Official UK procurement notice
All Saints Catholic College ~ Cleaning Tender
Authority: All Saints Catholic College (RM&C) (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAll Saints Catholic College is an Outstanding co-educational Roman Catholic secondary school located in North Kensington, London. The school serves students aged 11 to 16 and is part of the Diocese of Westminster. All Saints is committed to providing a high-quality, inclusive, and caring learning environment where every student is supported to achieve their full potential.
The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the existing school facilities. The school currently has approximately 850 students on roll and around 120 teaching and support staff. This number is due to rise to 880 students from September 2025 onwards. The school is going through an exciting period of extension with a whole new block being built, due for completion in September 2025.
The contract being tendered is for a three-year duration from 1st November 2025 to 31st October 2028, and will operate as a Fixed Price Contract, with the successful Contractor offering the school a guaranteed return / cost per annum for the provision of cleaning services.
The school year is based on a calendar of 195 days, of which five days are designated for staff professional development, meaning that students attend for the statutory 190 school days.
The contract offered will cover the full scope of cleaning services within the school. This will include, but is not limited to:
•General daily cleaning of classrooms, offices, corridors, toilets, and communal areas
•Periodic deep cleaning during school holidays
•Event-related cleaning (e.g., parent evenings, school events)
•Maintenance of hygiene standards in line with relevant health and safety and safeguarding requirements
Site Details:
The cleaning provision will cover an internal area of approximately XXX square metres, across four levels: ground, first, second and third floors.
[Building plans are available and will be appended to the tender pack.]
Whilst the School prioritises value for money as a key objective of the competitive tender process, the Governing Body is not obliged to accept the lowest price.
The current contract value is:
2024/25: £103,488 excl. VAT
All Saints Catholic College expects the successful contractor to enable the continued development and enhancement of cleaning services. The school seeks a contractor who will evidence in their bid how their services will support and align with the School’s Catholic values and its commitment to high standards of learning, behaviour, and community cohesion.
All Saints believes that success should be celebrated and that students should feel happy, safe, and supported in a clean and welcoming environment. Stimulating and well-maintained surroundings are an essential foundation for academic and personal achievement.
As a school continually seeking to improve and develop the learning environment, All Saints Catholic College is committed to providing facilities that meet the needs of the 21st century and reflect the dignity of the community it serves.
Please be advised that this contract will be let on a 3-year fixed price basis.
Please see SQ document for more information.
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- How the procedure runs: Please see SQ timetable for details on the process for this tender.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£310,464
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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).
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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 award criteria (1)
- Quality: Long criteria description
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Dec 2025, 19:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Sept 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016322- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0505d9Find a Tender
- How it runs
Please see SQ timetable for details on the process for this tender.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
22 Apr 2025 → 11 Dec 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published22 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST
- Clarification questions by23 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by16 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent365 days ago22 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts355 days ago1 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published325 days ago1 Dec 2025, 19:05 GMT
- Standstill ends314 days ago11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Apr 2025- Tender notice published22 Apr 2025, 16:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published1 Dec 2025, 19:05 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Dec 2025, 19:05 GMT
- Contract signature expected12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSO LtdSME1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 | £310,464 | 22 Oct 2025standstill to 11 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- GSO Ltd t/a Reef Cleaning SolutionsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender