Official UK procurement notice
Dudley College of Technology tender for cleaning services
Authority: Dudley College of Technology (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDudley College is a well-established Further Education and Higher Education provider in the West Midlands. Courses are offered across multiple campuses within a 25-mile radius of the main campus at The Broadway. The College is seeking a cleaning provider to provide cleaning of a regular and routine nature together with more specific periodical cleaning outside of the term-time operation.
The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 1st April 2027 with an option to extend for a further one plus one years, which will be measured on the achievement of agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), from Day One of the contract.
- How the procedure runs: STAGE ONE Advertisement published 22nd July 2026 PSQ made available to Potential Providers 22nd July 2026 STAGE TWO Deadline for return of PSQ to the College 10am, 27th August 2026 Unsuccessful and successful PSQ notices issued w/c 1st September 2026 STAGE THREE Notify tenderers of shortlist to be invited to tender w/c 1st September 2026 ITT issued to shortlisted Potential Providers w/c 1st September 2026 Date for Site Visits 29th September 2026 Details of tenderers attendees to site visit required by: 23rd September 2026 STAGE FOUR ITT clarification period closes 23rd October 2026 Deadline for return of ITT 10am, 6th November 2026 STAGE FIVE Contract Clarification/Presentation meeting 1st December 2026 STAGE SIX Notification of contract award by 7th January 2027 End of standstill period and contract award 19th January 2027 Service commencement 1st April 2027
CPV: Cleaning services · School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,992,295
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Customer Care: 10%
- Service Delivery: 20%
- Clarification Meeting: 10%
- Added Value: 5%
- Analysis of Staffing: 20%
- Price: 35%
Published award criteria (6)
- Customer Care
- Service Delivery
- Clarification Meeting
- Added Value
- Price
- Analysis of Staffing
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
- Competitive flexible 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
- 22 Jul 2026, 11:18 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Jul 2026, 11:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2027
- Authority reference
CA18266- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069054- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- How it runs
STAGE ONE
Advertisement published 22nd July 2026
PSQ made available to Potential Providers 22nd July 2026
STAGE TWO
Deadline for return of PSQ to the College 10am, 27th August 2026
Unsuccessful and successful PSQ notices issued w/c 1st September 2026
STAGE THREE
Notify tenderers of shortlist to be invited to tender w/c 1st September 2026
ITT issued to shortlisted Potential Providers w/c 1st September 2026
Date for Site Visits 29th September 2026
Details of tenderers attendees to site visit required by: 23rd September 2026
STAGE FOUR
ITT clarification period closes 23rd October 2026
Deadline for return of ITT 10am, 6th November 2026
STAGE FIVE
Contract Clarification/Presentation meeting 1st December 2026
STAGE SIX
Notification of contract award by 7th January 2027
End of standstill period and contract award 19th January 2027
Service commencement 1st April 2027
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Aug 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
22 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published94 days ago22 Jul 2026, 11:18 BST
- Clarification questions by65 days ago20 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline58 days ago27 Aug 2026, 10:00 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 159 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 160 days1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published22 Jul 2026, 11:18 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender