Official UK procurement notice
Estates Cleaning and Window Cleaning Services
Authority: Slough Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£4,560,000≈ £1.5m / year · £5,472,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 2 Sept 2025awarded 19 Jan 2026
Award (standstill) to Wetton Cleaning Services Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Feb 2029 · up to 1 Feb 2032 with extensions · starts 2 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSlough Borough Council is seeking suitably qualified building cleaning and window cleaning specialists for the provision of Estates Cleaning and Window Cleaning Services to communal blocks and estates across the borough to ensure that communal areas are kept clean and tidy, are free of litter and graffiti, and are maintained to a specified standard and that the estates are a clean and pleasing environment for our residents to live.
The contract will be an initial period of 3 years, with an option to extend for a further 3 years, following satisfactory performance.
CPV: Accommodation, building and window cleaning services · Building-cleaning services · Cleaning services · Window-cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,560,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
- Simple description: Quality - 50% Price - 50%
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 May 2025, 14:54 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Feb 2026, 23:38 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
SBC 038446- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046261- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052727Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
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- Submission deadline
- 2 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
27 May 2025 → 13 Feb 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published27 May 2025, 14:54 BST
- Next notice expected26 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published5 Aug 2025, 16:14 BST
- Clarification questions by22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline2 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by335 days ago25 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts267 days ago2 Feb 2026
- Assessment summaries sent265 days ago4 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published264 days ago4 Feb 2026, 23:38 GMT
- Standstill ends255 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2025- Planned procurement notice published27 May 2025, 14:54 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published5 Aug 2025, 16:14 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £4,560,0005 Aug 2025, 16:14 BSTwas £4,884,000
- Status changed to active5 Aug 2025, 16:14 BST
- Deadline moved to 2 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST5 Aug 2025, 16:14 BST+32 days · was 1 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Contract award notice published4 Feb 2026, 23:38 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete4 Feb 2026, 23:38 GMT
- Contract signature expected31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £4,815,7761 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 1010 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wetton Cleaning Services Limited1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032Extensions: up to three year extension · Options: There are a number of risks to consider over the course of this contract which may serve to justify contract modification later. Some of these are:- - additional sites if the Council obtains new sites to the portfolio. - reduction in sites if the Council removes a site(s) due to H&S - additional services required that were unforeseen | £4,815,776 inc. VAT | 19 Jan 2026standstill to 13 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10final-stage tenders | 10 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Wetton Cleaning Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender