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Published 19 Oct 2022, 19:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

St George’s Academy ~ Cleaning Services Tender

Official notice

Authority: St George’s Academy

ServicesRestricted procedureAccelerated
Published estimate£840,000≈ £280k / year8.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 11 Nov 2022awarded 13 Jan 2023
Awarded to Easy Clean Contractors ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 19 Feb 2026 · starts 20 Feb 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services at St George’s Academy, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7PP.

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1St George’s Academy was first established in May 1908, with 208 children on rollAwarded 3 yrsPublished value£840,000

St George’s Academy was first established in May 1908, with 208 children on roll. The school was one of the first Technology Colleges; it has been Grant Maintained and was a Foundation School before becoming an Academy in January 2010. The Academy has a history of success with students and has a waiting list for every year group. The Academy now occupies a campus of 32 acres and now has over 2,200 students on roll over two campuses. The Academy is a comprehensive school serving Sleaford and the surrounding rural area. A £20 million building programme was completed in 2012 and has added significantly to the already very good facilities. The contract covers the scope for the provision of all cleaning at both Campuses, including periodic cleaning, with options for external window cleaning and kitchen deep cleans. The contract being offered commences on 20 February 2023 for a three year period, renewable annually (i.e. 1+1+1). This contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful Supplier also guaranteeing the number of input hours to the contract as well as the quality of cleaning provision. We are seeking a suitably experienced Supplier who has current experience of working within the secondary school or HE / FE market place, ideally with a strong local operational base, thus allowing for both adequate contract support and operational flexibility that is to be delivered to support the contract as and when needed moving forwards into this contract term. The successful Supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the school senior management team within on the contract performance. The current value of the contract is c.£280K p.a. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: litmustms.co.uk/respond/3G35Q55EW2 ↗

Contract period: 20 Feb 2023 – 19 Feb 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: East Midlands · Lincolnshire
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Oct 2022, 19:05 BST
Last source update
14 Apr 2023, 19:04 BST
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-010861
Accelerated
New contractor required urgently to start in February 2023
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037737 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=775595433" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=775595433</a> GO Reference: GO-2023414-PRO-22544254

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
11 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

11 Nov 2022 → 14 Apr 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    11 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    25 Nov 2022
  3. Contract starts
    20 Feb 2023
  4. Notice published
    14 Apr 2023, 19:04 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    14 Apr 2023, 19:04 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £767,2791 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Jan 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Easy Clean Contractors ltdSME£767,279 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

St George’s Academy

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Sleaford, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, NG34 7PPContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria