Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice
Published 9 May 2025, 10:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Haigh Woodland Park - Bothy Cottages and Events Venue Restoration and New Build Construction

Official notice

Authority: Wigan Council (Local council)

WorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£5,500,000≈ £4.1m / year · £6,600,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update1.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 18 Jul 2025awarded 5 Sept 2025
Awarded to H.H. SMITH & SONS CO LTD
Contract term 1 yr 4 moends 29 Jan 2027 · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement 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.

The contract dates stated in this Contract Details Notice include a 12-month rectification period from practical completion.

Wigan Council have appointed a design team which will be assisting the Authority to carry out the procurement and management of the contract.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 4 moSMEPublished value£5,500,000
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 29 Jan 2027 (1 yr 4 mo)Value: £5,500,000 exc. VAT · £6,600,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    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 commit to obtain a Parent Company Guarantee (in the event of a contractor having a parent company) and a Performance Bond or guarantee from a bank or other approved surety.

    The bidder must hold, or commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover specified in the Bill of Quantities document and indicated as follows: a. Employer's Liability Insurance = a minimum of £10 million for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of one event; b. Public Liability Insurance = a minimum of £10 million for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of one event; c. Professional Indemnity Insurance = a minimum of £5 million for claims or series of claims arising out of one event; 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.

  • Technical & professional ability

    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.

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality/Social Value: 50%
  • Price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Quality/Social Value
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    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 commit to obtain a Parent Company Guarantee (in the event of a contractor having a parent company) and a Performance Bond or guarantee from a bank or other approved surety.

    The bidder must hold, or commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover specified in the Bill of Quantities document and indicated as follows: a. Employer's Liability Insurance = a minimum of £10 million for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of one event; b. Public Liability Insurance = a minimum of £10 million for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of one event; c. Professional Indemnity Insurance = a minimum of £5 million for claims or series of claims arising out of one event; 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…

  • Technical & professional ability

    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.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 May 2025, 10:38 BST
Last source update
22 Dec 2025, 09:33 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 5 Sept 2025
Authority reference
DN775249
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024699
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050f77 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Proactis / ProContract · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Submission deadline
18 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tenders must be submitted via The Chest procurement portal at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗.

Bidders can obtain the tender documents at the following link to the advert on The Chest procurement portal - bidders will need to login and then 'register an interest' in the tender to view the tender documents and submit a bid:

procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

Timeline

9 May 2025 → 22 Dec 2025 · 10 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    9 May 2025, 10:38 BST
  2. Next notice expected
    19 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Tender notice published
    22 May 2025, 12:13 BST
  4. Clarification questions by
    11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Submission deadline
    18 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
  6. Award decision expected by
    5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Assessment summaries sent
    15 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  8. Standstill ends391 days ago
    24 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  9. Contract starts385 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  10. Latest notice published302 days ago
    22 Dec 2025, 09:33 GMT

Notice history

11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    9 May 2025, 10:38 BST
    UK1
  2. Tender notice published
    22 May 2025, 12:13 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value published: £5,500,000
    22 May 2025, 12:13 BST
  4. Status changed to active
    22 May 2025, 12:13 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    22 May 2025, 12:13 BST
  6. Deadline published: 18 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
    22 May 2025, 12:13 BST
  7. Tender notice published
    11 Jun 2025, 15:36 BST
    UK4
  8. Contract award notice published
    15 Sept 2025, 09:52 BST
    UK6
  9. Status changed to complete
    15 Sept 2025, 09:52 BST
  10. Contract signature expected
    3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  11. Contract details notice published
    22 Dec 2025, 09:33 GMT
    UK7
Published amendments (1)

The 'Legal and Financial Capacity Conditions of Participation' have been amended in respect of the insurance requirements and a parent company guarantee and performance bond.

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-05: 2 releases · 9 May 2025, 22 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,601,5621 award exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Named bidders 3published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
H.H. SMITH & SONS CO LTDSME13 Oct 2025 – 18 Dec 2026£5,601,5625 Sept 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · H.H. SMITH & SONS CO LTDSME

    Signed
    27 Oct 2025
    Value
    £5,551,562
    Period
    27 Oct 2025 – 15 Jan 2028
    Status
    active
    3 agreed KPIs: Programme · Contract Sum · Social Value
    • Programme, Achievement of programme against agreed milestones/timeline (updated construction programme required from the main contractor).
    • Contract Sum, Forecast final account versus the tendered sum (financial update required from the main contractor).
    • Social Value, Delivery of agreed Social Value commitments (updated Social Value Delivery Plan and progress report prepared by the contractor).

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders20—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wigan Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCGG-6481-TZPW Wigan Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, North West, WN1 1YNContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded
  • H.H. SMITH & SONS CO. LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00725675GB-PPON: PZND-1425-NLCH 95 Bury Old Road, Manchester, North West, M45 7AYContact email
  • ROSSLEE CONSTRUCTION LTDBidder / tendererGB-COH: 04459448GB-PPON: PYRJ-3189-GLDM Rosslee Construction, 30 Black Abbey St, Accrington, North West, BB5 1HT
  • TILBURY DOUGLAS CONSTRUCTION LIMITEDBidder / tendererGB-COH: 00303359GB-PPON: PVYV-7176-QRDD 30-40 Eastcheap, London, London, EC3M 1HD

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsBidders can obtain the tender documents at the link provided to the advert on The Chest procurement portal - bidders will need to login and then 'register an interest' in the tender to view the tender documents and submit a bid.

Notices published for this procedure

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