Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for Provision of Cleaning Services for Properties, Communal Areas and Kitchens
Authority: Falkirk Council (Local council)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionFalkirk Council intends to appoint suitably experienced cleaning providers for the provision of cleaning services for properties, communal areas, and kitchens at various sites within the local authority area.
- Recurrence: A further notice may be issued September 2030
CPV: Accommodation, building and window cleaning services · Building-cleaning services · Cleaning services · Janitorial services · School cleaning services · Window-cleaning services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 15 suppliers
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Feb 2027
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Void PropertiesPublished value£2,200,000
- Variant bids
- not allowed
Award criteria (2)
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality — 35
- price — 65
Lot #2Homeless PropertiesPublished value£680,000
- Variant bids
- not allowed
Award criteria (2)
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality — 35
- price — 65
Lot #3Communal AreasPublished value£750,000
- Variant bids
- not allowed
Award criteria (2)
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality — 35
- price — 65
Lot #4Deep Clean of Kitchens, Canopies and DuctworkPublished value£130,000
- Variant bids
- not allowed
Award criteria (2)
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality — 40
- price — 60
Lot #5External CleaningPublished value£80,000
- Variant bids
- not allowed
Award criteria (2)
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality — 35
- price — 65
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits — there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Void Properties | 35% | 65% | |
| 2 · Homeless Properties | 35% | 65% | |
| 3 · Communal Areas | 35% | 65% | |
| 4 · Deep Clean of Kitchens, Canopies and Ductwork | 40% | 60% | |
| 5 · External Cleaning | 35% | 65% |
- SuitabilityIt is a requirement of this tender that the bidder must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the bidder is not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to the Council’s satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the Company name given.
- Economic & financial standing
A Credit safe credit scoring check will be run on registered Company Name and Company Number provided by the bidder. Where the resulting Credit Rating score is less than 30/100 the bidder may be excluded from the tender process unless suitable financial more…
information is provided that gives satisfactory assurances to the Council regarding financial risk in appointing the bidder to the framework. The successful tenderer will be required to provide evidence of appropriate level of Insurance cover prior to commencement of the Framework. Bidders will be required to provide three years worth of annual accounts as per SPD 4B.1 A.Minimum:Required Insurances Lots 1 and 2: Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10 Million GBP Public Liability Insurance = 5 Million GBP Product Liability Insurance = 5 Million GBP Lots 3, 4, and 5: more…
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10 Million GBP Public Liability In… - Technical & professional ability
In relation to Quality Management, Health and Safety, and Environmental Management these are assessed in the SPD. Bidders should review Appendix J: SPD (Scotland) Standard Statements for the minimum level(s) of standards required. Please note bidders for Lot more…
4 should also review Schedule 5 of the ITT for minimum standards in relation to membership and training.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Falkirk Council runs Cleaning services (CPV 9091) tenders for its clients — and who usually turns up
Falkirk Council procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the Scotland market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Cleaning services (CPV 9091) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: the procurement agent running this notice. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Falkirk Council
Runs tenders for other bodies; the client is named in the notice, not in this record. framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 2 in CPV 9091 · 7 in division 90 · 40 in all categories
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 6 lots. All 6 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 6 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 1 pairs. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no award dates published.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 39 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 90), last 36 months: 7 notices.
Scotland · Cleaning services (CPV 9091)
framework/DPS notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 30 in CPV 9091 (29 competed, 1 route not published) · 155 in division 90 (139 competed, 14 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 22 lots. 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 26) and 21 from older notices (bids received, middle 8).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 22 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 90), last 36 months: 6 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 20 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 19 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · A further notice may be issued September 2030
- First published
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:11 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT — …
- Authority reference
PS/002/27- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c55
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
- As listed in the tender documentation.
Publisher note: See available tender documentation. 1. Bidders are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response in advance of the submission deadline to avoid any last minute issues. 2. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Third Party Employers for lots 1,2, and 3 have identified TUPE may apply. It is also confirmed that there would be no Transferring Employees (meaning employees of the Council according the definitions). The TUPE information supplied in the tender relates to the Third Party Employer (according to the definitions) employees. Please refer to Schedule 9 and Appendix F. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=844168. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: The Council utilises a points-based system to ensure each Contract or Framework Agreement has appropriate Community Benefits as an essential component. Each action is worth a varying number of points based on how well it contributes to our priorities. When the Council spends with a Contractor(s), they earn Community Benefit Points. The number of Points earned correlates directly with Council’s level of spend with a Contractor(s) as outlined ITT documentation and Appendix I and are based on annual spend from Contract start date. (SC Ref:844168) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=844168
How to participate & submission route
Apply via Public Contracts ScotlandTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Appointment period ends
- 29 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 29 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT
Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Notice publishedearlier today29 Sept 2026, 12:11 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 30 days · period end, not a bid countdown29 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 30 days29 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 124 days1 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Falkirk Sheriff Court and Justice of the PeaceReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.