St James and Blessed Dominic Cleaning Tender

St James' Catholic High SchoolcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05f9c7Procurement Act 2023active
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Estimated value

£800k

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

18 Dec 2025

Description

St James Catholic Secondary School and Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School are successful schools that share the same site in Barnet, London. The Schools are jointly tendering their cleaning services with a contract start date of 1st August 2026. The initial term will run for three years, ending on 31st July 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 for both schools is with Purgo and is part of an over-arching FM contract. The Schools are 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 three-year contract is expected to be circa £800,000 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 Schools need to be convinced that bidders can deliver their commitments in full, achieve high standards and implement service enhancements as promised. If the Schools are 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
ocds-h6vhtk-05f9c7
Total value
£800,000 excluding VAT
£960,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Jul 2026 to 31 Jul 2029
Possible extension to 30 Jul 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.

Main category
services
CPV classifications
90919300

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Simple descriptionAward criteria are in the PSQ and ITT documentsprice

Submission & procedure

Submission address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/aspx/Home
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure