Official UK procurement notice
Sports Estate Cleaning Services
Authority: University of Exeter (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis opportunity is for the provision of comprehensive cleaning services across the University of Exeter’s multi-site Sports Estate. The contract will encompass routine, periodic and specialist cleaning of sports facilities, including sports halls, gyms, fitness areas, changing rooms, showers, toilets, communal areas and associated facilities. The successful Supplier will be responsible for delivering a consistent, high-quality, safe and hygienic cleaning service that accommodates the operational requirements of the Sports Estate, including varying opening hours, high-footfall periods and sporting events.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Oct 2032, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£300,000
What it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Commercial
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £199,825 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How University of Exeter buys Cleaning services (CPV 9091), and who usually turns up
University of Exeter’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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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.
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 bid36% / 8%
2–320% / 14%
4–624% / 49%
7+20% / 29%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate50% / 27%
Within ±2%45% / 40%
Above estimate5% / 34%
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 #1CPV 9091Published estimate£300k
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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.
1 bid11%
2–35%
4–615%
7+70%
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Based on 63 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£277k–£300k
Estimate£300k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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OCS Group UK LimitedLarge | £327m31 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 11 live · £348m i | 3% below n=11 |
| £143m10 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £35m i | 16% above n=2 | |
| £49m14 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 14 live · £46m i | 8% above n=15 | |
| £3.6m9 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £2.5m i | 3% above n=5 | |
| £5.4m18 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 4 live · £3.9m i | 23% above n=3 |
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.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- Yes · next expected 1 Oct 2032
- First published
- 28 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Oct 2026, 10:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
UOE_2026_175_EW- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103045- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077bd5Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published45 days ago28 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST
- Market engagement31 days ago12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Next notice expected20 days ago23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published13 days ago30 Oct 2026, 10:34 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 11 days24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 11 days24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 35 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 138 days1 Apr 2027
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Sept 2026, 16:33 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published30 Oct 2026, 10:34 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £300,00030 Oct 2026, 10:34 GMT
- Status changed to active30 Oct 2026, 10:34 GMT
- Procurement method changed30 Oct 2026, 10:34 GMT
- Deadline published: 24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT30 Oct 2026, 10:34 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender