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Published 15 Jan 2025, 16:55 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Stairwell Cleaning Contract · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Highland Residential (Inverness) Limited

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£400,000exc. VAT11.5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Feb 2025awarded 10 Mar 2025
Awarded to Perfect Clean Edinburgh Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Highland Residential is a wholly owned subsidiary of Albyn Housing Society Ltd. This is the award notice or the provision of fortnightly stairwell cleaning including internal cleaning of windows. Having clean and tidy stairwells positively impacts on our tenants’ experience and their overall satisfaction with where they live. It’s important that the work is carried out to a consistently high standard, with each site left well-maintained and clean and tidy. There are currently 152 blocks split over 61 developments in the Highlands.

  • Recurrence: 5 years

CPV: Accommodation, building and window cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Highland Residential is a wholly owned subsidiary of Albyn Housing Society LtdAwardedRenewal

Highland Residential is a wholly owned subsidiary of Albyn Housing Society Ltd. Highland Residential is seeking to procure the services of a suitably qualified and experienced contractor for the provision of fortnightly stairwell cleaning including internal cleaning of windows. Having clean and tidy stairwells positively impacts on our tenants’ experience and their overall satisfaction with where they live. It’s important that the work is carried out to a consistently high standard, with each site left well-maintained and clean and tidy. There are currently 152 blocks split over 61 developments in the Highlands. Additional information: A mandatory site visit was required prior to bidding

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: In addition to fortnightly cleans, there will be a one-off deep clean of each stairwell. There may also be additional relevant work allocated to the contractor. · 2 x 1 year extensions subject to satisfactory performance and price.Variant bids: not 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
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Method Statement: 15%
  • Quality, Performance and Communications: 15%
  • Resources: 20%
  • Health & Safety: 10%
  • Community Benefits: 10%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Method Statement: 15
  • Quality, Performance and Communications: 15
  • Resources: 20
  • Health & Safety: 10
  • Community Benefits: 10
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Must have an externally-accredited Health & Safety accreditation

  • Economic & financial standing

    Turnover

    Financial Health

    Minimum: Minimum turnover of GBP150,000 per year in each of the last 3 years Current assets/ current liabilities must be 1.0 or more
  • Technical & professional ability

    Must be able to evidence relevant past experience

    Minimum: 2 examples from last 5 years
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • 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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open 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
Yes · 5 years
First published
15 Jan 2025, 16:55 GMT
Last source update
10 Mar 2025, 16:07 GMT
Award evaluation window
17 Feb 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008593
Classification (CPV)
Accommodation, building and window cleaning services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM6)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d05e Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

The contract will have KPIs as per the procurement documents

Publisher note: Additional (related) works may be awarded in addition to those specified. (SC Ref:792488)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
270 days from the deadline
Bids opened
17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Feb 2025 → 10 Mar 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    10 Mar 2025, 16:07 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Mar 2025, 16:07 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £354,1411 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Perfect Clean Edinburgh LtdSME£354,141 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Highland Residential (Inverness) Limited

Contracting authorityHousing FactorHousing and community amenities 98 – 100 High Street, Invergordon, UK, IV18 0DLContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Inverness Sherriff CourtReview body Inverness

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Perfect Clean Edinburgh LtdAwarded supplier Unit 13, Bilston Enterprise Centre, 1 Dryden Road, Loanhead, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH20 9LZContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.