Official UK procurement notice
Barnes Primary School Cleaning
Authority: Barnes Primary School (Education)·On behalf of: Cohesion Consulting Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBarnes Primary School is a successful split site primary school located in Barnes, London. They are a thriving, two-form entry primary school with a nursery. They currently have approximately 490 pupils across the two sites, including 60 in the nursery, as well as approximately 70 teaching and support staff onsite.
The School is tendering its 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 with Birkin has reached the maximum contract tenure.
The School is 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 five-year contract is expected to be circa £245,00 (excluding VAT).
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The School is running this procurement as a Competitive Flexible, Two Stage, Tender Process.
In short, the School needs to be convinced that bidders can deliver their commitments in full, achieve high standards and implement service enhancements as promised. If the School is not convinced of this, it reserves the right to consider an insourced solution or make no award.
- How the procedure runs: The School is running this procurement as a Competitive Flexible, Two Stage, Tender Process.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£245,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Simple description: Award criteria are in the ITT documents
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Feb 2026, 17:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Jul 2026, 09:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
CCL_126- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017602- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065d9dFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days from invoice
- How it runs
The School is running this procurement as a Competitive Flexible, Two Stage, Tender Process.
- Risks
None
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 26 Mar 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 26 Mar 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
26 Feb 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published242 days ago26 Feb 2026, 17:27 GMT
- Submission deadline214 days ago26 Mar 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by194 days ago15 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent119 days ago30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published117 days ago1 Jul 2026, 09:39 BST
- Standstill ends108 days ago10 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts87 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Feb 2026- Tender notice published26 Feb 2026, 17:27 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published1 Jul 2026, 09:39 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Jul 2026, 09:39 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Jul 2026, 09:39 BST
- Contract signature expected28 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ever Brite Cleaning Services Ltd1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: Based on client satisfaction and mutual agreement | £248,936 | 30 Jun 2026standstill to 10 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Cohesion Consulting LtdProcess contact pointProcuring entityCohesion are managing the procurement on behalf of the school.
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Ever briteAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender