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# Thorney Close Primary School

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thorney-close-primary-school-ocds-h6vhtk-04be14). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sunderland City Council: "Thorney Close Primary School". Published status: complete. Published Value: £9,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.open-uk.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sunderland City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sunderland-city-council-ons-e08000024)
- **Published Value:** £9,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 April 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work for buildings relating to education and research, Primary school construction work
- **Delivery Location:** UKC23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £11,730,513 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thorney-close-primary-school-ocds-h6vhtk-04be14#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04be14`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thorney-close-primary-school-ocds-h6vhtk-04be14#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [open-uk.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.open-uk.org%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thorney-close-primary-school-ocds-h6vhtk-04be14#participate

## Description
Construction of a new primary school with external car parks, access roads and hard & soft landscaping.
The new school, on the former Sunningdale School site, is a mix of single storey and two storey elements, tucked between the existing car park and playground. The single storey wing houses the entrance reception, nursery, sport hall, studio, practical kitchen and school kitchen and plant room, the two storey wing houses teaching spaces which all have direct access to the external play spaces. External works include rejuvenation of retained playground and car park, swale/SuDs areas, and creation of new play areas/MUGA and sports pitch.
Proposed sports pitch to be established early within construction process and protected during build for immediate use on School occupation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45214000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £9,500,000
- **Description:** Construction of a new primary school with external car parks, access roads and hard & soft landscaping.
The new school, on the former Sunningdale School site, is a mix of single storey and two storey elements, tucked between the existing car park and...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Thorney Close Primary School (active)
  - Award id: `037020-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **BRIMS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-3288664`
  - Value: £11,730,513 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Thorney Close Primary School (active)
  - Signed Value: £11,730,513
  - Signed Date: 10/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037020-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-03T09:21:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T04:55:46.598Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04be14