Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 6 Oct 2026, 15:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Learners' Trust Cleaning Services Tender

Authority: LEARNERS' TRUST (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£3,500,000≈ £1.2m / year · £4,200,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 13 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Learners' Trust is seeking to identify suitably experienced and capable cleaning service providers to potentially undertake the Trust's cleaning services contract.

This Expression of Interest ("EOI") represents Stage One of the Trust's proposed procurement process.

The procurement is anticipated to comprise four stages:

Stage One - Pre-Tender Expression of Interest: Initial assessment of prospective Contractors and shortlisting of up to three Contractors.

Stage Two - Full Tender Specification and Application: Detailed tender submission and evaluation by shortlisted Contractors.

Stage Three - Contractor Interviews / Presentations: Further assessment of the two highest-ranking suitable Contractors from Stage Two.

Stage Four - Contract Offer and Award: Identification of a preferred bidder and progression to contract award, subject to the applicable approvals and processes.

The Trust intends to invite up to three Contractors to participate in Stage Two.

Following detailed evaluation of the Stage Two tender submissions, the Trust intends to invite up to two Contractors to participate in Stage Three.

The purpose of this EOI is to establish which prospective Contractors demonstrate sufficient relevant experience, capability, operational capacity and general suitability to justify progressing to the full tender stage.

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Stage One is intentionally proportionate and concise. Prospective Contractors are not required to submit a full service proposal or detailed tender response at this stage.

CPV: Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 1 Apr 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands
Extensions
Extension options published
90910000 Cleaning services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Oct 2026, 15:28 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2026, 15:28 BST
Authority reference
LTCS_0926
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE31)East Midlands (UKF11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0781e2

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    6 Oct 2026, 15:20 BST
  2. Market engagementin 31 days
    6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTCopies of the cleaning services pre tender expression of interest form can be download from our website by following the link below - thelearnerstrust.org/our-trust/tendering-… ↗
  3. Tender notice expectedin 38 days
    13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 176 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Oct 2026, 15:28 BSTUK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Oct 2026, 15:20 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

LEARNERS' TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 10224802 · GB-PPON: PRDJ-9274-RCJQ Eckington Business Centre 2 8 Gosber Street, Sheffield, East Midlands, S21 4DA

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure