Firms have been given until mid-march to prequalify for the Yorkshire batch of seven secondary schools, three of which will be built in Bradford.
Contractors will bid to design, build, finance and maintain the schools through a 24-month construction phase and a 25 year operational term using the Government’s aggregator financing model.
Yorkshire PF2 batch
- All Saints Catholic College, Huddersfield;
- Belle Vue Boys’ School, Bradford;
- Carlton Bolling College, Bradford;
- Harrogate High School, Harrogate;
- Oakbank School, Keighley;
- Samuel Lister Academy, Bradford;
- Whitcliffe Mount Business and Enterprise College, Huddersfield.
Three bidders will be shortlisted to enter competitive dialogue later in the Spring.
So far Morgan Sindall, Wates and a joint venture between Interserve and Kajima have been shortlisted for the first £150m batch of seven schools across Hertfordshire, Luton and Reading.
Miller Construction, Laing O’Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine are shortlisted bidders for a £120m batch of a dozen PF2 schools in the north east.
And in the North West, Laing O’Rourke, Morgan Sindall and Vinci are bidding a £120m batch of 12 schools.