Official UK procurement notice
The Archer Academy Cleaning
Authority: THE ARCHER ACADEMY (Public body)·On behalf of: Cohesion Consulting Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Archer Academy is an outstanding Secondary School located across two campuses in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet.
The School is tendering its cleaning services with a contract start date of 1st September 2026. The initial term will run for three years, ending on 31st August 2029, with a requirement for termly and annual reviews and a break clause to support both parties should the relationship not prosper.
There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance. The current contract with Atlas FM has reached the maximum tenure.
The School is seeking a professional cleaning contractor who can consistently deliver high cleaning standards across all areas of the school, with robust staffing and supervision arrangements, clear KPIs and performance monitoring, innovative approaches to sustainability, efficiency and continuous improvement and proactive support to the School throughout the contract.
The projected turnover for the five-year contract is expected to be circa £470,000.
The School is running this procurement as a Competitive Flexible, Two Stage, Open Tender Process.
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In short, the School needs to be convinced that bidders can deliver their commitments in full, achieve high standards and implement service enhancements as promised. If the School is not convinced of this, it reserves the right to consider an insourced solution or make no award. Any investment proposals must align with DfE guidelines.
- How the procedure runs: The School is running this procurement as a Competitive Flexible, Two Stage, Open Tender Process.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£470,000
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).
- Award criteria are in the ITT documents
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Feb 2026, 21:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2026, 14:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 May 2026
- Authority reference
CCL_131- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017630- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065dafFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days from invoice
- How it runs
The School is running this procurement as a Competitive Flexible, Two Stage, Open Tender Process.
- Risks
None
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 15 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 15 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
26 Feb 2026 → 15 Sept 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published237 days ago26 Feb 2026, 21:55 GMT
- Submission deadline190 days ago15 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by170 days ago4 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent100 days ago14 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends90 days ago23 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published37 days ago15 Sept 2026, 14:34 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Feb 2026- Tender notice published26 Feb 2026, 21:55 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published14 Jul 2026, 17:39 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete14 Jul 2026, 17:39 BST
- Procurement method changed14 Jul 2026, 17:39 BST
- Contract signature expected14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Sept 2026, 14:34 BSTUK7
- Procurement method changed15 Sept 2026, 14:34 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas FM Group LimitedArcher Academy Cleaning Tender1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2031Extensions: There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance. | £354,827 | 14 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Archer Academy Cleaning Tender · Atlas FM Group Limited
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- £354,827
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Cohesion Consulting LtdProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement and management consultancy for this tender
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Atlas FM LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender