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title: "Highsted Grammar School ~ Cleaning Tender"
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# Highsted Grammar School ~ Cleaning Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highsted-grammar-school-cleaning-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05e9bd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Highsted Grammar School: "Highsted Grammar School ~ Cleaning Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £345,324. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: litmustms.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Highsted Grammar School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/highsted-grammar-school-urn-136305)
- **Published Value:** £345,324 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School cleaning services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £345,324 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highsted-grammar-school-cleaning-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05e9bd#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e9bd`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highsted-grammar-school-cleaning-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05e9bd#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [litmustms.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flitmustms.co.uk%2Frespond%2F77998MXY95)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highsted-grammar-school-cleaning-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05e9bd#participate

## Description
Highsted Grammar School is an 11-18 selective girls’ school in Sittingbourne, Kent. Currently the school is four form entry school with a PAN of 120. In 2010 the school converted to Academy status.
The school’s most recent Ofsted report confirms that the school is outstanding in all areas; outcomes for children are excellent and the school seeks to be outstanding all that it endeavours. Consequently, the environment that pupils and staff work within needs to reflect the ambitious values of the school and be in-keeping with the high expectations for an effective, high performing environment. The school seeks to ensure that it achieves best value from all engaged in the pursuit of delivering quality outcomes for children.
The tender project is seeking to appoint a contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service – cleaning - within the existing facilities for the 799 pupils and 96 teaching and support staff, to ensure that the cleanliness of the accommodation meets health and safety regulations in addition to supporting the delivery of quality education and upholding staff/pupil well-being.
The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1st September 2026 and will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract, with the successful contractor offering the school a guaranteed return /cost per annum for the provision of cleaning services.
The school year is based on a calendar of 195 days. Five days are to be used for staff professional development which means that the school will be open to receive pupils for the legal minimum of 190 days.
Please see PSQ document for more information.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 90919300
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £345,324

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 31/08/2029

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **PURGO SUPPLY SERVICES LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-167432`
  - Value: £345,324 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 10/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F077468-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-22T10:10:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:00:21.511Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e9bd