Official UK procurement notice
Swale Academies Trust Cleaning Tender
Authority: Swale Academies Trust (Education)·On behalf of: RM&C Consultants Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwale Academies Trust are putting their cleaning contracts in 7 schools out to tender with a contract start date of 20th October 2025. See SQ Document Part 1 for more details.
- How the procedure runs: The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the Schools will invite up to six companies achieving the pass mark to be selected for the ITT stage (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least six suitable companies achieve the pass mark.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.
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).
- Scoring Example: The Selection Questionnaire response will be scored using the scoring example attached.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.
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
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 May 2025, 17:30 BST
- Last source update
- 21 May 2025, 17:30 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
RMandC/2025/SAT/486- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024326- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051c1aFind a Tender
- How it runs
The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the Schools will invite up to six companies achieving the pass mark to be selected for the ITT stage (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least six suitable companies achieve the pass mark.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 23 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 23 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
You can submit your completed SQ Part 2 response via the mytenders portal www.mytenders.co.uk ↗. Or to be emailed to the school and RM&C Consultants Ltd as detailed in the Part 1 Document. Please do not embed your documents into the Part 2 document, provide your additional documents / policies as attachments.
Timeline
21 May 2025 → 20 Oct 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published21 May 2025, 17:30 BST
- Clarification questions by23 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline23 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by400 days ago22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts373 days ago20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 May 2025, 17:30 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- RM&C Consultants LtdProcuring entityManagement Consultants in providing tender management to schools/trusts
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications 1) SAT Final SQ Document Cleaning Part 1
- Bidding documents and specifications 2) SAT SQ Document Cleaning Part 2
- Bidding documents and specifications 3) SAT SQ Scoring Example Cleaning
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender