Official UK procurement notice
Ignite Learning Partnership tender for cleaning services
Authority: Ignite Learning Partnership (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIgnite Learning Partnership is a Multi-academy trust based in Wolverhampton and currently comprises four partner schools: St Stephen’s Church of England Primary School, Parkfield Primary School, Bhylls Acre Primary School and St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School. The Trust are seeking a contractor to provide cleaning services of a regular and routine nature, together with more specific periodical cleaning outside of the term-time operation.
The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 1st September 2026 with an option to extend for a further one plus one years, which will be measured on the achievement of agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), from Day One of the contract.
The Trust values the personnel employed to deliver their services, and by tendering the cleaning contract are seeking to reset expectations for the cleaning provision, improve staff morale and consolidate consistent cleaning standards across all sites.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1: SQ Stage 2: Advertisement Stage 3: ITT Stage 4: Standstill Stage 5: Award
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£379,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Clarification meeting: 10%
- Customer Care: 10%
- Analysis of Staffing: 20%
- Service Delivery: 20%
- Price: 35%
- Added Value and Corporate and social responsibility: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
- Clarification meeting
- Customer Care
- Analysis of Staffing
- Price
- Added Value and Corporate and social responsibility
- Service Delivery
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 2 Feb 2026, 10:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2026, 09:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
CA17099- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-008787- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0613d6Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1: SQ
Stage 2: Advertisement
Stage 3: ITT
Stage 4: Standstill
Stage 5: Award
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
2 Feb 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published260 days ago2 Feb 2026, 10:03 GMT
- Clarification questions by235 days ago27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline228 days ago6 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent137 days ago5 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends124 days ago17 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published123 days ago19 Jun 2026, 09:39 BST
- Contract starts49 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by48 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026- Tender notice published2 Feb 2026, 10:03 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published5 Jun 2026, 12:42 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Jun 2026, 12:42 BST
- Contract details notice published19 Jun 2026, 09:39 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Cleaning Services (SW) LtdSME1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2031Extensions: Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months) | £603,857 | 5 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Ignite Learning Partnership tender for cleaning services · Direct Cleaning Services (SW) LtdSME
- Signed
- 5 Jun 2026
- Value
- £603,857
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months)
No agreed KPIs: noAgreedMetricsRationale
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Direct Cleaning Services (SW) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender