Official UK procurement notice
Office Cleaning Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Maidstone Borough Council (Local council)
Maidstone Borough Council is inviting tenders from suitably qualified and experienced contractors for the provision of office cleaning services at various Council properties within Maidstone. Indicative Dates & Timeline for Procurement.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMaidstone Borough Council is inviting tenders from suitably qualified and experienced contractors for the provision of office cleaning services at various Council properties within Maidstone.
Indicative Dates & Timeline for Procurement
Tender release: 13th November 2026
Deadline for clarifications: 12:00pm 11th December 2026
Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 18th December 2026
Evaluation: w/c 21st December 2026
Appointment of contractor: w/c 18th January 2027
Contract Commencement: 1st March 2027
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Kent:-… ↗
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CPV: Cleaning services · Office cleaning services
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£800,000
What it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Criterion 2: 60%
- Criterion 1: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1: Cost
- Criterion 2: Quality
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £532,847 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Maidstone Borough Council buys Cleaning services (CPV 9091), and who usually turns up
Maidstone Borough Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. 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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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid29% / 7%
2–336% / 9%
4–629% / 44%
7+7% / 40%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate65% / 27%
Within ±2%29% / 29%
Above estimate6% / 44%
Assess each lot i
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 9091Published estimate£800k
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid18%
2–312%
4–652%
7+17%
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Based on 97 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£679k–£800k
Estimate£800k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| WynsdaleWorked for this buyer | MBC Cleaning and Waste Clearancenotice published Mar 2023 | Lot 2 – Temporary and Discretionary Accommodation units | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £21m15 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 9 live · £15m i | at estimate n=10 | |
| £9.1m5 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 1 live · £8.8m i | at estimate n=3 | |
| £5.4m18 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 4 live · £3.9m i | 23% above n=3 | |
WynsdaleSME | £150k1 award in 36m · last 8 months ago | 1 live · £150k i | at estimate n=1 |
| £40k1 award in 36m · last 11 months ago | 2 live · £385k i | 13% above n=1 |
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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 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, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Nov 2026, 15:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2026, 15:10 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jan 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-108100- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bbe1Find a Tender
- Risks
Risk: Local Government Reorganisation Likelihood of Occurrence: High Would this lead to potential modification of contract. If so how? Potential novation of contract
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 18 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
13 Nov 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice publishedjust passed13 Nov 2026, 15:10 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 27 days11 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 34 days18 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 66 days18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 107 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Nov 2026, 15:10 GMTUK4
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender