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Published 29 Sept 2021, 11:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Cleaning of Whitfield Offices Dover District Council

Official notice

Authority: Dover District Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£375,000≈ £125k / year41% below published estimate
Submissions closed 27 Oct 2021awarded 28 Jul 2022
Awarded to Kent Gurkha Company Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The contract award is for the provision of Cleaning of the Whitfield Offices at Dover District Council.

CPV: Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 yrsPublished value£375,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: South East
Extensions: 1 year + 1 yearVariant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40%
  • Cost: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Cost: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 Sept 2021, 11:38 BST
Last source update
8 Aug 2022, 16:23 BST
Award evaluation window
27 Oct 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN571228
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-021777
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e5e1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
27 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
27 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Oct 2021 → 8 Aug 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    27 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    8 Aug 2022, 16:23 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Aug 2022, 16:23 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £221,1241 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1917 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Jul 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Kent Gurkha Company LtdSME£221,124 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 021777-2022-2021/S 000-024178-1 · Kent Gurkha Company LtdSME

    Signed
    28 Jul 2022
    Value
    £221,124
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2025
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
19bids · 19 electronic · 19 from abroad17——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Dover District Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Council Offices, White Cliffs Business Park, Whitfield, Dover, South East, CT16 3PJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.