Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender for Cleaning Services at Changing Lives Learning Trust (Secondaries only)
Authority: CHANGING LIVES LEARNING TRUST (Public body)·On behalf of: RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionChanging Lives Learning Trust have decided to tender their school cleaning services at their two Secondary Schools. Due to the split locations of these sites, the contracts are being tendered as two lots.
Lot 1- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith, 6,162.68 sqm
Lot 2- West Lakes Academy, Egremont, 6,714.32sqm
Tender Schedule
Issue of Invitation to Tender -12th December 2025
Bidding Companies to Visit Sites -17th December 2025
Clarification Return Deadline - 31st December 2025
Deadline for return of Tender Responses -31st December 2025
Presentation by shortlisted bidders -9th January 2026 from 11am, West Lakes Academy
Contract Awarded by - 9th January 2026
10 Day standstill period - 9th - 19th January 2026
Mobilisation Meeting- 19th January 2026 9.30am (Remote)
Mobilisation Meeting - 26th January 2026 9.30am (Remote)
Contract Commencement- 4th February 2026
The contract will be a three year initial term, with 2 x 1 year optional extensions.
- No preliminary market engagement: Incumbent is exiting with only 7 working weeks notice (Education client) no contract exists. Deadline for bids return is 14 days, we could not afford the time to carry out any preliminary engagement. We have engaged with suppliers in terms of conversations held to develop scope in order to prepare tender documents
CPV: School cleaning services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£1,200,000 together)Lot #1Cleaning Services at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, PenrithRenewalPublished value£600,000
Provision of daily cleaning services (Mon- Fri) at a Secondary School, term time plus 4 weeks. The overall footprint to be cleaned is 6,162.68 sqm, however, not all this space will require daily cleaning.
Services include daily cleaning of classrooms, corridors, sports halls, conveniences and other public learning spaces.
Deep cleaning is required whilst school is closed and will include internal glass/windows, carpet shampooing, hard floor varnishing & resurfacing. Works schedule to be agreed in advance with school, annually.
Full specification available in the ITT documents.
Lot #2Cleaning Services for West Lakes Academy, EgremontRenewalPublished value£600,000
Provision of daily cleaning services (Mon- Fri) at a Secondary School, term time plus 4 weeks. The overall footprint to be cleaned is 6,714.32sqm however, not all this space will require daily cleaning.
Services include daily cleaning of classrooms, corridors, sports halls, conveniences and other public learning spaces.
Deep cleaning is required whilst school is closed and will include internal glass/windows, carpet shampooing, hard floor varnishing & resurfacing. Works schedule to be agreed in advance with school, annually.
Full specification available in the ITT documents.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 12 Dec 2025, 09:31 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Dec 2025, 09:31 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Jan 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-082290- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f472Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
12 Dec 2025 → 4 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published315 days ago12 Dec 2025, 09:31 GMT
- Submission deadline295 days ago31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by286 days ago9 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts261 days ago4 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published12 Dec 2025, 09:31 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityTender management
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender