Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice

Published 1 May 2025, 09:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Corporate Cleaning Contract 2026

Official notice

Authority: Somerset Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)

+7 more

Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)

Published estimate£5,750,000≈ £1.0m / year · £5,750,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update

Submissions closed 29 Jan 2026awarded 29 Apr 2026

Awarded to Solo Service Group Limited

Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Somerset Council seeks a single supplier to deliver a comprehensive corporate cleaning service across its premises. The contract covers routine daily cleaning, touch-point sanitisation, periodic deep cleans, and ad-hoc specialist cleans on a optional basis. Services must maintain high standards of hygiene and presentation, support health and safety compliance, and ensure business continuity.

The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 22 Dec 2029, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Cleaning and sanitation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£5,750,000

Contract period: 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensionsValue: £5,750,000 exc. VAT · £5,750,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Extensions: There are options to extend the Initial Term by two further periods of twelve months. The decision to exercise the extension options will be at the sole discretion of the Authority, dependent upon, amongst other matters, Supplier performance during the Term of the Contract.

90900000 Cleaning and sanitation services

Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2

Economic & financial standing
Stated minimum annual turnover requirement is £2,400,000
Technical & professional ability
As set out in Procurement Document C - Conditions of Participation and Award and Procurement Document B - Specification

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: 35%Price: 60%Social value: 5%

Published award criteria (3)

Price
Quality
Social Value

Conditions of participation2

Economic & financial standing
Stated minimum annual turnover requirement is £2,400,000
Technical & professional ability
As set out in Procurement Document C - Conditions of Participation and Award and Procurement Document B - Specification

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: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Yes · next expected 22 Dec 2029
First published: 1 May 2025, 09:30 BST
Last source update: 5 Oct 2026, 11:31 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 8 Apr 2026
Authority reference: EPRO1000369/ERFX1002651
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-085450
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Cleaning and sanitation services
Delivery area: UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)
+2 more
South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050af1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Submission deadline: 29 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login ↗

Timeline

1 May 2025 → 5 Oct 2026 · 9 dates

Planning notice published
1 May 2025, 09:30 BST
Tender notice published304 days ago
22 Dec 2025, 14:31 GMT
Next notice expected293 days ago
1 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Submission deadline266 days ago
29 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Award decision expected by196 days ago
8 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Assessment summaries sent176 days ago
29 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Standstill ends163 days ago
11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Contract starts82 days ago
1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Latest notice published17 days ago
5 Oct 2026, 11:31 BST

Notice history

8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 May 2025

Pipeline notice published
1 May 2025, 09:30 BST
UK1
Tender notice published
22 Dec 2025, 14:31 GMT
UK4
Status changed to active
22 Dec 2025, 14:31 GMT
Deadline published: 29 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
22 Dec 2025, 14:31 GMT
Contract award notice published
29 Apr 2026, 13:53 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
29 Apr 2026, 13:53 BST
Contract signature expected
15 May 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
5 Oct 2026, 11:31 BST
UK7

Routine re-releases (4)

2025-05: 1 release · 1 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,834,4511 award exc. VAT

Bids received 51 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 28 Sept 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Solo Service Group Limited1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2030Extensions: 2 x 12 month extension options	£1,834,451	29 Apr 2026	Awarded

Contracts

Corporate Cleaning Contract 2026 · Solo Service Group Limited
Signed
28 Sept 2026
Value
£1,834,451
Period
11 Jan 2027 – 10 Jan 2029 · up to 10 Jan 2031 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
2 x 12 months

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
5final-stage tenders · 10 at stage one	1	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Somerset Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPGC-1434-MQPJ Somerset Council, County Hall, Taunton, South West, TA1 4DYContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02626708GB-PPON: PMRJ-8488-NNTL 1 Axis Court, Mallard Way Swansea Vale, Wales, SA7 0AJContact email
Solo Service Group LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PMRJ-8488-NNTL 1 Axis Court, Mallard Way, Swansea Vale, Wales, SA7 0AJContact email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsAll details can be found within the tender documents published on https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login# search using the procurement reference ERFX1002651

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender5 Oct 2026, 11:31 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender29 Apr 2026, 13:53 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender22 Dec 2025, 14:31 GMT
Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender1 May 2025, 09:30 BST