Official UK procurement notice
Four Stones Gateway Trust Cleaning Tender
Authority: Four Stones Gateway Trust (RM&C) (Public body)·On behalf of: RM&C Consultants Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Four Stones Gateway Trust is putting its cleaning contracts out to tender in its 7 schools. The schools are located in Shropshire and Worcestershire. You will be bidding for all the schools as one group contract not as individual lots. The contract start date will be 1st September 2026.
- How the procedure runs: The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the Trust will invite up to six companies achieving the pass mark to be selected for the ITT stage (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least six suitable companies achieve the pass mark.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1
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).
- Scoring Example: You will need to complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.
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
- 26 Feb 2026, 13:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2026, 13:27 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
RMandC/2026/FSGT/528- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017318- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065d0bFind a Tender
- How it runs
The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the Trust will invite up to six companies achieving the pass mark to be selected for the ITT stage (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least six suitable companies achieve the pass mark.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 9 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 9 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Follow instructions in the Part 1 Document. Please email your Part 2 Response to the Trustl and RM&C Consultants Ltd as detailed in the Part 1 Document. Alternatively you can submit your completed SQ Part 2 response via the mytenders portal www.mytenders.co.uk ↗. Please do not embed your documents into the Part 2 document, provide your additional documents / policies as attachments.
Timeline
26 Feb 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published244 days ago26 Feb 2026, 13:27 GMT
- Clarification questions by202 days ago9 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline202 days ago9 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by120 days ago29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts57 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published26 Feb 2026, 13:27 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- RM&C Consultants LtdProcuring entityManagement Consultants in providing tender management to schools/trusts.
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender