Official UK procurement notice
Acer Trust (South Hub) - Cleaning Services (2025)
Authority: ACER TRUST (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAcer Trust (South Hub) is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily cleaning service at Icknield Community College.The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months. The contract commencement date is 01 September 2025.The contract is for a full daily cleaning service during term time and periodic cleaning outside of term time.TUPE is expected to apply, details of which can be found in the tender documentation.
- Recurrence: Further notices will be published in 2027, 2028 or 2029 dependent on the exercising of contract extension options.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£594,000
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)
- All criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- All criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 70
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · Further notices will be published in 2027, 2028 or 2029 dependent on the exercising of contract extension options.
- First published
- 20 Jan 2025, 09:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2025, 11:58 BST
- Authority reference
MPN-10314- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039906- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d47eFind a Tender
- Review procedure
Acer Trust incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Feb 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Feb 2025 → 15 Jul 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline24 Feb 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected28 Mar 2025
- Notice published15 Jul 2025, 11:58 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete15 Jul 2025, 11:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCELERATE CLEANING SOLUTIONS LTDSMECleaning Services | £793,132 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Cleaning Services · ACCELERATE CLEANING SOLUTIONS LTDSME
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2025
- Value
- £793,132
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Accelerate Facilities LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria