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Published 21 Oct 2025, 11:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Cleaning services 2025

Official notice

Authority: Social Work England (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT13.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 22 Oct 2025awarded 21 Oct 2025
Awarded to APM Cleaning & Repair

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Social Work England are looking for a cleaning and a general maintenance provider who can deliver consistent, high-quality service, maintain a safe and healthy work environment, and provide environmentally friendly cleaning and maintenance solutions.

Daily cleaning services will be required with after-hours cleaning preferred to minimise disruption to office staff. Deep cleaning services will be scheduled with prior notification given.

Three qualified cleaning personals are required to work Monday to Friday with variable hours to be agreed upon contract implementation.

The scope of work will include but not limited to:

  • Daily cleaning,
  • Waste disposal,
  • Carpet cleaning,
  • Window washing,
  • Periodic deep cleaning,
  • Sanitation of high-traffic area.

Cleaning personnel will be required to wear the necessary PPE and follow the health and safety guidelines when undertaking their duties.

CPV: Office cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Cleaning Services - Procurement of a cleaning company to provide the aforementioned…AwardedRenewalPublished value£200,000

Cleaning Services - Procurement of a cleaning company to provide the aforementioned services.

Extensions: This is a 3+1+1 contract, a 3 year contract with provision for up to two individual extensions. · This is a 3+1+1 contract, three year duration with up to two, one year extension.Variant bids: not allowed

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 were scored
Quality: 58.5%Price: 41.5%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 53.5%
  • Presentation: 5%
  • price: 41.5%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: 53.50
  • Presentation: 5.00
  • Price: 41.50
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    N/A

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 41.5 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.2 points. Quality carries 58.5 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
21 Oct 2025, 11:16 BST
Last source update
21 Oct 2025, 11:20 BST
Award evaluation window
23 Oct 2025 – …
Authority reference
SWE10542
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067028
Classification (CPV)
Office cleaning services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d08d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
22 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
1800 days from the deadline
Bids opened
23 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Oct 2025 → 23 Oct 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published367 days ago
    21 Oct 2025, 11:20 BST
  2. Submission deadline366 days ago
    22 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Bids opened365 days ago
    23 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Oct 2025, 11:20 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £227,6121 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
APM Cleaning & Repair£227,612 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Social Work England

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawSocial protection 1 North Bank, Blonk Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S38JYContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria