Official UK procurement notice
St Angela's Ursuline School - Cleaning Tender
Authority: St Angela's Ursuline School (Education)·On behalf of: RIVA Partnership Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSt Angela’s is a voluntary-aided secondary school for girls (11-16) in the London Borough of Newham. The school has six forms (equating to a pupil admission number of 192 students) on entry for the 11-16 girls’ school with a mixed sixth form centre, predominantly of girls, of 400 students.
The school population serves the Catholic population of the borough and 90% of the school population are from ethnic minorities.
St Angela's is a focused, hardworking and friendly Catholic school, aiming to provide every opportunity for our students to achieve their very best and to leave our school confident and independent young women, well equipped for higher education and life beyond.
As a Leading Edge school we continue to push the frontiers of education in every direction and have embraced new teaching and learning initiatives, allowing our students to learn and achieve at impressively high rates. We carefully monitor individual progress and provide the highest standard of pastoral care and learning support.
Further information regarding the School can be obtained here:
www.stangelas-ursuline.co.uk ↗
Tender information:
The successful tenderer will be required to provide excellent cleaning services at St Angela’s School, which has 1290 pupils and 120 teaching and support staff.
The contract term being tendered for 3 years, from 01/04/2026 – 31/03/2029. There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31/03/2031.
The contract offers an excellent opportunity to review and propose enhancements to the current cleaning services at the schools. This includes both core term time cleaning and periodic deep cleaning throughout the year.
The school is keen to secure a high quality cleaning service whereby its students are able to enjoy excellence in education, supported by excellently kept facilities.
The school expects both a tightly managed service and high levels of productivity to be delivered by the cleaning staff at all times, and the school expects a management style delivered by the successful contractor that supports, encourages and develops the cleaning staff.
The school is not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, rather the school is keen to secure best value from this contract and to deliver best value to its students. Innovative and creative ideas as to how the cleaning services can be developed and improved, will be welcomed. The school seeks a contractor that is keen to work in partnership and who will deliver to its highest abilities, at all times.
- How the procedure runs: This procurement will be run under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. This will follow a two stage approach, with stage 1 being the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). Here a minimum of 5 candidates (or less, in the event less than 5 meet the minimum criteria) and a maximum of 10 candidates, will progress to stage 2. Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and a minimum score of 60% must be achieved. Selected tenderers will then be invited to stage 2, the Invitation To Tender (ITT). Here, the evaluation of tender response will be set as 35% price and 65% quality.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,134,700
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Jul 2025, 19:05 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Mar 2026, 12:24 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Jan 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042209- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056443Find a Tender
- How it runs
This procurement will be run under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. This will follow a two stage approach, with stage 1 being the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). Here a minimum of 5 candidates (or less, in the event less than 5 meet the minimum criteria) and a maximum of 10 candidates, will progress to stage 2. Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and a minimum score of 60% must be achieved. Selected tenderers will then be invited to stage 2, the Invitation To Tender (ITT). Here, the evaluation of tender response will be set as 35% price and 65% quality.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
22 Jul 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published22 Jul 2025, 19:05 BST
- Clarification questions by22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent268 days ago27 Jan 2026
- Award decision expected by266 days ago28 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends257 days ago6 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published223 days ago12 Mar 2026, 12:24 GMT
- Contract starts204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jul 2025- Tender notice published22 Jul 2025, 19:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published28 Jan 2026, 12:05 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete28 Jan 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Contract signature expected27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published12 Mar 2026, 12:24 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| D Brice & Company Limited T/as D B Services1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: The contract may be extended from 31/03/2029 for up to a maximum of 2 years to 31/03/2031 | £1,046,315 | 27 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · D Brice & Company Limited T/as D B Services
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2026
- Value
- £1,046,315
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract may be extended from 31/03/2029 for up to a maximum of 2 years to 31/03/2031
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- RIVA Partnership LtdProcuring entityProcurement Consultancy supporting the Contracting Authority
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- D Brice & Company Limited T/as D B ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender