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Published 8 Apr 2025, 14:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Cleaning: Event & Performance (Cultural Venues)

Official notice

Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£1,326,854published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 9 May 2025awarded 22 Aug 2025
Awarded to Perfect Clean Edinburgh Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The City of Edinburgh Council has contracted for the provision of specialised professional cleaning services at our cultural venues: Usher Hall, Assembly Rooms, and Church Hill Theatre.

CPV: Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: Within this contract the Council has the option to extend for two 12-month extension periods.Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not 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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Economic & financial standing

    Tenderers are required to have a minimum “general” annual turnover of 700000GBP for the last two financial years. Where a Tenderer does not have an annual turnover of this value, the Council may exclude the Tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the Tenderer’s suitability to proceed in the competition.

    Tenderers will be required to provide their current and prior years financial ratios.

    Tenderers are required to hold, or commit to obtaining prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and minimum levels of insurance indicated.

    Minimum: Tenderers are required to have a minimum “general” annual turnover of 700000GBP for the last two financial years. Current ratio for Current Year: 1.15 Current ratio for Prior Year: 1.15 The formula for calculating a Tenderer’s current ratio is current assets divided by current li…
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
Restricted procedure
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
8 Apr 2025, 14:57 BST
Last source update
25 Aug 2025, 12:19 BST
Authority reference
CT1530
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051088
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fef6 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: It is a mandatory requirement of this Contract that a prompt payment clause is present in all Contracts used in the delivery of the requirements. This ensures payment of sub-contractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and includes an obligation to provide a point of contact for sub-contractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties. This will require active monitoring of payment performance as well as the provision of evidence and reports to the Council on request or as contractually scheduled (SC Ref:807998)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
9 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

9 May 2025 → 25 Aug 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    9 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    23 May 2025, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    25 Aug 2025, 12:19 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Aug 2025, 12:19 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,326,8541 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Perfect Clean Edinburgh LtdSME£1,326,854 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The City of Edinburgh Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8BGContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Perfect Clean Edinburgh LtdAwarded supplier Unit 13, Bilston Enterprise Centre, 1 Dryden Road, Loanhead, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH20 9LZContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.