Official UK procurement notice
The Dean Trust Tender for Cleaning Services
Authority: The Dean Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Dean Trust is a multi-academy trust established in 2012 and comprises schools located across, Manchester, Trafford, Knowsley and Wigan; across four local authorities.
The Trust are seeking a contractor to provide cleaning of a regular and routine nature, together with more specific periodical cleaning outside of the term-time operation across 11 of its schools.
The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 1st September 2027.
- How the procedure runs: STAGE ONE Advertisement published By 2nd November 2026 PSQ made available to Potential Providers By 2nd November 2026 STAGE TWO Deadline for return of PSQ to the Client 4th December 2026 Unsuccessful and successful PSQ notices issued From 14th December 2026 STAGE THREE Notify tenderers of shortlist to be invited to tender From 14th December 2026 ITT issued to shortlisted Potential Providers From 14th December 2026 Date for Site Visits (attendance required for 2 days) 12th & 13th & 14th January 2027 Details of tenderers attendees to site visit required by: 7th January 2027 STAGE FOUR ITT clarification period closes 5th February 2027 Deadline for return of ITT 19th February 2027 STAGE FIVE Contract Clarification/Presentation meeting 19th March 2027 STAGE SIX Notification of contract award by By 22nd March 2027 End of standstill period and contract award tbc Service commencement 1st September 2027
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£4,648,437
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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 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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Added Value: 5%
- Customer Care: 10%
- Analysis of Staffing: 20%
- Clarification Meeting: 10%
- Service Delivery: 20%
- Price: 35%
Published award criteria (6)
- Added Value
- Customer Care
- Price
- Analysis of Staffing
- Clarification Meeting
- Service Delivery
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £3,096,131 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Competition for Cleaning services (CPV 9091), and who usually turns up
The Dean Trust has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. No delivery region is published, so no market column stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Cleaning services (CPV 9091) →
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Lot #1CPV 9091Published estimate£4.6m
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1 bid13%
2–38%
4–637%
7+42%
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Middle 50%£4.6m
Estimate£4.6m
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £289m48 awards in 36m · last this month | 15 live · £100m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=26 | |
| £49m15 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 14 live · £46m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 8% above n=15 | |
| £25m19 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 13 live · £30m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% above n=29 | |
| £21m15 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 9 live · £15m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=10 | |
| £30m19 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 29 live · £40m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=45 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Oct 2026, 13:03 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2026, 13:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Sept 2027
- Authority reference
CA18592- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099465- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078ccfFind a Tender
- How it runs
STAGE ONE
Advertisement published By 2nd November 2026
PSQ made available to Potential Providers By 2nd November 2026
STAGE TWO
Deadline for return of PSQ to the Client 4th December 2026
Unsuccessful and successful PSQ notices issued From 14th December 2026
STAGE THREE
Notify tenderers of shortlist to be invited to tender From 14th December 2026
ITT issued to shortlisted Potential Providers From 14th December 2026
Date for Site Visits (attendance required for 2 days) 12th & 13th & 14th January 2027
Details of tenderers attendees to site visit required by: 7th January 2027
STAGE FOUR
ITT clarification period closes 5th February 2027
Deadline for return of ITT 19th February 2027
STAGE FIVE
Contract Clarification/Presentation meeting 19th March 2027
STAGE SIX
Notification of contract award by By 22nd March 2027
End of standstill period and contract award tbc
Service commencement 1st September 2027
How to participate & submission route
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- Tender submission deadline
- 4 Dec 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
21 Oct 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago21 Oct 2026, 13:03 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 32 days23 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 43 days4 Dec 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 314 days1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 315 days1 Sept 2027, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Oct 2026, 13:03 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender