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Published 16 Oct 2023, 15:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Walsall College Contract for Cleaning Services

Official notice

Authority: Walsall College (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,893,507exc. VAT51.5% above published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Nov 2023awarded 9 Apr 2024
Awarded to bespoke Cleaning Services

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To provide cleaning services to Walsall College, West Midlands

CPV: Catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Walsall College is a state-of-the-art Further and Higher Education College in the West…AwardedPublished value£1,893,507

Walsall College is a state-of-the-art Further and Higher Education College in the West Midlands, providing Education for students ranging from 16-18 years old to older mature students. Students are multi-cultural. The Walsall College estate comprises 32,933 m2 of teaching and support space over 6 main campuses, all of which are located in the Borough, close to Walsall Town Centre.

The College are seeking a cleaning provider to provide cleaning of a regular and routine nature is required, together with more specific periodical cleaning outside of the term-time operation. The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years, commencing from 1st August 2024 with the option to extend this for up to a further 1 +1 years.

Delivery: West Midlands · Walsall
Extensions: 60 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 2x12 month(s)Second stage: 5–8 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 35%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Analysis of Staffing: 20%
  • Service Delivery: 20%
  • Customer Care: 10%
  • Clarification: 10%
  • Contract Financials: 35%
  • Corporate & Social Responsibility: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Analysis of Staffing: 20.00%
  • Service Delivery: 20.00%
  • Customer Care: 10.00%
  • Corporate & Social Responsibility: 5.00%
  • Clarification: 10.00%
  • Contract Financials: 35.00%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Tenderer must be established in the field and financially secure with a minimum of 3 years trading history and able to demonstrate suitable expertise in catering within the Education sector.

What this means for your bid
  • 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
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Oct 2023, 15:03 BST
Last source update
9 Apr 2024, 11:54 BST
Authority reference
CA13016 -
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-011418
Classification (CPV)
Catering services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG38)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040c5b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

A statement of the tenderer's turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. Abbreviated audited accounts for previous 3 years trading will be required.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: MultiQuote · Who buys & how to bid on MultiQuote
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
16 Nov 2023, 10:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Nov 2023 → 9 Apr 2024 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Nov 2023, 10:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    9 Apr 2024, 11:54 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Apr 2024, 11:54 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,867,9391 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
bespoke Cleaning ServicesSME£2,867,939 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Walsall College

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Littleton Street West, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1XNContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • bespoke Cleaning ServicesAwarded supplier bespoke House, Unit 3 Crossways Business Park, Bristol, UK, BS35 3UEContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria