The Archer Academy Cleaning
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£355k
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
14 Jul 2026
Description
The Archer Academy is an outstanding Secondary School located across two campuses in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. The School is tendering its cleaning services with a contract start date of 1st September 2026. The initial term will run for three years, ending on 31st August 2029, with a requirement for termly and annual reviews and a break clause to support both parties should the relationship not prosper. There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance. The current contract with Atlas FM has reached the maximum tenure. The School is seeking a professional cleaning contractor who can consistently deliver high cleaning standards across all areas of the school, with robust staffing and supervision arrangements, clear KPIs and performance monitoring, innovative approaches to sustainability, efficiency and continuous improvement and proactive support to the School throughout the contract. The projected turnover for the five-year contract is expected to be circa £470,000. The School is running this procurement as a Competitive Flexible, Two Stage, Open Tender Process. To declare your interest in the tender and download contract documents (available free of charge), please register on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/aspx/Home Once registered, please declare interest in the opportunity to access and download the full document set. In short, the School needs to be convinced that bidders can deliver their commitments in full, achieve high standards and implement service enhancements as promised. If the School is not convinced of this, it reserves the right to consider an insourced solution or make no award. Any investment proposals must align with DfE guidelines.
Scope
- Reference
- CCL_131
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2029Possible extension to 30 Aug 2031
There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance.
- CPV classifications
- 90919300
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award criteria are in the ITT documents | Award criteria are in the ITT documents | cost | — |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£355k
Award date
13 Jul 2026
Contract start
31 Aug 2026
Contract end
31 Aug 2029
Awarded suppliers· 1 supplier
Awarded 13 Jul 2026 · Contract period 31 Aug 2026 — 31 Aug 2029
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