Planning

Preliminary Market engagement for interest in developing a DfE registered AP Free School in Worksop, Nottinghamshire

  • Nottinghamshire County Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-078500

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05ebf9

Published 1 December 2025, 1:54pm



Scope

Reference

DN795921

Description

Nottinghamshire County Council is undertaking a soft market testing exercise and is seeking an understanding of the market interest in a potential opportunity for a Provider to develop a DfE registered AP Free School on Council owned land in Worksop in Nottinghamshire.

More details of the potential opportunity and the pre market engagement process can be accessed through Nottinghamshire County Council e-tendering portal Pro Contract via www.eastmidstenders.org and all interested parties must register an interest within the Pro Contract e-tendering portal to access the pre market engagement documents.

This will ensure all parties are privy to any communications and developments from Nottinghamshire County Council in relation to this pre market engagement exercise.

We have included some questions that can be accessed via www.eastmidstenders.org and should be completed on the response form and returned to us by 12 noon on Friday 19th December 2025.

Neither the intentions nor the purpose of this soft market testing exercise is to confer any advantage upon its participants in any future procurement process.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2052
  • 25 years

Main procurement category

Works

Additional procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 45214000 - Construction work for buildings relating to education and research
  • 80000000 - Education and training services

Contract locations

  • UKF15 - North Nottinghamshire

Engagement

Engagement deadline

31 March 2026

Engagement process description

Publicization of soft market testing questionnaire which the response date is the 19th December 2025.

Further engagement with the market may be carried out once the responses from the soft market testing have been reviewed. The engagement period has been set as such to allow further engagement if needed.


Contracting authority

Nottinghamshire County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBCV-5152-BXBP

County Hall, Loughborough Road

Nottingham

NG2 7QP

United Kingdom

Region: UKF16 - South Nottinghamshire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government