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Published 21 Feb 2025, 11:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Barbican Estate Window Cleaning Services

Official notice

Authority: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,600,000exc. VAT11.6% above published estimate
Submissions closed 23 Mar 2025awarded 24 Dec 2025
Awarded to Enterprise Cleaning & Support Services Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The City of London Corporation (the City) contract award for the Barbican Estate

Window Cleaning Service contract.

The Contractor shall provide a comprehensive Window Cleaning Service throughout the Barbican

Estate delivered in a safe and efficient manner. The window cleaning function will seek to minimize

degradation, enhance asset life cycle, and ensure the Barbican Estate high standards and image are

maintained. The Contractor is required to provide a high-quality service as defined within the scope

of the specification.

The duration of the contract is 6 years.

  • Recurrence: Early 2031

CPV: Window-cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The procurement for this contract is via a Restricted Procedure, the city will invite…AwardedPublished value£1,600,000

The procurement for this contract is via a Restricted Procedure, the city will invite a maximum of 6

and a minimum of 5 bidders to the ITT (Stage 2) of the tender process.

The estimated total contract value for the full duration of the contract term is £1.6mn.

The duration of the contract is 6 years.

Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
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 · Early 2031
First published
21 Feb 2025, 11:05 GMT
Last source update
7 Jan 2026, 14:20 GMT
Authority reference
prj_35
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001111
Classification (CPV)
Window-cleaning services
Delivery area
London (UKI31)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e612 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Review body is the same as detailed in VI.4.1 & VI.4.2.

Publisher note: This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal’ (www.City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free. The estimated value given at II.2.6) is for the full duration of the contract including the maximum possible extensions. The estimated annual contract value is therefore £266,666.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
23 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Mar 2025 → 7 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    11 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published292 days ago
    7 Jan 2026, 14:20 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Jan 2026
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Jan 2026, 14:20 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    7 Jan 2026, 14:20 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,784,7311 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 63 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Enterprise Cleaning & Support Services LtdSME£1,784,731 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Po Box 270, Guildhall, London, London, EC2P 2EJContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England and WalesMediation bodyReview body LondonContact phone
  • See VI.4.1) Review body field of this contract award noticeMediation body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria