# Princes School - Appointment of Principal Contractor

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Liverpool City Council](/buyers/liverpool-city-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastucture Limited
- Award value: £808,137
- Tender value: £29,009,200
- Award date: 19 October 2026
- Published: 28 October 2026
- Contract start: 20 October 2026
- Contract end: 25 March 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 00a9518e-4323-469f-9b00-a8cd29e787d2-919554
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-52f90151-60bc-4cc3-9093-92dc40d8307f

## Description

A PCSA Pre Construction Services Agreement is awarded for Princes School - Appointment of Principal Contractor, Liverpool City Council \(LCC\), the Employer, require a Principal Contractor for the Construction of Princes Primary School \(Special Educational Needs and Disabilities 'SEND'\), a brand-new SEND specialist primary school in Toxteth, Liverpool\. Design for the scheme has been developed to a RIBA 3\+ level and fully coordinated across design disciplines including Architecture, Civils and Structures, MEP, Landscape as well as more specialist design services including SEND/PRM consultancy input into SOA, adjacencies, operation and loose FF&E, acoustics, fire, lighting, hydrotherapy, catering and ICT\. The Contractor is procured via a 2-stage tender process\. The 1st Stage tender process will identify a Contractor who will be selected to work with the client and design team under a Pre-Construction Services Agreement \(PCSA\) during the 2nd Stage tender process to develop the RIBA Stage 4 design and agree a contract sum\. Subject to agreement with the client the contractor would then be appointed to deliver the construction, commissioning and handover phases \(D&B works contract\)\. This award represents the 1st Stage Tender only, procured via the Procure Partnerships Framework \(North-West\) The Contract Agreement term for the entire scheme is anticipated to be 3 years plus 12-month defect period\. Contract term for PCSA will be subject to tendered programme\. The authority reserves the right to extend contract term subject to programme requirements\. \(which shall be at the Authority's sole discretion\) \(PCSA due to be complete by 25th March 2027, Build to be complete by end July 28\) Additional information: This award relates to the first stage of a Design and Build procurement\. The Council has entered into a Pre-Construction Services Agreement \(PCSA\) and reserves the right to award the subsequent Stage 2 Works Contract to the successful PCSA contractor, subject to satisfactory performance during the PCSA stage and agreement of all commercial, technical and governance requirements\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/00a9518e-4323-469f-9b00-a8cd29e787d2-919554)