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Published 23 Mar 2023, 11:36 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Eastern Colleges Group - Building Cleaning Services

Official notice

Authority: Suffolk Academies Trust (Education)

3 lotsServicesRestricted procedureMax 3 lots to bidMax 3 lots per supplier
Published estimate£2,500,000total for 3 lots
Submissions closed 25 Apr 2023awarded 24 Jul 2023
Awarded to Churchill Contract Services Limited

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Eastern Colleges Group are looking for proposals for their building cleaning requirements at their West Suffolk College, Abbeygate Sixth Form, Built Environment Campus, Fore Street Campus, Haverhill Campus, Sudbury Campus and UPDC (HE) Campus.

This tender will be split into 3 lots representing the sites based in Mid-Suffolk (West Suffolk College, Abbeygate Sixth Form, Built Environment Campus and UPDC (HE) Campus), South Suffolk (Fore Street Campus, Haverhill Campus and Sudbury Campus), and the final lot for all sites combined.

CPV: Building-cleaning services

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · all with a published value (£2,499,999 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 3 and win at most 3 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Mid-Suffolk sitesCancelledPublished value£833,333

This Lot comprises of the West Suffolk College, Abbeygate Sixth Form College, Built Environment Campus and HE Campus all based within the Bury St. Edmunds area of Suffolk.

If you are only interested in working with the aforementioned College sites, then please only submit a bid for Lot 1. If you are interested in working with the sites detailed in Lot 1 and Lot 2 and would like to be considered for each Lot individually as well, please mark your interest for, and submit a response to Lot 1, Lot 2 and Lot 3.

If you are only interested in working strictly with all sites, please only respond to Lot 3.

Please note, the College will either award a supplier for Lot 1 and Lot 2, or for Lot 3 only.

The anticipated value of this Lot is £2,000,000.

Delivery: East of England · Bury St. Edmunds area
Extensions: 60 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 2x12 month(s)Second stage: 5–6 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2South Suffolk sitesCancelledPublished value£833,333

This Lot comprises of the Fore Street Campus, Haverhill Campus and Sudbury Campus.

If you are only interested in working with the aforementioned College sites, then please only submit a bid for Lot 2. If you are interested in working with the sites detailed in Lot 1 and Lot 2 and would like to be considered for each Lot individually as well, please mark your interest for, and submit a response to Lot 1, Lot 2 and Lot 3.

If you are only interested in working strictly with all sites, please only respond to Lot 3.

Please note, the College will either award a supplier for Lot 1 and Lot 2, or for Lot 3 only.

The anticipated value of this Lot is £500,000.

Delivery: East of England · Ipswich, Haverhill and Sudbury area
Extensions: 60 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 2x12 month(s)Second stage: 5–6 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #3All sites combinedAwardedPublished value£833,333

This Lot comprises of all College sites included in Lot 1 and Lot 2.

If you are interested in working with the sites detailed in Lot 1 and Lot 2 and would like to be considered for each Lot individually as well, please mark your interest for, and submit a response to Lot 1, Lot 2 and Lot 3.

If you are only interested in working strictly with all sites, please only respond to Lot 3.

If you are only interested in working with the sites detailed in either Lot 1 or Lot 2, please only respond to the respective lot.

Please note, the College will either award a supplier for Lot 1 and Lot 2, or for Lot 3 only.

The anticipated value of this Lot is £2,500,000.

Delivery: East of England · South to Mid Suffolk area
Extensions: 60 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 2x12 month(s)Second stage: 5–6 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 · same split on all 3 lots
Quality: 65%Price: 35%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Staffing: 30%
  • Customer Care: 15%
  • Service Delivery: 10%
  • Added Value: 10%
  • price: 35%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Staffing: 30.00%
  • Customer Care: 15.00%
  • Service Delivery: 10.00%
  • Added Value: 10.00%
  • Price: 35.00%
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    No pass/fail elements for technical and professional ability section.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Current Assets are equal to or greater than Current Liabilities.

    Minimum: £10m Employer's Liability Insurance £5m Public Liability Insurance
  • Technical & professional ability

    No pass/fail elements for technical and professional ability section.

    Minimum: Please refer to the SQ document for minimum levels required.
What this means for your bid
  • 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 · publisher note attached
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
23 Mar 2023, 11:36 GMT
Last source update
24 Jul 2023, 15:12 BST
Authority reference
CA12085 - RFTS
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-021325
Classification (CPV)
Building-cleaning services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b55c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

The tender documents are provided for transparency purposes only. Suppliers only need to complete the SQ document (and provide 3 x references) then upload these by the SQ deadline. The top 6 scoring suppliers will then be formally invited to tender, invited to the site visit etc. At this stage we will only accept questions surrounding the SQ document.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved then the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court. Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).

Publisher note: Section II.3) – dates refer to the initial contract period and do not include the options of any extensions. Section IV.3.5) – any dates shown are an estimate. In the first instance, candidates should register with www.multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract, full details of the contract will be available. The Contracting Authority shall not be under any obligation to accept any tender. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel the entire or parts of the tender, without such an action conferring any right to compensation on the Tenderers. The Contracting Authority has no liability to settle any cost incurred by the tenderer as a result of the tendering procedure.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: MultiQuote · Who buys & how to bid on MultiQuote
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
25 Apr 2023, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Apr 2023 → 24 Jul 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    25 Apr 2023, 10:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    24 Jul 2023, 15:12 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Jul 2023, 15:12 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 3
Awarded value £2,184,6421 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Jul 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 3 · All sites combined1 award
Churchill Contract Services Limited£2,184,642 †—Awarded

2 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3 · All sites combined4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Suffolk Academies Trust

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Out Risbygate, Bury St Edmunds, East of England, IP33 3RLContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Tenet Education Services LtdMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point SalfordContact email, phone

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.