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Published 18 Jun 2024, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Kingfisher Learning Trust ~ Cleaning Tender

Official notice

Authority: Kingfisher Learning Trust·Consortium: 7 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,992,000≈ £332k / year21.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Jul 2024awarded 20 Jan 2025
Awarded to Atlas FM Group Limited
Contract term 6 yrsends 31 Mar 2031 · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for all schools within the Kingfisher Learning Trust. The Trust comprises of six schools with some special schools included, providing education for a mix of Primary and Secondary aged pupils. The Trust is growing and is currently mid-way through adding a seventh school.

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on 1st April 2025…Awarded 6 yrsPublished value£1,992,000

The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on 1st April 2025 and concluding on 31st March 2028 and will be on a guaranteed performance basis offering a fixed annual return and or subsidy to the Trust. There will be the option to extend the contract for a further term excluding the right to further extend for a further term of three years.

The Trust is looking for a supplier who is flexible in their approach and will work closely with all schools to ensure that standards of cleanliness are kept high.

Kingfisher Special School

Halcyon Way School

Medlock Valley Primary School

Littlemoor Primary School

Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School

Cromwell High School

This contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful Supplier also guaranteeing the number of input hours to the contract as well as the quality of cleaning provision.

Whilst the monthly charge will represent one-twelfth of the contract cost, a reconciliation will take place monthly to reconcile the actual hours worked within the school contract. If the hours worked are less than those budgeted for a credit will be required by the schools. This credit will be calculated by dividing the annual contract cost (fixed cost) by the number of annual input hours to arrive at a contractual cost per hour, this will then be multiplied by the number of hours due to arrive at the fiscal credit.

We are seeking a suitably experienced Supplier who has current experience of working within the Primary or Secondary school marketplace, ideally with a strong operational base within the area, thus allowing for both adequate contract support and operational flexibility that is to be delivered to support the contract as and when needed during the contract term.

A robust level of management support must be provided by the successful contractor to ensure that the detailed specification is delivered within the contract on a consistent basis within the contract period.

The scope of the contract covers all the cleaning provision within the schools including all holiday and periodic cleans.

The successful Supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the senior management team within the Kingfisher Learning Trust on the contract performance.

The Trust is expected to grow in the number of schools becoming part of the trust during this contract period, and the provision of cleaning services within these schools when they have joined the MAT will fall under the scope of this contract. The successful contractor will be expected to provide this service within these additional schools using the same costing model, ratios etc. that they applied to their successful tender submission for Kingfisher Learning Trust at the point of tender submission. The duration of contract for these schools will not be increased and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the MAT.

Please see SQ document for more information Additional information: Please note, this is a contract award notice, this contract has already been awarded.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2031 (6 yrs)
Delivery: North West · Greater Manchester
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Jun 2024, 12:05 BST
Last source update
19 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005859
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0470b6 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. To view this notice, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=927445567 GO Reference: GO-2025219-PRO-29477924

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
26 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

26 Jul 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    26 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    9 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    19 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,570,7061 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Jan 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Atlas FM Group Limited£1,570,706 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 005859-2025-1 · Atlas FM Group Limited

    Signed
    20 Jan 2025
    Value
    £1,570,706
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2031
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

7 public bodies on the notice

Kingfisher Learning Trust

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation RAM Mill Business Centre Office 6, First Floor, Gordon Street, Chadderton, Oldham, North West, OL9 9RHContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery SchoolContracting authority Oldham, North WestContact email
  • Cromwell High SchoolContracting authority Tameside, North WestContact email
  • Halcyon Way SchoolContracting authority Oldham, North WestContact email
  • Kingfisher Special SchoolContracting authority Oldham, North WestContact email
  • Littlemoor Primary SchoolContracting authority Oldham, North WestContact email
  • Medlock Valley Primary SchoolContracting authority Oldham, North WestContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria