Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 26 Feb 2026, 17:27 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Barnes Primary School Cleaning

Official notice

Authority: Barnes Primary School (Education)·On behalf of: Cohesion Consulting Ltd

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove threshold
Published estimate£245,000≈ £82k / year · £294,000 inc. VAT1.6% above published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Mar 2026awarded 30 Jun 2026
Award (standstill) to Ever Brite Cleaning Services Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jul 2029 · up to 30 Jul 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Barnes 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 published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£245,000
Contract period: 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Jul 2031 with extensionsValue: £245,000 exc. VAT · £294,000 inc. VAT
Extensions: There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance.

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • 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)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
London (UKI6)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065d9d Find 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.

Review and risk notes
Risks

None

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
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
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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Timeline

26 Feb 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 7 dates
  1. Tender notice published242 days ago
    26 Feb 2026, 17:27 GMT
  2. Submission deadline214 days ago
    26 Mar 2026, 13:00 GMT
  3. Award decision expected by194 days ago
    15 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Assessment summaries sent119 days ago
    30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published117 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 09:39 BST
  6. Standstill ends108 days ago
    10 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  7. Contract starts87 days ago
    1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Feb 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    26 Feb 2026, 17:27 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    1 Jul 2026, 09:39 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    1 Jul 2026, 09:39 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    1 Jul 2026, 09:39 BST
  5. Contract signature expected
    28 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £248,9361 award exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ever Brite Cleaning Services Ltd1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: Based on client satisfaction and mutual agreement£248,93630 Jun 2026standstill to 10 Jul 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders00—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Barnes Primary School

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-UKPRN: 10076595 Cross Street, London, London, SW13 0QQContact name, email, phone

Other public bodies

  • Cohesion Consulting LtdProcess contact pointProcuring entityCohesion are managing the procurement on behalf of the school.GB-COH: 13682273 Royal Tunbridge Wells, South EastContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Ever briteAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01307015 Unit J Merlin Centre, Gatehouse Close, Aylesbury, South East, HP19 8DPContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender