Official UK procurement notice
The Nova Trust contract for Cleaning Services
Authority: Nova Trust (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionTo provide cleaning services for schools as part of the Nova Trust based in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
CPV: School cleaning services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£6,617,598 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1The Nova Trust Contract for Cleaning Services - Lot 1RenewalPublished value£3,728,334
To provide cleaning services to the Nova Trust for 12 schools
Lot #2The Nova Trust Contract for cleaning services - Lot 2RenewalPublished value£2,889,264
To provide cleaning services at the Nova Trust for 5 schools
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Staffing: 20%
- Service Delivery: 20%
- Customer Care: 10%
- Clarification Meeting: 10%
- Added Value: 5%
- Price: 35%
Published award criteria (6)
- Staffing
- Price
- Service Delivery
- Customer Care
- Clarification Meeting
- Added Value
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- 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
- 16 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
CA16455- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056895- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059b26Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Oct 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
16 Sept 2025 → 28 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published16 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification questions by377 days ago10 Oct 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline370 days ago17 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Contract starts208 days ago28 Mar 2026
- Award decision expected by207 days ago28 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published16 Sept 2025, 12:00 BSTUK4
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