Great Torrington School - Provision of Outsourced Cleaning Service
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£700k
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
01 Apr 2026
Description
This tender opportunity was been issued by Great Torrington School ("the School") and Tenderers were invited to tender for the provision of an outsourced cleaning service ("the Service"). Full details of all contract requirements were given in Document 2. Specification of Requirement and Document 10. BICS Cleaning Specification. The contract is to include daily cleaning and out of term deep cleaning, for spaces including but not limited to teaching, office, circulation, and washroom spaces. The Successful Contractor shall establish effective management and operational level communication systems at all levels regarding the cleaning service with the School. In addition, the Contractor will also be responsible for all legal, and health and safety requirements in delivering the services.
Scope
- Reference
- GTS01.04
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 01 Sept 2026 to 31 Aug 2029Possible extension to 31 Aug 2031
The possible extension of two (2) further years, in 12-month intervals (3 +1+1).
- CPV classifications
- 9091930090910000
- Contract locations
- South West England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning Operating Model | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Case Study | — | quality | 3.00% |
| Staff Operating Model | — | quality | 7.50% |
| Equipment & Materials | — | quality | 2.00% |
| Contract Management | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Performance & Quality Monitoring | — | quality | 7.50% |
| Complaint Process | — | quality | 5.00% |
| Recruitment, Induction & Training | — | quality | 3.00% |
| Staff Absence Management | — | quality | 5.00% |
| Mobilisation Plan | — | quality | 5.00% |
| Sustainability | — | quality | 2.00% |
| Price | — | price | 40.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
Provide 3 relevant previous contract examples To constitute a pass, the contract examples provided shall be relevant to the requirement, with a sufficient level of detail that provides confidence in the Tenderer’s established past experience in similar and relevant projects/contracts. The contracts must be within the education sector and similar complexity.
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£700k
Award date
31 Mar 2026
Contract start
31 Aug 2026
Contract end
31 Aug 2029
Awarded suppliers· 1 supplier
Awarded 31 Mar 2026 · Contract period 31 Aug 2026 — 31 Aug 2029
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