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Official UK procurement notice

Charles Darwin School - Cleaning Tender

Official notice

Authority: Charles Darwin School - Cleaning Tender (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,153,340≈ £261k / year
Submissions closed 11 Oct 2024
Contract term 4 yrs 5 moends 31 Aug 2029 · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The supplier is to provide excellent cleaning services for Charles Darwin School in Kent.

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Charles Darwin School is a creative and dynamic school in Biggin Hill, Kent, where our… 4 yrs 5 moPublished value£1,153,340

Charles Darwin School is a creative and dynamic school in Biggin Hill, Kent, where our 1316 students flourish and make excellent progress. Above all, we want our students to enjoy their learning experiences and to leave with skills, values and memories that will stay with them throughout their adult lives and equip them for future employment.

We have calm, positive and engaging learning environments where students are encouraged to explore their learning and develop the knowledge and skills to be successful. We have high expectations of our students and their attitudes to learning, where we seek a cleaning contractor to support our high standards in the services they provide for our school.

Charles Darwin is part of the Inicio Trust. Further information about the school can be obtained here: www.cdarwin.com ↗

Tender information:

The successful tenderer will be required to provide cleaning services to Charles Darwin School.

The contract term being tendered is for two years and 5 months, from 1st April 2025 – 1st September 2027. There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31st August 2029.

The contract offers an excellent opportunity to review and propose enhancements to the current cleaning services at the School. This includes both core term time cleaning and periodic deep cleaning throughout the year.

The school currently run their cleaning services in house and are keen to secure a high quality cleaning service whereby it’s students are able to enjoy excellence in education, supported by excellently kept facilities.

The school expects both a tightly managed service and high levels of productivity to be delivered by the cleaning staff at all times. The school is also proud of it’s ‘family ethos’ and expects a management style delivered by the successful contractor that supports, encourages and develops the cleaning staff.

The school is not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, rather the school is keen to secure best value from this contract and to deliver best value to it’s students. Innovative and creative ideas as to how the cleaning services can be developed and improved, will be welcomed. The school seeks a contractor that is keen to work in partnership and who will deliver to it’s highest abilities, at all times.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Aug 2029 (4 yrs 5 mo)
Delivery: South East · Kent
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
5 Sept 2024, 10:05 BST
Last source update
5 Sept 2024, 10:05 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028370
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049839 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The contracting authority reserves the right not to appoint as a result of this tender process and/ or to cancel this tender process at any time For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Kent:-School-cleaning-services./5A68YCQ878 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5A68YCQ878 GO Reference: GO-202495-PRO-27607815

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
11 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

5 Sept 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    5 Sept 2024, 10:05 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    11 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    8 Nov 2024
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Charles Darwin School - Cleaning Tender

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, Kent, South East, TN16 3AUContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Charles Darwin SchoolReview body Kent

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria