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Published 26 Aug 2021, 14:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Cleaning Services for Lincolnshire Police

Official notice

Authority: BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£2,500,000exc. VAT45% below published estimate
Submissions closed 27 Sept 2021awarded 16 Dec 2021
Awarded to Solo Service Group Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Police & Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire (the Customer) has a requirement for the provision of Cleaning Services across the Lincolnshire Police estate. The objectives of the Cleaning Services function are to:

  • Provide a professional cleaning service utilising best practice approaches to maintain required standards of hygiene and cleanliness across 43 locations in the county of Lincolnshire.
  • Maintain a safe environment and safe working practices including the use of a recognised risk assessment/ management system to ensure that standards stay high, and that any reduction in quality of service is recognised and corrected efficiently and effectively.

CPV: Cleaning services · Facilities management services · Office cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£2,500,000
Delivery: UK · Lincolnshire
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: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Total Price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Total Price: 50%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
26 Aug 2021, 14:08 BST
Last source update
6 Jan 2022, 16:21 GMT
Award evaluation window
27 Sept 2021 – …
Authority reference
PCC/PROC/0737
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-000357
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning servicesFacilities management servicesOffice cleaning services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02da23 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
27 Sept 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
27 Sept 2021, 15:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Sept 2021 → 6 Jan 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Sept 2021, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    27 Sept 2021, 15:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    6 Jan 2022, 16:21 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Jan 2022, 16:21 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,376,1931 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 64 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Dec 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Solo Service Group Ltd£1,376,193 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Provision of Cleaning Services for Lincolnshire Police · Solo Service Group Ltd

    Signed
    16 Dec 2021
    Value
    £1,376,193
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

BlueLight Commercial

Contracting authorityPublic bodyRegional or local authorityPublic order and safety 12517649 Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, UK, B4 6DGContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • British High Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Solo Service Group LtdAwarded supplier540872836 1 Axis Way, Riverside Business Park,, Swansea, UK, SA7 0AJContact email, phone

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