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Published 31 Mar 2022, 12:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tender for the Provision of Cleaning Services

Official notice

Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 13 May 2022awarded 12 Aug 2022
Awarded to QCS Contract Cleaning

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Belfast City Council ("the Council") has awarded a contract for the provision of cleaning services following an open tender procedure.

CPV: Accommodation, building and window cleaning services · Building-cleaning services · Cleaning and sanitation services · Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services · Cleaning services · Gully cleaning services · Health and social work services · Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried vegetables · Office cleaning services · Office, school and office equipment cleaning services · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services · Window-cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This Contract is for the provision of cleaning services across a number of Council…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,500,000

This Contract is for the provision of cleaning services across a number of Council locations ‘the Premises’.

The Council reserves the right to add the following additional requirements to the Service under this Contract during the Contract Period: -

Other cleaning services related to the Premises that are not already included for in (e.g. window cleaning, roof and guttering cleaning, external powerwashing, specialist cleaning, feminine hygiene provision and management) provided the Contractor has the capacity, capability and suitably experience to provide the additional services at the time of being required.

Additional Premises not listed. This may be in response to additional Premises being identified and/or changes in how the Council’s in house cleaning services are resourced and delivered.

Temporary support for the Council’s in house operations to cover any shortfall in available resources.

Introduce required changes associated with the Service to the Specification to accommodate changes to the Council’s operational model and working practices e.g. functional re-structuring, new customer hub, etc;

Events related cleaning and site tidy up;

Major incident/ health outbreak that requires deep cleans of Premises or other type of cleaning services.

The value in this contract notice includes for the potential of additional services to be added over the 5 year contract period.

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast
Extensions: The Contract shall be effective from the date of award of Contract for an initial period of three years. The Council reserves the right to extend / renew the Contract up to a further 2 years (1 year + 1 Year periods). Any extension may be subject to further approval by Council Committee, availability of funding and satisfactory performance of the Contractor. The Council reserves the right to add the following additional requirements to the Service under this Contract during the Contract Period: - Other cleaning services related to the Premises that are not already included for in (e.g. window cleaning, roof and guttering cleaning, external powerwashing, specialist cleaning, feminine hygiene provision and management) provided the Contractor has the capacity, capability and suitably experience to provide the additional services at the time of being required. Additional Premises not listed. This may be in response to additional Premises being identified and/or changes in how the Council’s in house cleaning services are resourced and delivered. Temporary support for the Council’s in house operations to cover any shortfall in available resources. Introduce required changes associated with the Service to the Specification to accommodate changes to the Council’s operational model and working practices e.g. functional re-structuring, new customer hub, etc; Events related cleaning and site tidy up; Major incident/ health outbreak that requires deep cleans of Premises or other type of cleaning services. The value in this contract notice includes for the potential of additional services to be added over the 5 year contract period. · The initial Contract Period is for 3 years. The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the Contract up to a further 2 years (1 + 1 years). Any extension may be subject to further approval by Council Committee, availability of funding and satisfactory performance of the Contractor.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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Implementation and mobilisation plans: 20%
  • Service delivery and performance management: 25%
  • Achieving the contract objectives: 15%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Implementation and mobilisation plans: 20%
  • Service delivery and performance management: 25%
  • Achieving the contract objectives: 15%
  • Price: 40%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
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
31 Mar 2022, 12:15 BST
Last source update
24 Aug 2022, 09:18 BST
Award evaluation window
13 May 2022 – …
Authority reference
T2193
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023551
Classification (CPV)
Accommodation, building and window cleaning servicesBuilding-cleaning servicesCleaning and sanitation servicesCleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related servicesCleaning servicesGully cleaning servicesHealth and social work servicesMachines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried vegetablesOffice cleaning servicesOffice, school and office equipment cleaning services
+2 moreSewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental servicesWindow-cleaning services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032878 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

Contract performance provisions are set out in the Specification and Terms and Conditions.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
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Submission deadline
13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
13 May 2022, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 May 2022 → 24 Aug 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    13 May 2022, 12:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    24 Aug 2022, 09:18 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Aug 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Aug 2022, 09:18 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    24 Aug 2022, 09:18 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 85 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
QCS Contract CleaningSMEProvision of Cleaning Services£1,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Belfast City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 9 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8DJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Visit BelfastContracting authority Belfast, Northern IrelandContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeMediation bodyReview body Belfast

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