Official UK procurement notice
Cleaning of Communal Areas
Authority: St Albans City and District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP SERVICES LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHousing and Inclusion Committee agreed the restructure to Asset and Tenancy Teams at its meeting in June 2025. Part of this restructure involves replacing the caretaking service with Estate Wardens and outsourcing the cleaning of communal areas to the 273 blocks of flats and 2 sheltered housing schemes to an external contractor.
CPV: Accommodation, building and window cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£0
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Feb 2026, 15:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2026, 16:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
SADC 000172- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066412- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064731Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
4 Feb 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published265 days ago4 Feb 2026, 15:17 GMT
- Market engagement251 days ago18 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
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- Next notice expected240 days ago1 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published105 days ago14 Jul 2026, 16:13 BST
- Submission deadline75 days ago14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by8 days ago19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 3 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Feb 2026, 15:17 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published14 Jul 2026, 16:13 BSTUK4
- Published value updated14 Jul 2026, 16:13 BST
- Status changed to active14 Jul 2026, 16:13 BST
- Procurement method changed14 Jul 2026, 16:13 BST
- Deadline published: 14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST14 Jul 2026, 16:13 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP SERVICES LTDProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement Support
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender