Official UK procurement notice
Portico Academy Trust _ Essex
Authority: Portico Academy Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPortico Academy Trust invites tenders from professional cleaning contractors for the provision of daily cleaning services across its five primary and nursery school sites in Essex. The successful partner must deliver consistent, high-quality standards and take pride in maintaining safe, hygienic environments for young learners and staff.
Strong client relationship skills are essential – contractors must be responsive, be articulate, be communicative, and be committed to collaborative working within all of the schools.
? Scope: Daily cleaning across five primary and nursery school sites
? Contract Start Date: 28th March 2026
Suppliers will be assessed against the specific objectives of the new contract through the following stages:
- Selection and Shortlisting
- Invitation to Tender (ITT) and Shortlisting for Presentation
- Presentation of Proposal to the Trust (Authority)
- Reference Checking
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£800,000
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 (3)
- Quality: 60%
- Contract Compliance: 10%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (3)
- Cost
- Quality
- Contract Compliance
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
- 17 Oct 2025, 08:51 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Oct 2025, 08:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
CA16616- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066110- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ce71Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Dec 2025, 09:30 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
17 Oct 2025 → 28 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published369 days ago17 Oct 2025, 08:51 BST
- Clarification questions by334 days ago21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline320 days ago5 Dec 2025, 09:30 GMT
- Contract starts208 days ago28 Mar 2026
- Award decision expected by207 days ago28 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published17 Oct 2025, 08:51 BSTUK4
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