Official UK procurement notice
WHC - BLOCK CLEANING SERVICES
Authority: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWelwyn Hatfield Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council) is conducting an open procurement in accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023 for the purpose of procuring Block Cleaning Services as described in Schedule (2). Specification. Whilst this procurement does not limit the number of bidders that may participate, bids may not be evaluated that do not meet the conditions of participation; or are disqualified under mandatory or discretionary disqualification criteria; or do not meet any other requirements such as accepting the conditions of contract or failing to comply with the terms of this tender in terms of completion of documents and submission of bids. Bids may also be rejected if they are deemed abnormally low following investigation. It is a condition that bidders follow the instructions in this invitation to tender
CPV: Cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£4,000,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jul 2026, 11:53 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2026, 11:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
C1171- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071151- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d51cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published90 days ago28 Jul 2026, 11:53 BST
- Clarification questions by45 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline34 days ago22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 79 days14 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 155 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published28 Jul 2026, 11:53 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Full details are in the tender documents. Conditions of participation are in the tender documents.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender