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Published 14 May 2025, 10:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Building and Office Cleaning

Official notice

Authority: East Sussex Fire Authority (Police & fire)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£800,000exc. VAT8.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 27 Jun 2025awarded 29 Oct 2025
Awarded to TC Facilities Management Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is to be run as a mini-competition under Lot 1 of the ESPO263_25 Total Cleaning Services framework for those suppliers pre-approved for the South East region. Any bids made by suppliers not pre-approved and authorised will be rejected.This contract will cover office cleaning and an annual clean of our windows and appliance bay doors across the Estate in East Sussex, Brighton and Hove. It will cover 23 fire stations and our Service Training Centre at Maresfield.

CPV: Accommodation, building and window cleaning services · Building-cleaning services · Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This is a mini-competition run under Lot 1 of ESPO263_25 Total Cleaning Services and…AwardedRenewalPublished value£800,000

This is a mini-competition run under Lot 1 of ESPO263_25 Total Cleaning Services and only open to the pre-approved suppliers in the South East Region

Delivery: South East · Across East Sussex at 23 sites
Extensions: This contract will start from the 1st November when the current contract expires. Contract value is based on estimated annual cost for the contract term plus one extension period. Value will be less if no extension is agreed, or greater if the full possible extension is agreedSecond stage: up to 37 candidates invited to tenderVariant 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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 May 2025, 10:49 BST
Last source update
6 Nov 2025, 13:01 GMT
Authority reference
ESFA2510
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071617
Classification (CPV)
Accommodation, building and window cleaning servicesBuilding-cleaning servicesCleaning services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0512c3 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Deadlines will be as specified in the Public Contract Regulations 2015

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
27 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Jun 2025 → 6 Nov 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published351 days ago
    6 Nov 2025, 13:01 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Nov 2025, 13:01 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £870,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
TC Facilities Management Ltd£870,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

East Sussex Fire Authority

Contracting authorityPolice & fireRegional or local authorityGeneral public services ESFRS Service HQ, Church Lane, LEWES, South East, BN7 2DZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Centre for Effective Dispute ResolutionReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.