The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust ~ Cleaning Tender

The successful Supplier will be required to provide a comprehensive cleaning service, including daily term time and non-term time periodic cleaning, for the following five schools within The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust (MAT): •Penponds School https://penponds.eschools.co.uk/web/our_school •St Meriadoc Infant School https://www.st-meriadoc-inf.cornwall.sch.uk/ •St Meriadoc Junior School https://www.st-meriadoc-jnr.cornwall.sch.uk/ •Troon Community School https://www.troon.cornwall.sch.uk/website •St Ives Infant School https://www.st-ives-inf.cornwall.sch.uk/web The Rainbow MAT is growing with St Ives currently undergoing its formal transfer into the Trust. The Trust is seeking a suitably experienced contractor who has current experience of working within the education marketplace, ideally with a strong operational base within the South West of England, thus allowing for both adequate contract support and operational flexibility that is to be delivered to support the contract as and when needed moving forwards into this contract term. A robust level of management support must be provided by the successful contractor to ensure that the detailed specification is delivered within the contract on a consistent basis within the contract period. The successful Contractor will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, by the appointed management team, to update the senior management team within the Trust on the contract’s performance. TUPE is expected to apply and it is anticipated that a number of employees are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and therefore the successful contractor will be expected to gain Admitted Body Status (ABS) in order to continue contributing to the scheme. The Contractor may be asked to undertake works not included in this Specification from time to time. Aside from the cost of materials, additional works should be delivered within the hours of the existing cleaning operatives or, where necessary, provided by additional staff paid for on an agreed hourly basis or by a quoted fixed price. The contract will commence on 1 January 2022 for an initial contract period of three years, with the option to extend the contract for a further two 12-month periods. This extension will be granted by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract. The contract will be fixed price in nature. Financial constraints affecting all schools mean that a robust and cost-effective solution must be provided. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/449HCH7Y9Z