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The True Learning Partnership Framework Cleaning Tender 2025/26

Buyer: RPJ3 Group →

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BuyerRPJ3 Group
StatusClosed
Deadline10 Nov 2025
Value£1,950,000
Published16 Oct 2025

What is being bought

The True Learning Partnership are seeking to procure a number of providers for a multi-supplier framework for cleaning services. The main objective of this procurement exercise is to deliver the procurement of a framework that will enable the trust to source cleaning services for its schools. There are initially five schools in this framework, however, other schools may call off later. It should be noted that it is not mandatory for trust schools to use this framework. Schools will only call off from this agreement if they have a requirement to do so. It is envisaged the number of contractors on the framework will be between 1 and 3 The provision of the service must demonstrate the best value approach and be flexible in its delivery and operation to ensure that the needs and ethos of individual schools are supported. This framework process is targeted to have a cleaning contract in place to commence in January 2026 for the initial direct award schools. Please note that this process covers all cleaning services within The True Learning Partnership schools with full tender costings and proposals for the schools for a contract start in in January 2026 for the initial direct award schools. These details will be further explained in the ITT documents. The process will be through a competitive flexible procedure commencing with a participation stage to create a select bidder list following analysis of a PSQ document (within which the scoring criteria will be included). The nature of the contract demands a good local infrastructure to provide and maintain the level and standard of cleaning service and support required by the Trust. Labour resource/relief cover is very important. We have set a minimum Employer's (compulsory) liability insurance of 10,000,000 GBP). Following the analysis of PSQ’s the selected bidders will be invited to attend a site survey and tender briefing initially planned for early 13th November 2025. Tender response deadline is planned as early December 2025 and it is envisaged that interviews will take place in early December 2025. The contract will be for a 3 +1 +1 period (5 years in total including the option to extend for 1 + 1years).

Delivery location

UKD, GB

Categories

School cleaning services 90919300

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£1,950,000
Contract periodFrom 9 Jan 2026 to 8 Jan 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Financial — 6/7 financial schedules require completion, providing a fixed price annual cost (55%)
Qualitative — 9 qualitative schedules require responding to. (45%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1School cleaning servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 90. The category anchor is School cleaning services (90919300); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 905,4185 median · 17.8 average (2,198 of 5,418 with a bid count)2.9 average (2,356 of 5,418 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer8Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD2478 median · 52.4 average (68 of 247 with a bid count)6.7 average (74 of 247 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4095 median · 4.8 average (5 of 409 with a bid count)1.2 average (5 of 409 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleTime constraints of the procurement process and to ensure a level playing field so no supplier has an unfair advantage or to distort competition.
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05ce1f
Latest release ID065977-2025
Latest release timestampThu Oct 16 2025 14:14:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065977-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2025-11-10T12:00:00+00:00
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2025-12-03T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailswww.mytendrs.co.uk
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,950,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Oct 2025tender065977-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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