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Published 2 Oct 2026, 11:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Prince Henry's High School ~ Cleaning Tender

Authority: Prince Henry's High School (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£1,375,000≈ £367k / year · £1,375,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 30 Oct 202612:00 GMT · 28d 1h left
Clarification cut-off 30 Oct 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrs 9 moup to 5 yrs 9 mo with extensions · starts 13 Feb 2027
Bids per lot · the market 5.5CPV 9091 · n=82 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Prince Henry’s High School

The annual contract value is approximately £275,000.00. The initial contract term will be three years, commencing on 13 February 2027 and concluding on 31 October 2030. The contract will operate on a guaranteed performance basis, with the successful Supplier providing a fixed annual contract price. There will be an option to extend the contract for a further period of up to one plus one years by mutual agreement.

Prince Henry’s High School is a large 13–18 secondary school and Sixth Form in Evesham, Worcestershire. The school occupies a substantial and varied estate comprising buildings of different ages, general teaching accommodation, specialist curriculum areas, sports facilities, performance spaces and facilities used by the wider community.

There are approximately 1,282 pupils on role and 180 staff.

The school has high expectations for students and places importance on providing a safe, welcoming and well-maintained environment. Cleaning standards should reflect the professional standards expected across the school.

For the avoidance of doubt TUPE Regulations will apply to this contract.

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Whilst the monthly contract payment will represent one-twelfth of the annual contract value, a monthly reconciliation process will be undertaken to verify actual hours worked against those budgeted within the contract. Where actual hours delivered are lower than those budgeted, the Supplier will be required to provide a credit to the school. This credit will be calculated by dividing the annual contract value by the annual contracted hours to establish a contractual hourly rate, which will then be multiplied by the shortfall in hours delivered.

The school is seeking a suitably experienced Supplier with a proven track record of delivering cleaning services within the secondary school sector. Preference will be given to Suppliers with a strong operational presence within the local area, enabling the provision of responsive contract support, operational resilience and service flexibility throughout the contract term.

A robust management structure must be provided to ensure the specification is delivered consistently throughout the contract period. This will include regular engagement with key stakeholders at the school and proactive contract management.

The school is seeking a Supplier that will work collaboratively and flexibly with school leaders to maintain high standards of cleanliness. The school is also keen to explore opportunities to achieve improved value for money through service efficiencies, enhanced staff training and innovative equipment solutions.

The scope of the contract includes all cleaning services across the school site, including holiday cleaning and periodic deep cleaning requirements.

The successful Supplier will be required to provide a concise but detailed monthly management report, enabling the senior leadership team to monitor contract performance, service standards and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Contract Objectives from February 2027

The school requires the cleaning operation to deliver the following outcomes:

•Deliver consistently high standards of cleanliness and hygiene across the School, providing a safe, welcoming and well-maintained environment for students, staff and visitors.

•Achieve and maintain particularly high standards within toilets, washrooms and other high-footfall areas, supported by an effective daytime cleaning provision and responsive approach to reactive cleaning requirements.

•Provide a reliable and adequately resourced cleaning service, with sufficient staffing levels and robust arrangements for covering sickness, absence and vacancies without compromising service standards.

•Ensure effective on-site supervision and contract management, supported by clear lines of responsibility, regular management presence and responsive communication with the School.

•Implement robust quality assurance and performance management arrangements, including regular inspections, meaningful KPIs, transparent reporting and prompt corrective action where required standards are not achieved.

•Provide appropriate, modern and well-maintained cleaning equipment, products and working methods suitable for the School's varied estate, specialist areas, flooring and cleaning requirements.

•Provide a flexible and responsive service capable of adapting to the operational needs of the School, including lettings, events, holiday periods and other changing requirements.

•Deliver demonstrable value for money and continuous improvement, incorporating appropriate innovation and environmentally responsible practices where these can be achieved without compromising cleaning, hygiene or infection-control standards.

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-Evesham:-School-cleaning-services./3282EU7CJS

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/3282EU7CJS

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 3 yrs 9 moSMEPublished value£1,375,000
Contract period: 13 Feb 2027 — 31 Oct 2030 (3 yrs 9 mo) · up to 5 yrs 9 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: West MidlandsTurnover guideline: ~£739,683/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£1,375,000 exc. VAT · £1,375,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
3+1+1 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 West Midlands — and who usually turns up

Prince Henry's High School has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the West Midlands 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

Prince Henry's High School

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in all categories

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 buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 1 lots. All 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed. Small sample.

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

5all categories · 36m · n=1 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 buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 1 lots. Small sample.

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

0%all categories · 36m · n=1 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.

Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no comparable estimate → award pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—no comparable estimate → award 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 buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 1 notices. Small sample.

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

Last 36 months.

54dall categories · 36m · n=1 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no amendment history.

Last 24 months.

—no amendment history
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no notices in this market.

Last 36 months.

—no notices in this market
The market · delivery region

West Midlands · Cleaning services (CPV 9091)

contract notices delivered in West Midlands in 36 months: 160 in CPV 9091 (141 competed, 9 route not published) · 448 in division 90 (351 competed, 68 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: 82 lots. 41 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 41 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).

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

5.5CPV 9091 · 36m · n=82 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: 82 lots.

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

4%CPV 9091 · 36m · n=82 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: 38 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 9091 · 36m · n=38 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: 39 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

63dCPV 9091 · 36m · n=39 notices
SME bidders
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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: 61 lots.

Last 36 months.

77%CPV 9091 · 36m · n=61 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: 85 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

66%CPV 9091 · 36m · n=85 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=82
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 82 lots on 69 contested notices · CPV 9091, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 4%
  • 2–3 11%
  • 4–6 48%
  • 7+ 38%

Middle value 5.5 · 82 lots on 69 contested notices · CPV 9091.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=38
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 38 lot pairs · CPV 9091, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 16%
  • Within ±2% 39%
  • Above estimate 45%

38 lot pairs · CPV 9091.

robust · n=38
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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 West Midlands market’s usual movement over 38 lots (CPV 9091), applied to the £1,375,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in West Midlands (CPV 9091, n=38 pairs) lands at estimate: on this notice’s £1,375,000 that is about £1,375,000, middle half £1,375,000–£1,626,625 (quartiles from West Midlands · 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
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)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Oct 2026, 11:33 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 11:33 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f79 Find a Tender

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)
—
Tender submission deadline
30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £1,375,000 excludes VAT (£1,375,000 including VAT).

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    2 Oct 2026, 11:33 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 28 days
    30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected byin 74 days
    14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 134 days
    13 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT

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
    2 Oct 2026, 11:33 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Prince Henry's High School

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGTZ-2989-RYNP Prince Henry's High school, Victoria Ave, Evesham, West Midlands, WR11 4QH [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