Official UK procurement notice
William Farr C of E Comprehensive School - Cleaning Services Tender
Authority: CORE Education Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWilliam Farr is a fully inclusive, Church of England comprehensive School with a strong reputation and rich local history. The School was founded in 1952 by the local vicar, William Farr, after whom the School is named, and whose intent was that it remained a local School.
The School’s House Values of Compassion, Friendship, Perseverance, Respect, Responsibility and Wisdom shape the education of every child in the School and Staff are proud of the young adults that Students become. They achieve this by their hard work and engagement in the broad and balanced curriculum, which is complemented by a vast number of extra-curricular activities designed to strengthen character and broaden minds.
William Farr Church of England Comprehensive School are seeking Cleaning services providers to Tender for the provision of a full daily Cleaning service during term time, and periodic Cleaning services outside of term time.
The contract will be for three years in duration, with the option to extend for a further one period of up to two years and with a commencement date of 25 October 2025.
Full details will be included in the Invitation to Tender.
TUPE regulations apply to this contract, which involves the transfer of existing Cleaning Staff, of which some may be members of the Local Government Pension Scheme, requiring arrangements to be made for 'Admitted Body' status with the relevant pension fund.
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- How the procedure runs: This procurement will be a multi-stage tender process. The PSQ will be followed by an initial shortlisting, with successful suppliers invited to the next stage of the process. The ITT will follow, with a second shortlisting and the top scoring bidders will be invited to the presentation stage.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£458,520
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Operational Response: 85%
- Financial Response: 15%
Published award criteria (2)
- Financial Response: Long criteria description
- Operational Response: Long criteria description
- Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 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
- Competitive flexible 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
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 May 2025, 11:44 BST
- Last source update
- 9 May 2025, 11:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Sept 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020001- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050f8cFind a Tender
- How it runs
This procurement will be a multi-stage tender process. The PSQ will be followed by an initial shortlisting, with successful suppliers invited to the next stage of the process. The ITT will follow, with a second shortlisting and the top scoring bidders will be invited to the presentation stage.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 6 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 6 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 May 2025 → 25 Oct 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published9 May 2025, 11:44 BST
- Submission deadline6 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by395 days ago23 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts363 days ago25 Oct 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 May 2025, 11:44 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender