Contract award
Fairfield School extension contract sum rises to 1.25 million pounds
By Staff Writer | 04-09-2026
West Northamptonshire Council has published a contract award notice recording that the contract sum for the Fairfield School SEND Phase 1 Extension, held by PGR Group Limited, has gone from 690,138.97 pounds to 1,251,096.78 pounds. The contract was signed on 1 April 2026 and runs to 31 October 2026. The notice was published at 2:14pm on 3 September 2026 and gives no reason for the change.
The works are described on the notice:
The initial works comprise the removal of the existing temporary classroom and associated elements, then the construction of a new two classroom teaching blocks at Fairfield Primary School, Trinity Avenue, Northampton. See linked notice, The Contract sum has gone from: £690,138.97 to £1,251,096.78
West Northamptonshire Council, contract award notice
The contract value on the notice is 1,251,096.78 pounds excluding value added tax, with a gross figure of 1,501,316.14 pounds. The classification codes are building extension work, overhaul and refurbishment work, and restructuring work. The award and the contract carry the identifier 2 on the record, and the notice refers the reader to a linked notice for the earlier position.
A contract sum that has risen by 560,957.81 pounds on a two classroom block is published without a single word on what changed, and the earlier notice is the only place the answer might be.
What the notice records
The buyer is West Northamptonshire Council, recorded at Northampton. The supplier is PGR Group Limited, recorded at Peterborough. The procurement was a below threshold limited competition and the contract is recorded as below threshold, which is consistent with the original sum and is not restated for the revised one. The main procurement category is works.
The contract period is 1 April 2026 to 31 October 2026, a term of seven months, and the date signed is 1 April 2026. The award is recorded as active. The notice was published on the central platform five months after signature.
What is not published
The notice does not say whether the increase is a variation to the original scope, an addition of a further phase, a re-measurement, or the correction of a figure on the earlier notice. It does not say whether the end date of 31 October 2026 has moved with the sum. It publishes no breakdown of the revised figure between the removal of the temporary classroom and the construction of the new block, and no description of what "associated elements" covers. The delivery addresses on the award cover nine English regions, which does not match a single school site in Northampton, and the notice does not explain that entry.
The earlier notice referred to on the record was not part of this release and its contents are not reported here. Readers who need the original scope or the basis of the first figure should read that notice on the central platform before drawing any conclusion about the change.