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Published 21 Sept 2026, 13:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Provision Cleaning at Bolsover District Council Corporate Properties

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Bolsover District Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF12)
Published estimate £360,000≈ £180k / year · £360,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 22 Oct 202612:00 BST · 30d 19h left
Clarification cut-off 12 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrsup to 4 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 4all categories · n=11 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Contractor shall provide high quality cleaning services across the Council's buildings. Services must be delivered consistently, safely and to the required cleaning standards. The Contractor is expected to be experienced in commercial cleaning and must make reasonable allowance for all tasks normally associated with such work.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2030, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£360,000
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 — 31 Dec 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: East MidlandsTurnover guideline: ~£359,508/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£360,000 exc. VAT · £360,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
2 years (1 year + 1 year maximum contract term of 4 years) - Until Wednesday 31st December 2030
90910000 Cleaning services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 30%Price: 60%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Two Case Studies — 20%
  • Methodology — 5%
  • Communication and Liaising — 5%
  • Price — 60%
  • Social Value — 10%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Price — Section 1 - 40% Section 2 - 20%

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Bolsover District Council buys Cleaning services (CPV 9091) — and who usually turns up

Bolsover District Council’s own published record, next to the East Midlands market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Cleaning services (CPV 9091) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Bolsover District Council

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in division 90 · 26 in all categories (1 direct)

Bids per lot4all categories · 36m · n=11 lots
Single-bid lots18%all categories · 36m · n=11 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=8 pairs
Deadline → award date69dall categories · 36m · n=13 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=37 notices
Awarded without competition4%all categories · 36m · n=26 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=11
  • 1 bid 18%
  • 2–3 27%
  • 4–6 27%
  • 7+ 27%

Median 4 · 11 lots on 11 contested notices · all categories.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=8
  • Below estimate 38%
  • Within ±2% 50%
  • Above estimate 13%

8 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

East Midlands · Cleaning services (CPV 9091)

contract notices delivered in East Midlands in 36 months: 122 in CPV 9091 (114 contested) · 438 in division 90 (408 contested)

Bids per lot7CPV 9091 · 36m · n=60 lots
Single-bid lots0%CPV 9091 · 36m · n=60 lots
Award vs estimate10% aboveCPV 9091 · 36m · n=25 pairs
Deadline → award date35dCPV 9091 · 36m · n=28 notices
SME bidders83%CPV 9091 · 36m · n=40 lots
Winners based in the region75%CPV 9091 · 36m · n=60 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=60
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 17%
  • 4–6 27%
  • 7+ 57%

Median 7 · 60 lots on 52 contested notices · CPV 9091.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=25
  • Below estimate 24%
  • Within ±2% 24%
  • Above estimate 52%

25 lot pairs · CPV 9091.

robust · n=8 Awards in Bolsover District Council (all categories, n=8 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £360,000 that is about £360,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per lot, contested contract notices). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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
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
Yes · next expected 1 Sept 2030
First published
21 Sept 2026, 13:41 BST
Last source update
21 Sept 2026, 13:41 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
BDC-079-2026
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077674 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via In-tend
Submission portal named on this notice: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
22 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
This is an electronic process, and the documents can only be accessed via the In-Tend e-Tendering portal on the below link. in-tendhost.co.uk/Bolsoverdc ↗ If you are having issues with registering a new account, please contact In-Tend support on 0114 407 0065 or email support@in-tend.co.uk If your company is already registered and you need to add yourself or a colleague, please email us with the details as we can add an email address to an existing account for access.
Published estimate £360,000 excludes VAT (£360,000 including VAT).

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    21 Sept 2026, 13:41 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 21 days
    12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 31 days
    22 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected byin 64 days
    24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 101 days
    1 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    21 Sept 2026, 13:41 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bolsover District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZDC-9993-YHDQ The Arc, High Street, Clowne, East Midlands, S434JY procurement@bolsover.gov.uk

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender