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Cleaning and Maintenance of Cultural Objects

Preservation services of historical sites
Repair and maintenance services
North West (UKD3)
Published value
£250,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Manchester City Council: "Cleaning and Maintenance of Cultural Objects". Published status: planning. Published value: £250,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityManchester City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£250,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Manchester City Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Manchester City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6.6Bids / Report
4% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
Martenscroft Nursery SchoolTop vendor: 22.1% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 40 active published awards; 25 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Martenscroft Nursery School1 win£3,540,690
FAMILY ACTION1 win£2,516,150
ALLIANCE DISPOSABLES LIMITED1 win£2,400,000
THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED1 win£2,084,742
HOME-START MANCHESTER1 win£1,800,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityManchester City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published7 Aug 2026, 09:06 BST
Last source update7 Aug 2026, 09:06 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPreservation services of historical sites, Repair and maintenance services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06de99
What is being bought
Manchester City Council's Public Realm Team is seeking to engage with the market to inform the potential procurement of a contract for the cleaning and maintenance of the Council's 103 heritage assets. These assets, many of which are listed structures, are located across the city and include war memorials, public artworks, and a variety of other historic structures. The proposed contract will provide for the regular cleaning, inspection, and maintenance of these assets in accordance with an agreed programme and schedule of works. The Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor with demonstrable expertise in heritage asset maintenance, conservation, and restoration. This preliminary market engagement is intended to: · Assess market interest and supplier capacity. · Provide further information regarding the assets included within the scope of the proposed contract and address any related queries. · Outline the anticipated procurement process and indicative timetable.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    7 Aug 2026, 09:06 BST
  2. Published value updated to £250,000
    7 Aug 2026, 09:03 BST
  3. Status changed to planning
    7 Aug 2026, 09:03 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    7 Aug 2026, 09:03 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    7 Aug 2026, 09:03 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    7 Aug 2026, 09:06 BST
  2. Procedure published
    7 Aug 2026, 09:06 BST
  3. engagement
    2 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    The preliminary market engagement will be conducted through a face-to-face supplier event attended by other interested organisations. The session is expected to last approximately two hours and will include a series of short presentations, together with an opportunity to engage directly with representatives from the Public Realm and Procurement Teams. The event will take place at: The Friends Meeting House Room G1 6 Mount Street M2 5NS Date: 4 September 2026 between 10.00 and 12.30 Registration Attendance at this event is by pre-registration only, Due to venue capacity, attendance is strictly limited to 25 people. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To ensure broad market participation, the Authority reserves the right to limit the number of attendees from any one organisation. Suppliers wishing to attend must register their interest by emailing publicrealm2@manchester.gov.uk with the Supplier Day in the subject header no later than two working days prior to the event.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Manchester City Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PLNV-8798-LDMP
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published