Cleaning Tender

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Estimated value

Awarded value

£4.0m

Awarded 18 Jun 2026

Suppliers

1

1 SME

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

19 Jun 2026

Description

The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months. The contract commencement date is 1st September 2026. Cleaning service at the Trust schools is currently a mix of in-house and outsourced provision. The contract is for a full daily cleaning service during term time and periodic cleaning outside of term time.

Scope

Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-05dda9
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2029
Possible extension to 31 Aug 2031

The contract can be extended following satisfactory annual performance and with the agreement of both parties.

CPV classifications
90919300
Contract locations
East Midlands, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)quality

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

Suppliers are invited to submit a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) response. Submissions will be evaluated based on the criteria detailed in the PSQ documentation. Deadline for submission is 5th February 2026. Once a question has received a score, it will have a weighting applied. The weighted scores will be added together to calculate the total weighted score. This will then allow the PSQ responses to be comparatively ranked. Suppliers with minimum 6 points will proceed to the Invitation to Tender Stage. Suppliers will be excluded from the tender if any of their response got FAILED or 0 score.

Stage 1 Conditions of participation with evaluation Suppliers are invited to submit a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) response. Submissions will be evaluated based on the criteria detailed in the PSQ documentation. Deadline for submission is 5th February 2026. Suppliers with minimum 6 points will proceed to the Invitation to Tender Stage. Stage 2 Invitation to Tender with evaluation Suppliers shortlisted to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage will be required to submit their final tender and will be evaluated on the criteria detailed in the ITT documentation. Submission of completed tender documents to be sent via email by 13th March 2026 Envisaged shortlist of the three highest scoring bidders per Lot to be invited to: Stage 3 Provide responses to additional questions At this stage questions to be answered focusing on tailored needs of our academies.

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£4.0m

Award date

18 Jun 2026

Contract start

31 Aug 2026

Contract end

31 Aug 2029