Contract award · 27 Jun 2025

Thorney Close Primary School

City Of Sunderland awarded “Thorney Close Primary School” to Brims Construction Limited for £11.7m on 27 Jun 2025.

Construction workNorth East

Value £11.7m

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Value
£11,730,513.03
Procedure
Open procedure (above threshold)
Sector
Construction work · Primary school construction work (CPV 45214210)
Timeline
  1. Contract date27 Jun 2025
  2. Published3 Jul 2025Published 6 days after the contract date

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. There may be a requirement to accommodate the School's ICT installation Contractor within the contract programme. This will be a single stage selective tender based on full RIBA 4 design information with selected …

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