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# Ambition Education Trust ~ Cleaning Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ambition-education-trust-cleaning-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-055d8f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Alban Academies Trust: "Ambition Education Trust ~ Cleaning Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: litmustms.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Alban Academies Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/alban-academies-trust-coh-07523557)
- **Published Value:** £3,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School cleaning services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £3,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ambition-education-trust-cleaning-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-055d8f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055d8f`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ambition-education-trust-cleaning-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-055d8f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [litmustms.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flitmustms.co.uk%2Frespond%2FZ7C367AJGF)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ambition-education-trust-cleaning-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-055d8f#participate

## Description
The Ambition Education trust (AET) was formed on 1st September 2024, growing from a friendly merger of two previous successful trusts, Alban Academies Trust and ATLAS MAT. The new vision and values of AET strongly mirror those from the two, previous trusts.
The trust is composed of 10 schools situated in Hertfordshire, across St Albans, Welwyn Garden City and Hemel Hempstead. There are three primaries, one infants, one junior and five secondary schools with over 800 staff delivering high-quality education to over 7500 young people from the ages 3 to 18. The overall aim of the Trust is to achieve Educational Excellence for All.
The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Ambitions Education Trust in the following schools:
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Ridgeway Academy (Secondary)
•
Verulam School (Secondary)
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St Albans Girls’ School (STAGS) (Secondary)
•
The Adeyfield Academy (Secondary)
•
Garden Fields School (Primary)
This procurement is being conducted under a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. Following the initial selection stage, the Contracting Authority intends to invite up to five suppliers to participate in the tender stage. Selection will be based on the criteria set out in the PSQ/tender documents and will be applied in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner. Suppliers must meet the minimum conditions of participation in order to progress to the tender stage.
Contract value is likely to be around £700,000 per annum
Part 2 ~ Opportunity Overview
The school project stakeholder’s aims for this process are as follows:
· Consistency of cleanliness across the schools
· Quality of local and off-site supervision (auditing/ training/ communication/ recruitment)
· Improving communication between the service provider and school stakeholders and between the service provider and the trust
· Upgrade of machinery and technology and review of chemicals used
· Disciplined reporting and adherence to the meeting cycle to assure that reactive and proactive works are prioritised and completed
· Development true sense of partnership with the successful service provider
The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful Supplier to operate to at all times is being able to provide a school cleaning service that is fit for purpose and that the Supplier is proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all specifications are achieved and that the frequency of cleans is as detailed within the tender specification.
The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from April 2026 until end March 2029 with the option to extend upon agreement with the Client, for a further two-year period (awarded in singular years). The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the Supplier invoicing the Client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis, however the successful supplier will be expected to return any hours not worked to the trust.
It should be noted that the succes...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ambition-education-trust-cleaning-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-055d8f)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 90919300
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Ambition Education Trust ~ Cleaning Tender (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **GSO Ltd t/a Reef Cleaning Solutions**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-155443`
  - Value: £3,500,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 19/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F039231-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-16T15:19:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:01:35.762Z
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