East Sheen Primary School ~ Cleaning

East Sheen Primary is a community school in The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. We are a three-form entry primary school with an excellent reputation for providing fun and happiness, combined with high standards of education. The children, staff and parents consistently move the school forward in an exciting and enriching way; we never stand still! We are an accredited Thinking School and are well on the way to meet our strategy to become an environmentally intelligent school. Our aim is to provide a well-rounded, broad based, exciting education for all our children. Our pupils have a reputation as confident, well-mannered and sociable people who will participate in and contribute to the community. Our last OFSTED inspection and our consistently strong annual results show a school that records outstanding educational achievement and a high-level of value add across the board. The tender project is seeking to appoint a contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the existing facilities for the 581 students on roll and 83 teaching and support staff. The School would wish the successful contractor to review the current range of services offered and make recommendations accordingly. The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2026 and will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract, with the successful Contractor offering the School a guaranteed return / cost per annum for the provision of cleaning services. The school year is based on a calendar of 195 days. Five days are to be used for staff professional development which means that School will be open to receive students for the legal minimum of 190 days. The contract offered covers the scope for the provision of all cleaning services within the School, which currently includes daily cleaning of the school site (see map attached) and deep cleaning in holiday periods. Windows not currently included but the school would welcome this to be included as part of the bid (included as a separate item). Whilst the School prioritises value for money as a key objective of the Competitive Tender Process, the Governing body is not obliged to accept the lowest price. The value of the current contract is: - 2022/23 £ 55,650. Please be advised that this contract will be let on a 3-year fixed price basis. See SQ document for further information.