Marlborough Girls’ College – Library Refurbishment – Main Contractor Works

Details

Tender Closed
RFx ID :	33549914
Tender Name :	Marlborough Girls’ College – Library Refurbishment – Main Contractor Works
Reference # :	MOE31712
Open Date :	Friday, 20 February 2026 1:30 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Close Date  :	Friday, 20 March 2026 4:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Department/Business Unit :	Ministry of Education - Approval from Ministry Employee - ie. Case Manager
Tender Type :	Request for Tenders (RFT)
Tender Coverage :	Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :	72000000 - Building and Facility Construction and Maintenance Services
Regions:	Marlborough
Exemption Reason :	None
Required Pre-qualifications :	None
Contact :	All communications must take place through the GETS Question & Answer function.
Alternate Physical Delivery Address  :	All submissions to be made through the GETS website
Alternate Physical Fax Number  :
Agency Address :	NEW ZEALAND

Marlborough Girls’ College is undergoing a major redevelopment following the cancellation of the co-location project Te Tātoru o Wairau.
Stage 1 of this multi-stage redevelopment involves the refurbishment of the existing Library ‘L Block’. The school must remain operational throughout construction, and specific restricted access to areas obstructed by the construction compound may be required dependant on the successful tenderer’s methodology approach.
This site is an operational school so will have limited options for construction access and material delivery. Delivery times will be restricted based on the school timetable for pick-up and drop-off. The site is known to contain asbestos which is documented on the Asbestos Management Plan for the School.
Marlborough Girls’ College (MGC) and Marlborough Boys’ College (MBC) (the Colleges) are in Blenheim and began as the co-educational Marlborough High School in 1900. Marlborough High School split into MGC and MBC in 1963 after the community voted for single-sex education.
Condition issues at the Colleges were identified between 2011 and 2013. These included building code deficiencies, general deterioration, weathertightness issues, and earthquake resilience issues.
Because of the extent of the issues, the MGC and MBC Boards of Trustees initiated a discussion with the Ministry and the community around the future of secondary education in Blenheim. An initial investigation into co-locating both schools again was ultimately found to be unaffordable and hence the current project direction to proceed with Redevelopment in-situ at each of the current schools’ campus (MGC and MBC).

This tender has been awarded.

• ROBINSON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED - Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201, NEW ZEALAND

Further Award Information:
It is intended that the value of the contract resulting from this tender will be within value band: $1,000,000-$5,000,000

Award Date: Thursday, 23 April 2026 (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Date RFx was completed/updated: Wednesday, 29 April 2026 9:57 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)