Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Window Cleaning, Reactive Cleaning & Associated Services (2026 -30)
Authority: University of Strathclyde (Education)
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) relates to a project to establish a Contract for the Provision of Window Cleaning, Reactive Cleaning & Associated Services (UOS-45472-2026) at the University of Strathclyde. This Contract will include, however, will not be limited to;
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Prior Information Notice (PIN) relates to a project to establish a Contract for the Provision of Window Cleaning, Reactive Cleaning & Associated Services (UOS-45472-2026) at the University of Strathclyde.
CPV: Accommodation, building and window cleaning services · Building-cleaning services · Window-cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This Contract will include, however, will not be limited to;Planned
This Contract will include, however, will not be limited to;
- Internal and external window cleaning;
- Reactive cleaning / emergency 24/7 coverage;
- Flexible service provision, accounting for different building types, cleaning methods, building access, road restrictions, and occupancy
levels; and
- Various cleaning methods, including abseiling / must provide necessary access equipment to delivery services. Additional information: Please note, the information contained within this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is subject to change.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How University of Strathclyde buys Cleaning services (CPV 9091), and who usually turns up
University of Strathclyde’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Cleaning services (CPV 9091) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Scotland.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 66 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid13% / 0%
2–338% / 10%
4–635% / 59%
7+15% / 31%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate41% / 44%
Within ±2%55% / 22%
Above estimate5% / 33%
Assess each lot i
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1This Contract will include, however, will not be limited to;CPV 9091Published estimate£1.0m
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 39 past lots.
1 bid0%
2–310%
4–659%
7+31%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Caledonian Maintenance Services LtdEarlier contract | Provision of Window Cleaning, Reactive Cleaning & Associated Services (2022-26)notice published Nov 2022 | — | £880k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
90% title match.
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90% title match.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (90% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Provision of Window Cleaning, Reactive Cleaning & Associated Services (2022-26) — held by Caledonian Maintenance Services Ltd; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST
- Authority reference
UOS - 45472 -2026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-087477- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06fa83Find a Tender
Publisher note: Please note, the information contained within this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is subject to change. The University of Strathclyde may conduct further market engagement with interested parties. As such, all interested parties must register their interest no later than 12 noon on the 22 September 2026. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=842754. (SC Ref:842754)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
15 Sept 2026 → 9 Oct 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published58 days ago15 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST
- Tender notice expected35 days ago9 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.