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Published 25 Apr 2024, 09:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Star Academies - Thornbury Cleaning Services

Official notice

Authority: Star Academies (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£350,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 May 2024awarded 4 Jul 2024
Awarded to Norse Commercial Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Star Academies are looking to run an FTS (EU) compliant tender with the intention of creating a contract with a single supplier of cleaning services. This will be an open process and a process. The supplier selected will be able to provide building cleaning services (excluding external window cleaning).

  • Recurrence: 4 years

CPV: Office, school and office equipment cleaning services · School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1FTS Open tender process to source a single supplier for school cleaning servicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£350,000
Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber · Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy, Dick Lane, Bradford, BD3 7AU
Extensions: Retender once full contract term has completed.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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Questions: 40%
  • price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Questions: 40
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Cleaning providers capable of servicing a busy primary school to a high standard. Equipment to be sourced and provided by the supplier.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · 4 years
First published
25 Apr 2024, 09:41 BST
Last source update
4 Jul 2024, 09:48 BST
Award evaluation window
27 May 2024 – …
Authority reference
ITT/2024/THCL
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020387
Classification (CPV)
Office, school and office equipment cleaning servicesSchool cleaning services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0454fd Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Independent review by a Star Academies SLT member.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home ↗

Submission deadline
27 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
27 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 May 2024 → 4 Jul 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    27 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    4 Jul 2024, 09:48 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Jul 2024, 09:48 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £350,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 139 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Jul 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Norse Commercial Services Limited£350,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
13bids · 13 electronic9——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Star Academies

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Shadworth Road, Blackburn, North West, BB1 2HTContact name, email 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