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Published 6 Mar 2023, 09:21 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Cleaning Services

Official notice

Authority: Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales (Police & fire)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£10,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 5 Apr 2023awarded 7 Aug 2023
Awarded to Solo Service Group Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales requires general and specialist cleaning services across its Force area consisting of over one hundred premises of varying size, throughout a geographical area between Swansea in the West, Merthyr Tydfil in the North, and Cardiff in the East. The Commissioner currently has 3 Basic Command Units, a Police headquarters in Bridgend and numerous smaller police stations and other buildings.

The contractor shall provide cleaning services at the premises comprising of, but not limited to; general cleaning, specialist area cleaning, call-out cleaning, crime scene decontamination call-out cleaning and deep cleaning.

CPV: Building-cleaning services · Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Wales
Extensions: The initial term of this contract will be 5 years with the option to renew on an annual basis for 4 years.Variant bids: 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: 45%Price: 45%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Techncal: 45%
  • price: 45%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Social Value: 10%
  • Techncal: 45
  • Price: 45
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 45 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 · publisher note attached
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Mar 2023, 09:21 GMT
Last source update
8 Aug 2023, 10:59 BST
Award evaluation window
5 Apr 2023 – …
Authority reference
JCPS0313
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-023034
Classification (CPV)
Building-cleaning servicesCleaning services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ae3f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

Please refer to tender document

Publisher note: ITT code - itt_101338 https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk (WA Ref:133880)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
5 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en, cy
Bids opened
5 Apr 2023, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 Apr 2023 → 8 Aug 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    5 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    5 Apr 2023, 12:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    8 Aug 2023, 10:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Aug 2023, 10:59 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £17,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Aug 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Solo Service Group LimitedSME£17,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Police & Crime Commissioner for South Wales

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety Police Headquarters, Cowbridge Road, Bridgend, Wales, CF31 3SUContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Solo Service GroupAwarded supplier 1 axis court, riverside business park mallard way, swansea vale, Swansea, Wales, SA70AJContact 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