UKCEH Edinburgh Cleaning Services 2021-2025

The UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) is a world-class research organisation focussing on land and freshwater ecosystems and their interaction with the atmosphere. In our science we cover:  Natural hazards  Water resources  Pollution & environmental risk  Soil  Sustainable land management  Natural capital  Monitoring and observation systems  Environmental informatics  Ecological process and resilience  Biosphere-atmosphere interactions. UKCEH works with businesses, policy-makers and environmental practitioners across the globe to develop innovative products and services from cutting edge science. We nurture robust multidisciplinary, national and international research collaborations as well as engaging society with our research. UKCEH's mission is to undertake world-class research of terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems that underpins evidence-based decisions and innovation by policy-makers and business, and engages with people, supporting sustainable development and improving society's environmental legacy. UKCEH operates four sites in the United Kingdom, the largest of which is based at Wallingford and is also the primary location housing the central functions. Our Edinburgh site is based at Bush Estate, Penicuik. The current contract for cleaning services at the Edinburgh site is due to come to end on the 31st of December 2020, therefore UKCEH is looking for a long-term partner to provide cleaning at its Edinburgh site. The Edinburgh site is open from Monday to Friday 08:00-17:00 is managed by the Site Manager. The Edinburgh site is made up of individual and multi-occupancy offices, meeting rooms, laboratories, workshops, communal areas, a reception area and storage areas. The successful bidder shall provide cleaning services at our Edinburgh site on a scheduled (regular activities agreed between the Contractor and UKCEH), planned (additional activities requested by the Site Manager in advance) and reactive request (unplanned events) basis as required to meet service standards. The scheduled service shall apply to all areas as identified within FO109-20 05_UKCEH Edinburgh Site Floorplan. The services shall consist of: • Scheduled cleaning as proposed by the bidder and accepted by UKCEH • Planned additional cleaning where required for specific areas or events • Reactive cleaning as instructed on an ad-hoc basis by the Site Manager • Local waste collection including domestic and recycling • Provision by the Contractor of all equipment, materials and consumables • Quarterly deep cleans of corridors The services shall not consist of: • Management and disposal of off-site waste • Cleaning of monitors, wall-mounted screens or telephones • Provision of waste and recycling bins • Cleaning of any laboratory instruments or mobile laboratory benches • External areas including windows