Scope
Reference
020384
Description
Project Summary:
Rochdale Borough Council is progressing the development of a new Special Educational Needs (SEN) Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) on the Mayfield Street site (Rochdale, OL16 2UZ). The new facility will deliver provision for 64 pupils aged 11-16 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. The scheme aims to create a secure, high-quality, and therapeutically informed learning environment designed to support vulnerable pupils and enable staff to deliver specialist SEN provision effectively.
The project is currently completing RIBA Stage 3: Spatial Coordination, following completion of RIBA Stage 2. The Council now intends to procure a suitably experienced Design & Build Contractor to support the scheme's development through a two-stage procurement process.
Scope of Contractor Appointment:
The appointed contractor will:
• Participate in a competitive two-stage tender process, commencing with shortlisting of five contractors.
• Enter into a Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) at the start of RIBA Stage 4: Technical Design, working collaboratively with the client and design team to develop the design, plan construction activities, inform cost development, and support risk mitigation.
• Upon successful completion of the PCSA and agreement of contract sum, enter into a JCT Design & Build Contract 2024 for delivery of the construction works.
The contractor will be expected to demonstrate:
• Proven experience in delivering education project or similar public sector schemes.
• Strong capability in pre-construction collaboration, buildability input, and cost planning.
• A robust approach to quality, safety, safeguarding, stakeholder coordination, and social value delivery.
The following associated tender documents are being provided with the publication of this tender notice as part of Stage 1 of the process and are available via the Portal:
• 1A. Invitation to Participate and Instructions
• 3A. Response Document (Procurement Specific Questionnaire)
• 4A. Draft Pre-Construction Services Agreement
• 4B. JCT Design & Build 2024 Contract Amendments
• 7. Glossary
• Appendix A- RIBA 2 Report
• Appendix B- Strategic Programme
The following associated tender documents will be made available later through the Portal to suppliers shortlisted to participate in the tender stage of the competitive flexible procedure:
• 1B. Invitation to Tender Instructions
• 3B1/2. Response Document (Qualitative and PAS)
• 3C. Response Document (Commercials)
• 5A. Supplier Participation Agreement
• 5B. JCT PAS Contract Amendments
• Supporting Information including:
• Employers requirements including RIBA Stage 3 Design
• Additional Survey Information
• Strategic Programme
• Form of Tender
• Redacted Cost Plan
A pre-market engagement notice has not been completed as the contracting authority determined market engagement has not been required due to the route to market being Competitive Flexible Procedure and the first stage being Open.
A planned procurement notice has not been completed as the contracting authority does not wish to reduce the timescales of this tender.
Total value (estimated)
- £9,500,000 excluding VAT
- £11,400,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 13 July 2026 to 24 April 2028
- 1 year, 9 months, 12 days
Main procurement category
Works
CPV classifications
- 45000000 - Construction work
Contract locations
- UKD3 - Greater Manchester
Submission
Submission type
Requests to participate
Deadline for requests to participate
3 February 2026, 12:00pm
Submission address and any special instructions
All PSQ Response Documents must be submitted via The Chest.
Project Reference DN801619
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Languages that may be used for submission
English
Suppliers to be invited to tender
Maximum 5 suppliers
Selection criteria:
The Suppliers will be evaluated based on the below criteria as part of the PSQ:Relevant Experience 30%Technical & Management Capability 40%Workforce & Resource 30%Subject to a sufficient number of compliant responses being received, Rochdale Borough Council intends to invite a maximum of the top five ranked compliant Suppliers to the invitation to tender stage of the process. Rochdale Borough Council, acting at its discretion, reserves the right to amend the number of Suppliers invited to tender stage, where appropriate and proportionate.
Award decision date (estimated)
1 June 2026
Award criteria
| Name | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Price | 40% |
| Project Understanding & Approach | Quality | 10% |
| Cost Plan Review & Commentary | Quality | 10% |
| Innovation/Value Engineering | Quality | 10% |
| Risk Mitigation | Quality | 10% |
| Social Value (Quantitative) | Quality | 7.5% |
| Social Value (Qualitative) | Quality | 7.5% |
| Proposed Team & Key Personnel | Quality | 5% |
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Competitive flexible procedure
Competitive flexible procedure description
Stage 1 - Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ).
Return of PSQ Response Document to assess compliance with mandatory pass/fail criteria and scored selection questions. Following evaluation of the scored PSQ questions, Suppliers will be ranked in order of their total score. The Council intends to shortlist the top 5 highest scoring Suppliers to be invited to participate in Stage 2.
Stage 2- Invitation to Tender.
The shortlisted Suppliers from Stage 1 will be invited to submit detailed proposals following receipt of the full tender pack.
Contracting authority
Rochdale Borough Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXXD-6682-MDRX
Number One Riverside
Rochdale
OL16 1XU
United Kingdom
Region: UKD37 - Greater Manchester North East
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government