Official UK procurement notice
Building Cleaning, SDNPA Offices, Midhurst, West Sussex April 2026 - April 2029
Authority: South Downs National Park Authority (Public body)
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: South East (UKJ)
Published estimate£182,400≈ £61k / year · £182,400 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Feb 2026awarded 20 Mar 2026
Awarded to aAFD Services2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 13 Apr 2029 · up to 13 Apr 2030 with extensions · starts 14 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of building cleaning services for South Downs National Park Authority, Midhurst Offices, including our main offices, meeting rooms and visitor centre.
CPV: Office cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£182,400
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Approach to the Contract 30% Project Resourcing 30% Price 40%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Jan 2026, 15:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Jun 2026, 11:57 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-002756- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0604dfFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 12 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
SDNPA use an electronic sourcing portal to manage all tendering and quotation exercises and current and future contract opportunities can be viewed at in-tendhost.co.uk/southdowns ↗
No other submission methods will be accepted.
Timeline
13 Jan 2026 → 16 Jun 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published280 days ago13 Jan 2026, 15:19 GMT
- Submission deadline251 days ago12 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts190 days ago14 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published127 days ago16 Jun 2026, 11:57 BST
Notice history
8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jan 2026- Tender notice published13 Jan 2026, 15:19 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published23 Mar 2026, 12:35 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Mar 2026, 12:35 GMT
- Procurement termination notice published23 Mar 2026, 12:46 GMTUK12
- Contract award notice published23 Mar 2026, 12:54 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected3 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract signature expected13 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published16 Jun 2026, 11:57 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 23 Mar 2026
- 2026-01: 1 release · 13 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £208,7521 award inc. VAT; no net value published · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 99 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 16 Jun 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| aAFD Services14 Apr 2026 – 13 Apr 2029 · up to 13 Apr 2030Extensions: One year optional extension | £208,752 inc. VATsame award published again · counted once | 20 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
| aAFD Services14 Apr 2026 – 13 Apr 2029 · up to 13 Apr 2030Extensions: Option to extend for a further period of 1 year | £208,752 inc. VAT | 20 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · aAFD Services
- Signed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Value
- £208,752 inc. VAT
- Period
- 16 Jun 2026 – 4 May 2029 · up to 4 May 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Authority may extend the contract period by a further period of one year by giving written notice to the service provider of its wish to extend this contract.
Contract 1 · aAFD Services
- Signed
- date not published
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 13 Apr 2029
- Status
- cancelled (23 Mar 2026), Error made in contract award notice - requires a new notice to be published.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9final-stage tenders · 10 at stage one | 9 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AAFD SERVICES LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications SDNPA use an electronic sourcing portal to manage all tendering and quotation exercises. Current and future contract opportunities can be viewed at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/southdowns In order to view the full documents available it is necessary to register with the portal. Regi…
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender