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Official UK procurement notice

Weald of Kent Grammar School ~ Cleaning Tender

Official notice

Authority: Weald of Kent Grammar School (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£646,000≈ £210k / year · £646,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Jun 2025awarded 9 Jul 2025
Awarded to Kent Gurkha Company Ltd
Contract term 3 yrs 1 moends 1 Sept 2028 · starts 1 Aug 2025

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.

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 August 2025 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.

The value of the current contract:

Tonbridge Contract Cost: £156,588.41

Sevenoaks Contract Cost: £58,745.83

Total Contract Value = £646,000.00

Weald of Kent expects the successful contractor to enable the continued development of cleaning services. The school expects the successful tenderer to evidence, through their bid, how they shall support and complement its values and support the principles of the school.

As a school who are continually seeking ways to improve and develop the ethos and environment for students and staff, to give them the facilities they deserve and need to meet.

See SQ Document for more information

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CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 yrs 1 moSMEPublished value£646,000
Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 1 Sept 2028 (3 yrs 1 mo)Value: £646,000 exc. VAT · £646,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible

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: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70%
  • Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Cost: Long criteria description
  • Quality: Long criteria description
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 May 2025, 11:46 BST
Last source update
22 Jul 2025, 13:22 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 8 Jul 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020008
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050f91 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Litmus TMS
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
3 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

9 May 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 7 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    9 May 2025, 11:46 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    2 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    3 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    8 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Assessment summaries sent
    9 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
  6. Latest notice published
    22 Jul 2025, 13:22 BST
  7. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 May 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    9 May 2025, 11:46 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    22 Jul 2025, 13:22 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    22 Jul 2025, 13:22 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    28 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £646,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Kent Gurkha Company LtdSME1 Aug 2025 – 31 Aug 2028£646,0009 Jul 2025Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one55—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Weald of Kent Grammar School ~ Cleaning Tender

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZHV-9866-JTZV Tudeley Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, South East, TN9 2JPContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Kent Gurkha Company LtdAwarded supplier 7 Clarendon Place, King Street, Maidstone, South East, ME14 1BQContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender