Official UK procurement notice
Glen Oaks Housing Association - Common Close Cleaning Contract
Authority: Glen Oaks Housing Association (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contract applies to common close stairs, floors and landings including finishes, walls including finishes, ceilings and undersides of stairs/landings, windows, frames and cills, front & rear common close doors, utility boxes, light fittings and front approach pathways properties belonging to or factored by Glen Oaks Housing Association within Arden, Glasgow (Refer tender Document 5). The Contract term will be for an initial one year period commencing on 1 April 2026 with optional 12 month extensions up to a maximum contract duration of four years overall from 1 April 2026
The decision to award the Contract extensions will be at the discretion of Glen Oaks Association and will be on the basis of one year increments. Bidders should note that the list of properties and scope of works required to be carried out may increase or decrease during the contract period. Bidders are also advised that Glen Oaks Housing Association may extend the Contract to additional locations throughout Arden to take account of any changes to requirements or new stock acquired during the Contract.
This service will commence on 1 April 2026 and the specification requirements will be provided on a weekly, monthly or annual basis (refer Tender Document 2 ‘Close Cleaning Specification).
- Recurrence: 2026 at the earliest if the optional 12 month extensions are not applied
CPV: Accommodation cleaning services · Accommodation, building and window cleaning services · Building-cleaning services · Cleaning and polishing products · Cleaning and sanitation services · Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services · Cleaning products · Cleaning services · Window-cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Single stage tendering and all bidders may submit a tenderRenewalPublished value£326,176
Single stage tendering and all bidders may submit a tender.
Bidders are also advised that Glen Oaks Housing Association will hold a Meet the Buyer Event during the tender period. The Event will be free of charge and shall provide guidance on the requirements of the tender documentation and the information bidders need to provide within their tender response. The Meet the Buyer Event will include a site visit from Glen Oaks Housing Association’s staff to a sample of the property types included in the contract to illustrate the cleaning requirements incorporated within the tender.
The Meet the Buyer will be attended by the person from Glen Oaks Housing Association that is currently responsible for the management of the Common Close Cleaning Contract. The Meet the Buyer will commence at 10am GMT on Monday 1 December 2025 at the office of Glen Oaks Housing Association, 3 Kilmuir Drive, Arden, Glasgow, G46 8BW.
To record your interest in the Meet the Buyer/Site Visit Event, please email the names of your organisations delegates to Louise McNicol Customer Services Manager [email protected] not later than 12noon GMT on Friday 28 November 2025. Bidders are asked to keep the maximum number of persons that will attend the Event on behalf of their organisation to two delegates. Additional information: 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.
SPD Question 2D.1.2- Bidders must provide a separate SPD response (Sections A and B of this Part and Part III) for each subcontractor
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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 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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders will be required to have a minimum 'general' yearly turnover of 163088 GBP for the last two years or have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 163088 GBP for the last two years.
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurances indicated below:
Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP
Public Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP
- Technical & professional ability
Question 4C.1.2 - Bidders will be required to provide three examples of common close cleaning services that are similar to the requirements of Glen Oaks Housing Association and demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part I.1.4 of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.
Question 4C.4 - If bidders intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, they should confirm they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. This will include confirmation that they have the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and
provide evidence when requested of:
a) their standard payment terms
b) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year.
If the bidder is unable to confirm (b) they must provide an improvement plan, signed by their Director, which improves the payment performance.
Questions 4C8.1 and 4C8.2 - Bidders will be required to confirm their average annual manpower for the last three years. Bidders will be required to confirm their and the number of managerial staff for the last three years.
Question 4C.9 - Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the relevant tools, plant or technical equipment …
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · 2026 at the earliest if the optional 12 month extensions are not applied
- First published
- 18 Nov 2025, 09:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Nov 2025, 09:07 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Dec 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-074601- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e2ecFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Tender Document 4 'Key Performance Indicators' attached to this Contract Notice.
Where performance falls below the minimum acceptable level during the Contract, the Contractor will be required to produce a Remedial
Plan for the approval of Glen Oaks Housing Association.
Failure to produce a Remedial Plan or implement an approved Remedial Plan will be deemed to be a breach of the Contract, which may lead to the termination of the Contractor.
Publisher note: SPD, Part IV Section C 'Technical and Professional Ability' will be scored on a pass or fail basis using the following scoring methodology; 0 - Unacceptable - Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement. A Tenderer which scores ‘0 – Unacceptable’ against any question will be disqualified. 1 - Poor - Response is partially relevant and poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 - Acceptable - Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 - Good - Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 – Very Good - Response is largely relevant and very good. The response demonstrates a very good understanding of the requirements and provides adequate details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 5 - Excellent - Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full. A Tenderer will be required to achieve a minimum score of 2 against each Question within Part C, i.e. a score of 2 or greater shall represent a Pass whereas a score of 1 or lower will represent a Fail. Glen Oaks Housing Association will disregard, and not evaluate the remainder of a Tenderers bid should the Tenderer fail to achieve the minimum score of 2 (a Pass) against any of the Questions included with Part C 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=816082. 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. (SC Ref:816082) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=816082
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 18 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
18 Nov 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Notice published337 days ago18 Nov 2025, 09:07 GMT
- Submission deadline307 days ago18 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened307 days ago18 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until219 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.