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Published 6 Oct 2025, 15:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Cardinal Heenan & Broughton Hall Catholic High Schools & Joint 6th Form Cleaning Tender 2025/6

Official notice

Authority: RPJ3 Group (Public body)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£1,750,000≈ £583k / year · £2,100,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Nov 2025
Contract term 3 yrsends 28 May 2029 · up to 28 May 2031 with extensions · starts 29 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cardinal Heenan and Broughton Hall Catholic High Schools and joint 6th Form centre are seeking to procure a provider for cleaning services.

The provision of the service must demonstrate the best value approach and be flexible in its delivery and operation to ensure that the needs and ethos of the individual schools are supported.

This tender process is targeted to have a cleaning contract in place to commence on 29th May 2026. Please note that this process covers all cleaning services within Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Broughton Hall Catholic High school and the joint 6th form centre with full tender costings and proposals for each school for a contract start in on 29th May 2026. These details will be further explained in the ITT documents. The tender process will be through a competitive flexible procedure commencing with a participation stage to create a select bidder list following analysis of a PSQ document (within which the scoring criteria will be included). The nature of the contract demands a good local infrastructure to provide and maintain the level and standard of cleaning service and support required by the schools. Labour resource/relief cover is very important. We have set a minimum level of turnover for this tender at 250,000 GBP which takes into account the contract turnover and cash flow associations. This is a discretionary pass/fail question on the basis that we will consider any additional guarantees and formal assurances such as parent company guarantors or similar which must be included to support any submission. We have set a minimum Employer's (compulsory) liability insurance of 10,000,000 GBP). Following the analysis of PSQ’s the selected bidders will be invited to attend a site survey and tender briefing initially planned for December 2025. Tender response deadline is planned as early January 2026 and it is envisaged that interviews will take place in early February 2026. The contract will be for a 3 +1 +1 period (5 years in total including the option to extend for 1 + 1years).

  • How the procedure runs: The competitive flexible procedure will commence with a participation stage whereby a PSQ will be completed by interested suppliers. This will be scored, and successful suppliers will be invited to submit a full tender. The tender submissions will be analysed and scored and selected suppliers will be invited to final interview/presentation stage. The contracting Authority will then select the winning supplier and award the contract.
  • No preliminary market engagement: Time constraints of the procurement process and to ensure a level playing field so no supplier has an unfair advantage or to distort competition.

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£1,750,000
Contract period: 29 May 2026 – 28 May 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 28 May 2031 with extensionsValue: £1,750,000 exc. VAT · £2,100,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Initial contract is for three years with the option to extend for a further one plus one years, a maximum of five years in total.Second stage: 4–9 candidates invited to tender
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)3
  • Economic & financial standing

    As per PSQ document

  • Technical & professional ability

    As per PSQ document

  • Condition of participation

    A Procurement Specific Questionnaire is completed by suppliers with the highest scoring suppliers being invited to tender.

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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: 45%Price: 55%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative: 45%
  • Financial: 55%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Financial : 6/7 financial schedules require completion, providing a fixed price annual cost.
  • Qualitative: 9 qualitative schedules require responding to
Conditions of participation3
  • Economic & financial standing

    As per PSQ document

  • Technical & professional ability

    As per PSQ document

  • Condition of participation

    A Procurement Specific Questionnaire is completed by suppliers with the highest scoring suppliers being invited to tender.

    shortlisting
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
6 Oct 2025, 15:34 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2025, 15:34 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 5 Feb 2026
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062593
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID
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How it runs

The competitive flexible procedure will commence with a participation stage whereby a PSQ will be completed by interested suppliers. This will be scored, and successful suppliers will be invited to submit a full tender. The tender submissions will be analysed and scored and selected suppliers will be invited to final interview/presentation stage. The contracting Authority will then select the winning supplier and award the contract.

How it was run

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission deadline
3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Oct 2025 → 29 May 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published381 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 15:34 BST
  2. Submission deadline353 days ago
    3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Award decision expected by258 days ago
    5 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts147 days ago
    29 May 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    6 Oct 2025, 15:34 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

RPJ3 Group

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRYY-6263-NQHG Leasowe Lodge, Wirral, North West, CH46 3SAContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPSQ Document for the Cardinal Heenan and Broughton Hall Catholic High Schools and Joint 6th Form Cleaning Tender 2025/26
  • Bidding documents and specificationstenderBidding documents and specificationsAccess: Full tender documents will be sent out electronically after the PSQ stage to all qualifying bidders

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender