South West Essex Community Education Trust - Building Cleaning Services

South West Essex Community Education TrustcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05a639Procurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitableclosed for bids
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Estimated value

£1.8m

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

5

0 awarded

Published

01 Oct 2025

Deadline 27 Oct 2025

Description

South West Essex Community Education Trust are seeking proposals from suppliers of Building Cleaning Services to meet their requirements from a contract start date of 1st April 2026. The contract is currently outsourced to two separate third party contractors.

Scope

Reference
CA16533
Total value
£1,824,000 excluding VAT
£2,188,800 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2029
Possible extension to 31 Mar 2031

Maximum 2 extensions of 12 months per extension.

Main category
services
CPV classifications
90911200
Contract locations
UK, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Contract PriceContract Priceprice10.00%
Customer CareCustomer Carequality15.00%
Service DeliveryService Deliveryquality20.00%
Added ValueAdded Valuequality15.00%
StaffingStaffingquality40.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
17 Oct 2025, 10:00 am
Submission deadline
27 Oct 2025, 10:00 am
Submission address
To access this opportunity, log in to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity. If you are not registered with MultiQuote, please visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com, complete the registration form on the log in page and quote the title and reference of the notice in your registration.
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Open procedure

Lots · 5 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Lot 1 - Primary Schools£122kactive
2Lot 2 - Secondary Schools Group 1£384kactive
3Lot 3 - Secondary Schools Group 2£143kactive
4Lot 4 - All Secondary Schools£527kactive
5Lot 5 - All Sites£649kactive