Campus Whitehaven

Cumbria County Council is seeking a Design & Build Contractor to design and construct the new Whitehaven Campus. The new campus will provide education facilities for St Benedict's Catholic High School and Mayfield School in a co-located development on the current St Benedict?s site.

The Whitehaven Campus comprises the new build of St Benedict?s Catholic High School and Mayfield school in a co-located campus on the current St Benedict?s site. St Benedict?s will have a number on roll of 1050 pupils and Mayfield will have a number on roll of 150 pupils. The works include the new school buildings as well as associated external works and demolition of both former schools.

Tender Documents are available via The Chest https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

Additional information: Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the nextscreen enter the contract Reference DN122018 in the box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. if you are not already registered on the www.thechest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on Register. ?Register FREE link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you. Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse

business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the Authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity. The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right: (I) Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (II)To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a Contract with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. The Contracting Authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement. The Contract is for 38months. The value provided in Section II.1.4 is only an estimate. Under this procurement the contractor is required to actively participate in the economic and social regeneration of the locality of and surrounding the place of delivery for the procurement. Accordingly contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.

St Benedics Catholic High School and Mayfield School, Whitehaven, Cumbria