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Published 7 Jul 2025, 12:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School ~ Cleaning Tender

Official notice

Authority: Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (Education)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£1,230,000≈ £410k / year · £1,230,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Dec 2025awarded 23 Feb 2026
Award (standstill) to GSO Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School.

The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 April 2026 until 31 March 2029, with the option to extend for a further term of three years on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the Contractor invoicing the Client for one-twelfth of the annual cost monthly.

Whilst the monthly charge will represent one-twelfth of the contract cost, a reconciliation will take place monthly to reconcile the actual hours worked within the contract. If the hours worked are less than those budgeted for a credit will be required by the schools. This credit will be calculated by dividing the annual contract cost (fixed cost) by the number of annual input hours to arrive at a contractual cost per hour, this will then be multiplied by the number of hours due to arrive at the fiscal credit.

The School requires that the tendered number of hours are always worked, and the successful contractor is expected to have a system in place to cover for both planned and unplanned leave.

The basis and rationale that the Client requires is for the successful contractor to operate to always is being able to provide a clean School that is fit for purpose and that the Contractor is proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all output specifications are achieved and that the required frequency of cleans is delivered.

The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of services. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a clean and pleasant environment for students, staff, and visitors within the school consistently.

It should be noted that the successful contractor will be expected to bring to the contract: innovation; new equipment; and cleaning methods, with BIC’S standards being achieved, as a minimum, thus ensuring that the highest levels of cleanliness are maintained in all areas at all times and also ensuring that the productivity of the cleaning operatives is enhanced moving forward into the new contract term.

The successful contractor will be expected to put forwards both innovation and their proposals for making this contract more environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral moving into this contract term both by way of contract delivery, and within the successful contractor’s organisation, thus working to deliver the Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School’s environmental polices

The terms and conditions of employment and recognition offered to the cleaning operatives should be both progressive and forward thinking ensuring that the staffing establishment is complete at all times and staff turnover is kept to a minimum.

The current annual value of the contract is approximately £205,000.00 plus VAT per annum.

Please see PSQ Document for further information.

  • How the procedure runs: Please see PSQ Document for further information.

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 yrsSMEPublished value£1,230,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (3 yrs)Value: £1,230,000 exc. VAT · £1,230,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible

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
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80%
  • Cost: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Cost
  • Quality
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
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)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Jul 2025, 12:06 BST
Last source update
31 Jul 2026, 11:06 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 2 Feb 2026
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037720
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0559d1 Find a Tender
How it runs

Please see PSQ Document for further information.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Litmus TMS
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
12 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Jul 2025 → 12 Aug 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Jul 2025, 12:06 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline319 days ago
    12 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected by267 days ago
    2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Assessment summaries sent247 days ago
    23 Feb 2026
  6. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
  7. Latest notice published89 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 11:06 BST
  8. Standstill ends76 days ago
    12 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Jul 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Jul 2025, 12:06 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    31 Jul 2026, 11:06 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    31 Jul 2026, 11:06 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    13 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,230,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 53 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GSO LtdSME14 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032Extensions: The contract is for an initial 3-year term with a commencement date of 01 April 2026 with the option to extend the contract for a further three years, excluding the right to extend beyond this time.£1,230,00023 Feb 2026standstill to 12 Aug 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5final-stage tenders30—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHXW-8998-PWLP Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, B74 2NHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • GSO Ltd t/a Reef Cleaning SolutionsAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08355246 Suite 16 Davey House, St Neots, Cambs, St. Neots, East of England, PE19 7BAContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender