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Community Access Buildings for Wrexham Schools

Buyer: Wrexham County Borough Council →

BuyerWrexham County Borough Council
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£250,000
Published3 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) is looking to engage with the market to better understand what suppliers/contractors are available to meet its requirements for the construction of three timber buildings (community access buildings) on three different school sites (locations to be confirmed). The purpose of this engagement is to assist WCBC with its understanding of what is available/possible with regards to the construction of timber buildings on existing school sites. WCBC would like to discuss its requirements and possibilities with interested contractors, with any contractor interested in meeting this requirement encouraged to make contact using the contact details available within this notice. Key requirements of the timber buildings include: - Building structure to be made primarily out of timber - Activity Room - Larger room for Approx. 20 children - Office Space / Room for one member of staff - A Room / Confidential Space for meetings (1 to 1) - Kitchen Space with hand wash and mess type sink - Services - Water and Electrics (taken from existing school) - Heating to be supplied via electric heaters (or similar) - Lighting and power to be freely available within the building - Solar Panels - Capacity and seating configuration - Central table area to seat around 20 children - Building access to be via a ramp and steps Individual building dimensions are to be confirmed but will ideally be of adequate size to meet the above requirements whilst avoiding the need for planning permission if possible. This is a new requirement for WCBC and as such the Council has limited experience/knowledge of these building types, what is possible, or what is the best way to procure/contract for the work. WCBC has grant funding available for these buildings and as such is looking to progress as soon as possible. Interested parties are encouraged to make contact as soon as possible with an overview of their capabilities along with past examples/case studies if possible. Estimated values are currently unknown but anticipated to be below the threshold for works.

Categories

Timber products 03419100Multi-functional buildings construction work 45211350Construction work for kindergarten buildings 45214100Construction work for school buildings 45214200Primary school construction work 45214210Secondary school construction work 45214220Special school construction work 45214230Roof works and other special trade construction works 45260000Woodwork 45422100

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 5 Jan 2026 to 31 Mar 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Timber products, Multi-functional buildings construction work, Construction work for kindergarten buildings, Construction work for school buildings, Primary school construction work, Secondary school construction work, Special school construction work, Roof works and other special trade construction works, WoodworkNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 03. The category anchor is Timber products (03419100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 032526 median · 27 average (93 of 252 with a bid count)6 average (97 of 252 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3010 median · 10 average (2 of 30 with a bid count)2.5 average (2 of 30 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Interested parties should email an overview of their business/capabilities along with any relevant experience/examples to Marc.Johnson@wrexham.gov.ukengagement22 Sept 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05928c
Latest release ID053382-2025
Latest release timestampWed Sep 03 2025 08:31:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryworks
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£250,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
3 Sept 2025planningUpdate053382-2025
2 Sept 2025planning053296-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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