Official UK procurement notice
South West Essex Community Education Trust ~ Cleaning Tender
Authority: South West Essex Community Education Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
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The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for South West Essex Community Education Trust.
This procurement is being conducted under a concurrent competitive flexible procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers must meet the minimum conditions of participation in order to progress to having their tenders scored.
Contract value is likely to be around £615,000 per annum
SWECET formed in 2015 when a group of like-minded schools came together to form the South West Essex Community Education Trust. They were united in the belief that every young person needs and deserves an education that will maximise their future life chances and that this could be better achieved together.
The founding schools and those schools that have joined since are all united by shared values and beliefs, but this is where the similarities end. We encourage each other to remain unique places of learning. We believe our schools’ differences are an asset, allowing for creative thinking and sharing of best practice, raising standards across the Trust and providing exciting opportunities for our students.
In scope for this project the 6 of the Trust’s schools – three primaries and three secondary schools;
Deneholm Primary School
Stifford Clays Primary School
Chadwell St Mary Primary School
Marshalls Park Academy
Orsett Heath Academy
William Edwards School.
Please See PSQ Document for more information.
- How the procedure runs: Please see PSQ Document for more information.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,000,000
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 (2)
- Criterion 1: 70%
- Criterion 2: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1
- Criterion 2
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 1 Apr 2026, 14:31 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jul 2026, 14:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jun 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030407- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067ad5Find a Tender
- How it runs
Please see PSQ Document for more information.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 Apr 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 14:31 BST
- Clarification questions by181 days ago1 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline181 days ago1 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent141 days ago10 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by135 days ago15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published119 days ago2 Jul 2026, 14:46 BST
- Standstill ends106 days ago14 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts89 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Apr 2026- Tender notice published1 Apr 2026, 14:31 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published2 Jul 2026, 14:46 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete2 Jul 2026, 14:46 BST
- Contract signature expected14 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trunk Logistics Limited1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: 1+1 Please see PSQ Document for more information. | £3,000,000 inc. VAT | 10 Jun 2026standstill to 14 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Trunk Logistics LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender