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Published 30 Aug 2024, 10:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Future Academies - Cleaning Tender

Official notice

Authority: Future Academies (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£7,128,723≈ £1.4m / year10.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 4 Oct 2024awarded 17 Feb 2025
Awarded to Ridge Crest Cleaning Limited
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful contractor will be expected to deliver excellent cleaning services to the 9 schools within Future Academies. Please be advised that in addition there are likely to be 2 further schools joining the Trust prior to the new contract commencement - which will be included in this tender

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Future Academies, our schools:Awarded 5 yrsPublished value£7,128,723

Future Academies, our schools:

1.Barclay Academy

2.Future Academies Watford

3.Laureate Academy

4.Millbank Gardens Primary Academy

5.Phoenix Academy

6.Pimlico Primary Academy

7.Pimlico Academy

8.The Grange Academy

9.Trinity Academy

More information with regards to Future Academies can be obtained here: www.futureacademies.org ↗

All nine schools listed above are participating in this tender. Please note this is a growing Trust and any other schools that may join the Trust during the tenure of this new cleaning contract may, at the Trust’s discretion, be added to this contract.

Tender information:

The successful tenderer will be required to provide cleaning services to the Schools. The contract term being tendered is for three years 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2028. There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years, extending the contract to 31st March 2030.

The contract offers an excellent opportunity to review and propose enhancements to the current cleaning services at all of the Schools within the Trust. This includes both core term-time cleaning over the 190 days of the academic year, plus periodic deep cleaning throughout the year, ensuring a comprehensive approach to maintaining high standards.

The Trust is keen to secure one provider to deliver cleaning services to all schools. The Trust requires continuity of excellence in both service delivery and management across all schools, with the bespoke requirements of each unique school taken into account and accommodated in the offer.

The Trust is keen to secure a high quality cleaning service at each school whereby students are able to enjoy excellence in education, supported by excellently kept facilities.

The Trust expects both a tightly managed service and high levels of productivity to be delivered by the cleaning staff at all schools, at all times. The Trust is also proud of it’s ‘family ethos’ and expects a management style delivered by the successful contractor that supports, encourages and develops the cleaning staff.

The Trust is not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, rather the Trust l is keen to secure ‘best value’ from this contract and to deliver a great learning environment to it’s students. Emphasis is on quality, value, ensuring the chosen provider offers the best combination of service excellence and cost-effectiveness.

Innovative and creative ideas as to how the cleaning services can be developed and improved at each school will be welcomed. The Trust seeks a contractor that is keen to work in partnership and who will deliver to it’s highest abilities, at all times and who is proactive in suggesting and implementing service enhancements. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/P7847EBZU4 ↗

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: London · LONDON
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: 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
Quality: 67.5%Price: 32.5%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1: 67.5%
  • Criterion 1: 32.5%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1: 67.5
  • Criterion 1: 32.5
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 32.5 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.3 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
30 Aug 2024, 10:05 BST
Last source update
19 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049789
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04969d Find a Tender

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=972760345 GO Reference: GO-2025819-PRO-31908095

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
4 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

4 Oct 2024 → 19 Aug 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    25 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    19 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextII.1.4 Short Description · II.1.4)The successful contractor will be expected to deliver excellent cleaning services to the 9 schools within Future AcademiesThe successful contractor will be expected to deliver excellent cleaning services to the 9 schools within Future Academies. Please be advised that in addition there are likely to be 2 further schools joining the Trust prior to the new contract commencement - which will be included in this tender.

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The contracting authority reserves the right not to appoint as a result of this tender process and/ or to cancel this tender process at any time. For more info…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £6,402,3981 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 74 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ridge Crest Cleaning LimitedSME£6,402,398 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Future Academies

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Lupus Street, London, London, SW1V 3ATContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria