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Published 28 Sept 2026, 14:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lady Margaret School Sacred Heart High School William Morris Sixth Form ~ Cleaning Tender

Authority: Lady Margaret, Sacred Heart and William Morris Sixth Form (Education)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£2,390,000≈ £797k / year · £2,390,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 8 Jan 202712:00 GMT · 101d 21h left
Clarification cut-off 23 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Bids per lot · the market 6CPV 9091 · n=147 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This tender opportunity is to provide cleaning services to three high achieving schools which are within a small geographical distance of each other within the London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. The three schools, Lady Margaret School, Sacred Heart High School and William Morris Sixth Form maintain an excellent partnership in operating their cleaning services utilising one shard external provider.

The schools believe that success should be celebrated and that pupils should enjoy their time at school; if lessons are stimulating and challenging then students will love learning. Much time therefore, is spent reviewing and planning schemes of work to ensure that they are differentiated to meet the needs of all students.

The schools are continually seeking ways to improve and develop the ethos and environment for students and staff, to give them the facilities they deserve and which are needed to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. Please be advised that this contract will be let on a 3-year fixed price basis.

Please see PSQ Document for more information.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-London:-School-cleaning-services./FS5B299ESA

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To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

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  • How the procedure runs: Please see PSQ document for more information.

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£2,390,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 1 Apr 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: LondonTurnover guideline: ~£1,591,819/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£2,390,000 exc. VAT · £2,390,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Initial 3 year contract with additional 1+1 option. Please see PSQ Document for more information.
90919300 School cleaning services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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 are scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1 — 70%
  • Criterion 2 — 30%

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

Cleaning services (CPV 9091) in Greater London — and who usually turns up

Lady Margaret, Sacred Heart and William Morris Sixth Form has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the Greater London market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Cleaning services (CPV 9091) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Lady Margaret, Sacred Heart and William Morris Sixth Form

no contract notices in Cleaning services (CPV 9091) in 36 months

Lady Margaret, Sacred Heart and William Morris Sixth Form has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Cleaning services (CPV 9091) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · delivery region

Greater London · Cleaning services (CPV 9091)

contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 235 in CPV 9091 (212 competed, 14 route not published) · 535 in division 90 (436 competed, 74 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 147 lots. 82 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 65 from older notices (bids received, middle 6).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

6CPV 9091 · 36m · n=147 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 147 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

5%CPV 9091 · 36m · n=147 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 61 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 9091 · 36m · n=61 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 60 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

84dCPV 9091 · 36m · n=60 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 117 lots.

Last 36 months.

67%CPV 9091 · 36m · n=117 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 162 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

62%CPV 9091 · 36m · n=162 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=147
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 147 lots on 113 contested notices · CPV 9091, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 5%
  • 2–3 10%
  • 4–6 51%
  • 7+ 34%

Middle value 6 · 147 lots on 113 contested notices · CPV 9091.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=61
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 61 lot pairs · CPV 9091, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 39%
  • Within ±2% 21%
  • Above estimate 39%

61 lot pairs · CPV 9091.

robust · n=61
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on the Greater London market’s usual movement over 61 lots (CPV 9091), applied to the £2,390,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in Greater London (CPV 9091, n=61 pairs) lands at estimate: on this notice’s £2,390,000 that is about £2,390,000, middle half £2,146,220–£2,707,870 (quartiles from Greater London · CPV 9091). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
28 Sept 2026, 14:39 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2026, 14:39 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 8 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ba3 Find a Tender
How it runs
Please see PSQ document for more information.

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Litmus TMS
Submission portal named on this notice: Litmus TMS
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
8 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £2,390,000 excludes VAT (£2,390,000 including VAT).

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    28 Sept 2026, 14:39 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 25 days
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 102 days
    8 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected byin 133 days
    8 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 184 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 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

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Sept 2026, 14:39 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lady Margaret, Sacred Heart and William Morris Sixth Form

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLGN-5641-PZWH Lady Margaret School, 9-15 Parsons Grn, Aylesbury, London, London, SW6 4UN [email protected] 01276 673896

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender