Official UK procurement notice
Omega Multi-Academy Trust Cleaning Services Tender
Authority: OMEGA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST (Public body)·On behalf of: RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIssue of Invitation to Tender
12th October 2026
Bidding Companies to Visit Sites
W/C 26th October
Alsop High School L4 6SH 10:00am-1pm Monday 26th October 2026
Park Road Community Primary School WA5 3EF 9:00am-10:00am Tuesday 27th October 2026
Chapelford Village Primary School WA5 3AL 10:15am-11:15am Tuesday 27th October 2026
Great Sankey High School WA5 3AA 12:00pm-2:45pm Tuesday 27th October 2026
Bradshaw Primary School WA4 2QN 9:00am-10:00am Wednesday 28th October 2026
Westbrook Old Hall Primary School WA5 9QA 10:20am-11:20am Wednesday 28th October 2026
Burtonwood Community Primary School WA5 4AQ 11:45am-12:45am Wednesday 28th October 2026
Stakeholder Q and A session on TEAMS Please register on site visit log and an invitation will be issued. 2pm-3pm Wednesday 4th November 2026
Please confirm attendance on the www.redboxportal.com ↗. Please email [email protected] for access FAO Liz Ellory-Hoare
Clarification Deadline
Monday 9th November 2026
Clarification Return Deadline *
Friday 13th November 2026
Deadline for Return of Tender Responses
10am Tuesday 24th November 2026
Presentation by shortlisted bidders
10-1pm 7th January 2027
Contract Awarded by (Estimated only)
Wednesday 27th January 2027
Mobilisation Meeting
1:30-3:30pm Monday 15th February 2027
Contract Commencement
Contract start date will be 1st April 2027 for the following schools;
Alsop High School
Great Sankey High School
With the remaining schools joining from 1st August 2027.
Bradshaw Primary School
Burtonwood Community Primary School
Chapelford Village Primary School
Park Road Community Primary School
Westbrook Old Hall Primary School
Initial Term: 3 years (with 2 optional one-year extensions). The initial contract will end for all schools on 31 March 2030
Financial Model: Guaranteed fixed cost model: Defined annual labour costs, operation overheads and management fees.
It is the intention of the Trust to appoint a single contractor in order to maximise the benefits for all parties.
The quality of the service and the proposed budget for the second year April 2028, will be reviewed three months before the expiry of the first twelve months.
The key aims of the tender are to:
Provide a high standard of cleaning
Deliver the cleaning services with consistency - good quality assurance systems in place
Good communication at local and operations manager level with the Trust - two-way communication with a single point of contact.
Daily interaction with the School representative at each site
Develop an effective method of handing over any special needs and comments on a daily basis
A Contractor that adopts a flexible and proactive approach to all Trust activities.
Cleaners to work the hours that best suit the needs of the School and maximise the work completed
A Contractor that operates using the optimum level of staffing.
Training and development of the teams at the School
The Trust work to provide the students with the very best experiences they can. The quality of the environment in which they all work together is very important to us. The cleanliness and good order of the classrooms, corridors and other areas of the Trust impacts upon the teaching and learning that goes within the Trust. The Trust expectations are high, and they are looking for a cleaning contractor who has the same aims and aspirations as we do. They do seek value for money but that does not mean they will choose the cheapest quote possible. They are seeking a partner who will be willing to undertake extra work and be flexible in approach when dealing with certain key events in our year.
- Not divided into lots: The Trust wish for a single point of contract to manage cleaning services across the schools- this is to save time and gain economies in scale and shared resource.
- No preliminary market engagement: Pipeline notice posted in August 26. Organisations have made contact to express interest.
CPV: School cleaning services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£0
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 (3)
- Quality: 55%
- Presentation: 10%
- Cost: 35%
Published award criteria (3)
- Cost
- Quality
- Presentation: Shortlisted only
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Omega Multi-Academy Trust Cleaning Services Tender” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Competition for Cleaning services (CPV 9091), and who usually turns up
OMEGA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Cleaning services (CPV 9091) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 63% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in North West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 18% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 49 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, 7% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid5%
2–35%
4–621%
7+68%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 9091No real estimate
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid2%
2–310%
4–614%
7+73%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Pendergate Ltd t/a KindredEarlier contract | Tender for the Management of the Cleaning Services at Hamstead Hall Academy Trustnotice published Sept 2023 | — | £336k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| AAA Caring Caretaker LtdEarlier contract | Biddick Academy - Cleaning Servicesnotice published Jul 2023 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Lark Cleaning Services T.A BettercleanEarlier contract | Carlton Academy Trust Framework Cleaning Tenderstarted Aug 2026 | Carlton Academy Trust Cleaning Tender Framework | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| SMC Premier Group LimitedWorked for this buyer | Omega MAT Cleaning Framework Tender - Alsop & Great Sankey High Schoolsnotice published Nov 2022 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £289m47 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 16 live · £171m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=26 | |
| £195m62 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 37 live · £128m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=62 | |
Atlas FM LimitedLarge | £34m30 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 12 live · £24m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% above n=11 |
| £17m16 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 6 live · £4.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=8 | |
| £12m9 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £5.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
48% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
48% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (48% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Tender for the Management of the Cleaning Services at Hamstead Hall Academy Trust — held by Pendergate Ltd t/a Kindred; no contract end date published.
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
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Aug 2026, 10:25 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 10:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Jan 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095932- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e94eFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 24 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submission by www.redboxportal.com ↗.
Emailed submissions will not be accepted.
Enquiries for access to www.redboxportal.com ↗ should come to [email protected] FAO Liz Ellory-Hoare
Timeline
21 Aug 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published60 days ago21 Aug 2026, 10:25 BST
- Next notice expected19 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published8 days ago12 Oct 2026, 10:07 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 35 days · period end, not a bid countdown24 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 100 days27 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 163 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Aug 2026- Pipeline notice published21 Aug 2026, 10:25 BSTUK1
- Tender notice published12 Oct 2026, 10:07 BSTUK4
- Published value updated12 Oct 2026, 10:07 BST
- Status changed to active12 Oct 2026, 10:07 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT12 Oct 2026, 10:07 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityConsultant
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsDocuments will be available for download. Access to the portal is free and open. 10 relevant cleaning services pre selection qualification documents are required for upload, prior to bidding.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender