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Published 11 Dec 2023, 12:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Weald of Kent Grammar School ~ Cleaning Tender

Official notice

Authority: Weald of Kent Grammar School (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£64,600≈ £22k / year
Submissions closed 2 Feb 2024awarded 6 Jun 2024
Awarded to Cleantec Services Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2027 · starts 1 Sept 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Weald of Kent Grammar School is a large sized selective grammar school, with academy status for girls aged 11–18 and co-educational sixth form for students aged 16–18. The school operates across two campuses located in Tonbridge and Sevenoaks, Kent and boasts state of the art facilities.

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation…Awarded 3 yrsPublished value£64,600

The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities for the approximate 600 students at our Sevenoaks campus and 1500 in Tonbridge, with 200 teaching and support staff who work across both.

The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1st September 2024 and will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract.

The school year is based on a calendar of 195 days. Five days are to be used for staff professional development which means that School will be open to receive students for the legal minimum of 190 days.

The contract offered covers the scope for the provision of all cleaning services within the school, which currently includes:

Sevenoaks Campus

-3 Floor building which includes DT, Science, Food and general classrooms, dance studio, sports hall, main hall, dining hall and office space.

Approx. Square Metres: 6507

Tonbridge Campus

-The school has six, multi-storey stand-alone buildings (named as Main Building, Maths, Humanities, New Science, Sports Hall and 6th Form Hub). These buildings house educational, dining, sport and office facilities.

-Approx. Square Metres:

-Eng/Hums: 3149

-Main Build: 5325

-Maths: 1113

-Sports Hall: 1837

-New Science 720

-New classrooms 224

-Whilst the School prioritises value for money as a key objective of the Competitive Tender Process, the Governing body is not obliged to accept the lowest price.

Please see SQ document for more information Additional information: This contract has now been awarded.

Contract period: 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2027 (3 yrs)
Delivery: South East · Kent
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: 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
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
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
11 Dec 2023, 12:06 GMT
Last source update
5 Jul 2024, 10:05 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020534
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042322 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. To view this notice, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=873357514 GO Reference: GO-202475-PRO-26814844

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
2 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

2 Feb 2024 → 1 Sept 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    11 Mar 2024
  3. Notice published
    5 Jul 2024, 10:05 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    5 Jul 2024, 10:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £654,4481 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Jun 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Cleantec Services LimitedSME£654,448 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Weald of Kent Grammar School

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Tudeley Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, South East, TN9 2JPContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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