Manchester Airport invites businesses to bid for contracts in transformation plans

Manchester Airport Credit: PA

Businesses are being invited to bid for contracts worth up to £500m, as part of Manchester Airport’s 10-year transformation programme.

The airport has issued a contract notice for the Terminal Two transformation phase, and includes the design and construction of an extension to the existing building, more than doubling its current size. The contract represents the majority of the works associated with the programme.

The proposed works comprise, but are not limited to, the following elements:

  • New baggage facto

  • New piers

  • New terminal extension and upgrade of existing forecourt

  • Associated access roads

  • Alterations to existing terminal

  • New multi-storey car parks

  • Site clearance

  • Associated services diversionBrad Miller, Manchester Airport

Brad Miller, Manchester Airport transformation programme director, said:

The initial notice invites interested parties to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire ahead of the main invitation to tender for the works. Organisations wishing to participate will need to demonstrate that they have had an annual turnover in excess of £750m over the last three years.