Official UK procurement notice
NCC1108 Berwick Academy Market Engagement Event
Authority: Northumberland County Council (Local council)
NCC1108 Market Engagement Event - Berwick Academy Construction Project. Northumberland County Council are hosting a market engagement event to include individual sessions with interested suppliers.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNCC1108 Market Engagement Event - Berwick Academy Construction Project.
Northumberland County Council are hosting a market engagement event to include individual sessions with interested suppliers.
The purpose of this event is to share details of the upcoming procurement opportunity, gather feedback from the market and provide suppliers with an opportunity to ask questions and express an interest.
Following the market engagement period, Northumberland County Council will consider all feedback received before finalising the procurement strategy.
The proposed works for Berwick Academy, include:
a) Construction of replacement buildings on the existing site
b) Traditional Build
c) Provision of a new SEND unit
d) Refurbishment of the hockey pitch and installation of a new 3G pitch
e) Demolition of existing buildings
f) Estimated construction value: £47 million
Target opening date: September 2028
Procurement route: via two-stage tender process
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 15 Oct 2025, 16:49 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2025, 16:49 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065710- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cd8eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
15 Oct 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published382 days ago15 Oct 2025, 16:49 BST
- Market engagement375 days ago22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Date: Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Time: 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: West Hartford Fire Station
Attendance: Limited to two delegates per supplier
9:30 am - 10:00 am Presentation
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | 1-to-1 Engagement Sessions
Following the presentation, individual slots will be allocated to suppliers for direct engagement. These will be scheduled once attendance numbers are confirmed.
The following topics shall be explored with suppliers during the individual engagement slots:
- Potential for innovation
- Joint ventures and consortium bids
- Social value priorities
- Form of contract JCT or NEC
- Likely key performance indicators and performance monitoring
- SMEs and VCSEs involvement
Please confirm your attendance by replying to the email address detailed before 12 noon on Monday 20th October 2025.
- Tender notice expected335 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts62 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Oct 2025, 16:49 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender