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Published 27 Mar 2023, 08:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Corporate Cleaning Contract · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£400,000≈ £133k / year
Submissions closed 28 Apr 2023awarded 11 Jan 2024
Awarded to Birkin Cleaning Services Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Dec 2026 · extension options published · starts 1 Jan 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cleaning services throughout the Council's portfolio of properties, to include the following types of premises:

  • Office buildings
  • Community Centres
  • A leisure / entertainment venue
  • Communal areas of private residential developments
  • Communal areas of sheltered housing schemes
  • A crematorium
  • Public toilets TUPE will apply to this procurement.
  • Recurrence: 4 years

CPV: Building-cleaning services · Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Cleaning services to council propertiesAwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£400,000
Contract period: 1 Jan 2024 – 31 Dec 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: One year optional extensionSecond stage: 5–8 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
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As detailed in the procurement documents

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · 4 years
First published
27 Mar 2023, 08:48 BST
Last source update
11 Jan 2024, 11:42 GMT
Authority reference
C1019
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-000927
Classification (CPV)
Building-cleaning servicesCleaning services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b621 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As detailed in the contract documents

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
28 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Apr 2023 → 11 Jan 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    9 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Jan 2024
  4. Notice published
    11 Jan 2024, 11:42 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Jan 2024, 11:42 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £20,290,8001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Jan 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Birkin Cleaning Services LtdSMECleaning Services——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6AEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Institute of ArbitratorsReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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