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Published 13 Feb 2025, 12:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Cleaning and Janitorial Services

Official notice

Authority: City of Bristol College (Education)

ServicesCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Published estimate£2,250,000exc. VAT2.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Mar 2025awarded 21 Aug 2025
Awarded to Kindred

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Cleaning and Janitorial Services to all City of Bristol College centres.

CPV: Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The College is seeking a supplier to provide cleaning and janitorial services to all…AwardedPublished value£2,250,000

The College is seeking a supplier to provide cleaning and janitorial services to all of its sites, plus its two Independent Living Centres, for 50 weeks a year. This includes teaching, office, communal and ‘prestige’ areas of the college as well as washrooms/lavatories, workshops, salons and commercial kitchens (not canteens – delivered by canteen provider).

Washroom consumables is also included in the tender.

Delivery: South West · United Kingdom
Extensions: 96 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 5x12 month(s)Second stage: 3–15 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: 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
Quality: 55%Price: 45%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 55.00%
  • Price: 45.00%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    N/A.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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
13 Feb 2025, 12:06 GMT
Last source update
21 Aug 2025, 10:42 BST
Authority reference
CA15299 - ES2410A
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050433
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning services
Delivery area
South West (UKK11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04de98 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

N/A.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

In writing to the COO at the stated address.

Publisher note: Site visits will be available during the tender stage - date and times to be advised in due course to bidders.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: MultiQuote · Who buys & how to bid on MultiQuote
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
13 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Mar 2025 → 21 Aug 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 10:42 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Aug 2025, 10:42 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,200,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
KindredSME£2,200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Cleaning and Janitorial Services · KindredSME

    Signed
    21 Aug 2025
    Value
    £2,200,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City of Bristol College

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation St Georges Road, Bristol, UK, BS1 5UAContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • KindredAwarded supplier Pendergate House, 122 Great North Road, Hatfield, UK, AL9 5JNContact email, phone

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