Official UK procurement notice
23_23 Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Soaps
Authority: ESPO
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionA framework for the supply of professional standard cleaning chemicals and hand soaps, suitable for use in educational and commercial environments. Requirements include, but are not limited to: cleaning chemicals for use in commercial kitchens, laundry care, washrooms, multi-purpose cleaners, floor care, disinfectants, polishers, air fresheners, wipes, hand soaps and hand sanitisers.
Also required is private label range of cleaning chemicals and hand soap products to be supplied with ESPO’s own brand “smartbuy” labelling.
Goods are for delivery to ESPO, Leicester.
Lot 1 - Premium Branded Cleaning Chemicals
Lot 2 - Premium Branded Hand Soaps and Sanitisers
Lot 3 - Economy Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Soaps
Lot 4 - ESPO Smartbuy Branded Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Soaps
CPV: Automatic soap dispensers · Cleaning and polishing products · Cleaning products · Hand sanitizer · Soap
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 19 bids on the busiest of 4 lots · 13 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 2 yrs 1 mo from 1 Mar 2023
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £2,400,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Premium Branded Cleaning ChemicalsAwardedPublished value£5,700,000
Items required include a range of cleaning chemicals for use in commercial kitchens, kitchens, offices and classrooms in commercial, industrial and educational environments. The products required must be of ‘professional’ standard and be market leading / widely known brand names within the industrial/ commercial markets (i.e. not retail).
All products are for delivery to ESPO, Leicester.
Lot #2Premium Branded Hand Soaps and SanitisersAwardedceiling above
Items required include a range of hand soaps, hand sanitisers and dispensers for use commercial, industrial and educational environments. The products required must be of ‘professional’ standard and be market leading / widely known brand names within the industrial/commercial markets (i.e. not retail).
All products are for delivery to ESPO, Leicester.
Lot #3Economy Cleaning Chemicals and Hand SoapsAwardedPublished value£500,000
Items required include a range of cleaning chemicals for use in commercial kitchens, kitchens, offices and classrooms in commercial, industrial and educational environments. The products required must be of ‘professional’ standard.
All products are for delivery to ESPO, Leicester.
Lot #4ESPO Smartbuy Branded Cleaning Chemicals and Hand SoapsAwardedceiling above
Items required include a range of cleaning chemicals and hand soaps for use in commercial kitchens, kitchens, offices and classrooms in commercial, industrial and educational environments. The products required must be of ‘professional’ standard. All items are required to be supplied with ESPO’s own-brand “smartbuy” labelling adhered to the bottle/container.
All products are for delivery to ESPO.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Non-Price (method statements): 40%
- price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Non-Price (method statements): 40
- Price: 60
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “23_23 Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Soaps” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Aug 2022, 15:15 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jan 2023, 10:44 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Sept 2022 – …
- Authority reference
23_23- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-002115- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03596dFind a Tender
- Performance terms
The minimum financial requirement for the purposes of the current tender exercise is stated in the procurement documents.
This framework will operate on-going contract monitoring procedures following award, to ensure financial stability requirements are maintained.
Credit rating checks will be carried out on a regular basis, using the credit rating agency, Creditsafe Business Solutions Limited.
Any changes will be assessed (compared with a baseline credit rating score obtained at contract award stage) and significant changes or sustained degradation will be investigated.
Bi-annual review meetings.
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 6 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 6 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
6 Sept 2022 → 1 Mar 2023 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown6 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened6 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published24 Jan 2023, 10:44 GMT
- Contract starts1 Mar 2023
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete24 Jan 2023, 10:44 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Lot 1 - Premium Branded Cleaning Chemicals
- Signed
- 23 Dec 2022
- Value
- £1,223,096
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - Premium Branded Hand Soaps and Sanitisers
- Signed
- 23 Dec 2022
- Value
- £1,710,244
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Lot 3 - Economy Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Soaps
- Signed
- 23 Dec 2022
- Value
- £271,368
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Lot 4 - ESPO Smartbuy Branded Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Soaps
- Signed
- 23 Dec 2022
- Value
- £1,649,812
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Premium Branded Cleaning Chemicals | 19bids · 19 electronic | 15 | — | — |
| 2 · Premium Branded Hand Soaps and Sanitisers | 19bids · 19 electronic | 15 | — | — |
| 3 · Economy Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Soaps | 19bids · 19 electronic | 15 | — | — |
| 4 · ESPO Smartbuy Branded Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Soaps | 19bids · 19 electronic | 15 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
13 commercial parties on the notice- Arrow County Supplies LimitedFramework contractor
- Diversey LimitedFramework contractor
- Eastpoint Global LtdFramework contractor
- Essity UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Forestdale Business Services LimitedFramework contractor
- Industrial Maintenance Supplies (Leicester) LimitedFramework contractor
- Merton Group UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Mirius (A Coventry Group Company)Framework contractor
- Opulent Collection LtdFramework contractor
- Orca HygieneFramework contractor
Show 3 more suppliers
- Pattersons (Bristol) Ltd (T/A Pattersons West Midlands)Framework contractor
- Polyco Healthline LimitedFramework contractor
- Selden Research LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria