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Published 13 Feb 2024, 12:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Cleaning Service Provision · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Bedford College (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£2,400,000exc. VAT43% above published estimate
Submissions closed 19 Mar 2024awarded 23 Jul 2024
Awarded to Brayborne Facilities Services Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Bedford College Group seek a single provider to provide cleaning services across the whole College estate in Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.

CPV: Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£2,400,000
Variant 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: 30%Price: 60%Environmental: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Technical Capacity & Professional Ability: 25%
  • Company Policy Overview: 5%
  • price: 60%
  • Health & Safety, Environmental Management: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Technical Capacity & Professional Ability: 25
  • Health & Safety, Environmental Management: 10
  • Company Policy Overview: 5
  • Price: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
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 2024, 12:56 GMT
Last source update
23 Jul 2024, 09:13 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Mar 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-022776
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF24)East of England (UKH24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0439be Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
19 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
19 Mar 2024, 13:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Mar 2024 → 23 Jul 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    19 Mar 2024, 13:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    23 Jul 2024, 09:13 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Jul 2024, 09:13 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,431,7381 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 64 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Jul 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Brayborne Facilities Services Ltd£3,431,738 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bedford College

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Cauldwell Street, Bedford, East of England, MK429AHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Diane Gamble (Director of Estates & Facilities)Review body Bedford

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.