c. Professional Indemnity Insurance = a minimum of £10 million for any one claim, covering all employees; 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.
Where the bidder is to sub-contract a proportion of the contract, evidence is required to demonstrate maintenance of a healthy supply chain with subcontractors and the procedures used to ensure performance of the contract. The bidder will be required to hold the following organisational qualifications or standards: Considerate Constructors Scheme. The bidder will be required to complete/evidence/certify against the 'Common Assessment Standard' question set in line with the assessment methodology detailed in the Invitation to Tender documentation.
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£5.6m
Award date
04 Sept 2025
Contract start
12 Oct 2025
Contract end
18 Dec 2026
Awarded suppliers· 1 supplier
Awarded 04 Sept 2025 · Contract period 12 Oct 2025 — 18 Dec 2026
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