Official UK procurement notice
Star Academies - Building Cleaning Services - The Valley Leadership Academy
Authority: Star Academies (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Trust (Star) is looking to appoint a single Supplier for the supply of building cleaning services at The Valley Leadership Academy.
Star’s objective is to create a clean and professional learning environment to support our pupils’ education provision through both day-to-day cleaning, and deep cleaning provision throughout school holidays.
The supplier selected will be able to provide building cleaning services (excluding external window cleaning) as detailed in Schedule 1 - Specification, for a maximum of 4 years. Whilst the tender will be used as a basis for future works and pricing, the Trust are looking to engage a supplier who will work collaboratively and tailor their approach, so that they are able to meet the specific needs of the Trust and driving cost savings on an ongoing basis. More detailed specification requirements are outlined in Schedule 1 - Specification.
Currently this provision is managed by an outsourced provider.
This Procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Act using the Open Procedure. This document describes how the Procurement will be conducted, including details of the associated Procurement timetable, participation and award criteria and how to respond to this opportunity. Suppliers are strongly encouraged to read this document before preparing their submission.
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The objective of this tender is to identify the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT). The award criteria by which this tender will be evaluated is detailed within The Evaluation Process and Award Criteria in this document.
CPV: Building-cleaning services · Cleaning and sanitation services · Cleaning services · Office cleaning services · Office, school and office equipment cleaning services · School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished valueAED 800,000
- Value
- AED 800,000 exc. VAT · AED 960,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Consideration will be given to extending the contract for a further possible two 12-month extensions (max 4 years in total), subject to satisfactory performance and the agreement of both parties. Regular reviews of the agreement will take place
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).
- PSQ — Failure of any mandatory exclusions will result in no further evaluation, and the tender will be rejected.
- Schedule 3 - Pricing Schedule — Total Price over Initial 2 years - 50%
- Schedule 4 - Quality Schedule — Method Statement Questions - Total 50% - Standards and guidance 10% - Staff recruitment, vetting and cover 10% - Management and supervision 10% - Service mobilisation and TUPE 10% - Cost saving and cost protection methodology 5% - Relevant experience and contract examples 5%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Star Academies buys Cleaning services (CPV 9091) — and who usually turns up
Star Academies’s own published record, next to the North West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Cleaning services (CPV 9091) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Star Academies
contract notices in 36 months: 3 in CPV 9091 · 4 in division 90 · 17 in all categories
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 3 lots. 2 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5.5) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 13).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 3 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 9 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 90), last 36 months: 3 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 13 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 3 notices.
North West England · Cleaning services (CPV 9091)
contract notices delivered in North West England in 36 months: 138 in CPV 9091 (119 competed, 13 route not published) · 458 in division 90 (367 competed, 66 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 77 lots. 44 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 33 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 77 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 26 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 37 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 56 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9091), last 36 months: 67 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 9 lots (all categories), applied to the £800,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Oct 2026, 14:14 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 14:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 3 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
ITT/2026/CLEAN/SVA- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077fd5Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedjust passed2 Oct 2026, 14:14 BST
- Clarification questions byin 24 days26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 31 days2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 62 days3 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 90 days1 Jan 2027, 00:00 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
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Oct 2026, 14:14 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender