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Published 28 Mar 2025, 11:59 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Cedars Estate Cleaning Contract

Official notice

Authority: CETRA Housing Co-operative Limited (Charity / VCSE)

WorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdConcessionSME suitable
Concession value (operator's revenue)£285,000operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Submissions closed 1 Jul 2025awarded 30 Jul 2025
Award (standstill) to Capital Service Solutions Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 18 Aug 2028 · starts 18 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A 3 year contract to provide estate cleaning the Cedars Estate

CPV: Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services · Exterior cleaning work for buildings

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 yrsSMEPublished value£285,000
Contract period: 18 Aug 2025 – 18 Aug 2028 (3 yrs)Value: £285,000 exc. VAT · £342,000 inc. VAT
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Must require insurance, audited accounts, health and safety documents and references

  • Technical & professional ability

    Must have relevant cleaning qualifications, experience of working for a local authority, housing associations or Tenant Management Organisations.

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: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Quality
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Must require insurance, audited accounts, health and safety documents and references

  • Technical & professional ability

    Must have relevant cleaning qualifications, experience of working for a local authority, housing associations or Tenant Management Organisations.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Concession
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Mar 2025, 11:59 GMT
Last source update
5 Aug 2025, 12:11 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 10 Jul 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024702
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related servicesExterior cleaning work for buildings
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f9fb Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Invoices are to be submitted the 3rd week of the month.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
21 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Mar 2025 → 18 Aug 2025 · 10 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    28 Mar 2025, 11:59 GMT
  2. Next notice expected
    1 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Tender notice published
    22 May 2025, 12:14 BST
  4. Clarification questions by
    21 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Submission deadline
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Award decision expected by
    10 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Assessment summaries sent
    5 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
  8. Latest notice published
    5 Aug 2025, 12:11 BST
  9. Standstill ends
    14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  10. Contract starts
    18 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Mar 2025
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    28 Mar 2025, 11:59 GMT
    UK3
  2. Tender notice published
    22 May 2025, 12:14 BST
    UK4
  3. Status changed to active
    22 May 2025, 12:14 BST
  4. Deadline moved to 1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    22 May 2025, 12:14 BST
    +30 days · was 1 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Tender notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 11:17 BST
    UK4
  6. Deadline moved to 1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    10 Jun 2025, 11:17 BST
    +0 days · was 1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Tender notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 15:32 BST
    UK4
  8. Contract award notice published
    5 Aug 2025, 12:11 BST
    UK6
  9. Status changed to complete
    5 Aug 2025, 12:11 BST
  10. Contract signature expected
    10 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Published amendments (2)

Enquiry cut off date has been amended to 21st June 2025

Notification of contract award has been amended to 10th July. Contract start date is 18th August.

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 22 May 2025
  • 2025-03: 1 release · 28 Mar 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £330,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1313 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Capital Service Solutions LimitedSME10 Sept 2025 – 10 Sept 2028 · up to 10 Sept 2030Extensions: Extension would be applied if all KPI's are met during the contract period£330,00030 Jul 2025standstill to 14 Aug 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
13final-stage tenders130—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CETRA Housing Co-operative Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: 28258R · GB-MPR: 28258R · GB-PPON: PTVZ-4148-BLMR CETRA Housing Co-op Limited, London, London, SW4 0PNContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (8)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Planned procurement notice planningPlanned procurement noticeUK3Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender