Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender for the provision of Cleaning Services at Chelmer Valley High School
Authority: CHELMER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL (Education)·On behalf of: RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionChelmer Valley High School has decided to tender their cleaning services to investigate the financial and qualitative benefits they could be offered through this process.
The contract will be awarded for a three-year duration with the option of two additional, one-year extensions.
Aims of the Service and Tender
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 schools - two-way communication
- Daily interaction with the Premises Manager
- Develop an effective method of handing over any special needs and comments on a daily basis.
- Cleaners to work the hours that best suit the needs of the site and maximise the work completed.
- Training and development of the teams
Timeline:
Contractor to Visit Sites - 15:30 18th March 2026
Clarification Deadline - Friday 27th March 2026
Clarification Return Deadline - Tuesday 31st March 2026
Deadline for return of Tender Responses - 12:00 Thursday 2nd April 2026
Presentation by shortlisted bidders - Thursday 7th May 2026
Contract Awarded by - Monday 18th May 2026
Mobilisation Meeting - w/c 1st June 2026
Contract Commencement - 1st September 2026
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£650,000
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 (2)
- Quality: 53%
- Cost: 47%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Cost
- Price carries 47 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.7 points. Quality carries 53 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
- 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
- 4 Mar 2026, 21:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Mar 2026, 21:16 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-019720- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066297Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All submissions should be made via the Red Box Portal at www.redboxportal.com ↗. This is accessible by the client. Maximum file size is 4.5MB. Any files larger than this should be resaved with lower resolution. Portal administrators and clients are unable to access the bids until the deadline has passed.
No attachments with be opened or downloaded until after the tender response deadline. Contractors should receive a confirmation email once files are accessed.
No, We Transfer files will be accepted.
Please complete your intention to bid on the opportunity via the Red Box portal - www.redboxportal.com ↗.
Timeline
4 Mar 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published232 days ago4 Mar 2026, 21:16 GMT
- Clarification questions by209 days ago27 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline203 days ago2 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by157 days ago18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts52 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published4 Mar 2026, 21:16 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityConsultant running the Tender
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender