Official UK procurement notice
South West Essex Community Education Trust - Building Cleaning Services
Authority: South West Essex Community Education Trust (Public body)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSouth West Essex Community Education Trust are seeking proposals from suppliers of Building Cleaning Services to meet their requirements from a contract start date of 1st April 2026. The contract is currently outsourced to two separate third party contractors.
CPV: Building-cleaning services
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value (£1,824,000 together) · win at most 3 of them · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Primary SchoolsRenewalPublished value£121,500
Lot 1 - Primary Schools, including:
- Chadwell St Mary Primary School
- Deneholm Primary School
- Stifford Clays Primary School
Lot #2Secondary Schools Group 1RenewalPublished value£384,000
Lot 2 - Secondary Schools Group 1, including:
- Orsett Heath Academy
- William Edwards School
- Economic & financial standing
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Technical & professional ability
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
Lot #3Secondary Schools Group 2RenewalPublished value£143,000
Lot 3 - Secondary Schools Group 2, including:
- Marshalls Park Academy
Lot #4All Secondary SchoolsRenewalPublished value£527,000
Lot 4 - All Secondary Schools, including:
- Marshalls Park Academy
- William Edwards School
- Orsett Heath Academy
- Economic & financial standing
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Technical & professional ability
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
Lot #5All SitesRenewalPublished value£648,500
Lot 5 - All Sites, including:
- Chadwell St Mary Primary School
- Deneholm Primary School
- Marshalls Park Academy
- Stifford Clays Primary School
- William Edwards School
- Orsett Heath Academy
- Economic & financial standing
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Technical & professional ability
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
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)
- Customer Care: 15%
- Service Delivery: 20%
- Added Value: 15%
- Staffing: 40%
- Contract Price: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Contract Price
- Customer Care
- Service Delivery
- Added Value
- Staffing
- Economic & financial standing
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Technical & professional ability
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 1 Oct 2025, 16:39 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2025, 16:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
CA16533- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061484- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a639Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Oct 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
1 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 16:39 BST
- Clarification questions by374 days ago17 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Submission deadline364 days ago27 Oct 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Contract starts208 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by207 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published1 Oct 2025, 16:39 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender