Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Window Cleaning Services
Authority: Bedford College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBedford College is seeking an efficient and high-quality window cleaning service across campuses in the Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire regions. Information in respect of the buildings to be covered at each campus and required regularity is included within the tender pack. The window cleaning company must show best value; and deliver a consistently high level of service.
A single provider is required to serve all campuses.
The contract is offered on a 1 year plus 1 year plus 1 year plus 1 year basis – up to a maximum of four years.
CPV: Window-cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£200,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Quality - Company Policy Overview (refer to Appendix 3): 5%
- Quality - Social and Environmental Values (refer to Appendix 3): 5%
- Quality - Safeguarding (refer to Appendix 3): 10%
- Quality - Proposed Service Delivery (refer to Appendix 3): 15%
- Price (refer to Appendix 2): 65%
Published award criteria (5)
- Price (refer to Appendix 2)
- Quality - Company Policy Overview (refer to Appendix 3)
- Quality - Social and Environmental Values (refer to Appendix 3)
- Quality - Safeguarding (refer to Appendix 3)
- Quality - Proposed Service Delivery (refer to Appendix 3)
- Price carries 65 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.5 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Jun 2026, 16:21 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2026, 15:42 BST
- Authority reference
CA17955- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-053504- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06af1bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
5 Jun 2026 → 4 Sept 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published139 days ago5 Jun 2026, 16:21 BST
- Clarification questions by117 days ago28 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline114 days ago1 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Contract starts83 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published49 days ago4 Sept 2026, 15:42 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Jun 2026- Tender notice published5 Jun 2026, 16:21 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published20 Jul 2026, 12:32 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete20 Jul 2026, 12:32 BST
- Contract award notice published20 Jul 2026, 13:11 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected29 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Procurement termination notice published4 Sept 2026, 15:42 BSTUK12
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTER COUNTY SERVICE GROUP LTD1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2027 · up to 31 Jul 2030Extensions: Extensions allowed: Yes (3 x 12 months) | £43,915 | 10 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · INTER COUNTY SERVICE GROUP LTD
- Signed
- date not published
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 31 Jul 2027
- Status
- cancelled (21 Aug 2026), Following a review of the procurement, the Contracting Authority decided not to proceed with the award and will not enter into the contract. The procurement has therefore been terminated.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 9 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- INTER COUNTY SERVICE GROUP LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender