Official UK procurement notice
Communal Cleaning 2026 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Irwell Valley Housing Association (Housing)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement seeks to establish a contract for the cleaning of communal areas to various properties that are predominately occupied and situated across the Greater Manchester region.
CPV: Cleaning services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · win at most 1 of them · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1CentralRenewalPublished value£0
Communal Area cleaning Services to 115 properties
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Capacity
Credit checks will be carried out using Creditsafe. Risk scores below 30 may be classed as a fail.
If relevant, please provide any mitigating circumstances or actions taken to improve your credit standing.
Confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
a. Product Liability Insurance (for Goods) - £5 million;
b. Professional Indemnity Insurance (for Services) - £2 million
c. Public Liability Insurance (for Services and/or Works) - £5 million; and
d. Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* - £5 million
*There is a legal requirement for certain employers to hold Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of £5 million as a minimum. See the Health and Safety Executive website for more information: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse39.pdf ↗
Confirm that you have in place, or that you will have in place by the award of the contract, the human and technical resources to perform the contract to ensure compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and to ensure the protection of the rights of data subjects
- Technical & professional ability
Relevant experience and contract examples
Organisational Standards, Registrations & Qualifications
Relevant SSIP membership
Health and safety
Lot #2NorthRenewalPublished value£0
Communal Area cleaning Services to 57 properties
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Capacity
Credit checks will be carried out using Creditsafe. Risk scores below 30 may be classed as a fail.
If relevant, please provide any mitigating circumstances or actions taken to improve your credit standing.
Confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
a. Product Liability Insurance (for Goods) - £5 million;
b. Professional Indemnity Insurance (for Services) - £2 million
c. Public Liability Insurance (for Services and/or Works) - £5 million; and
d. Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* - £5 million
*There is a legal requirement for certain employers to hold Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of £5 million as a minimum. See the Health and Safety Executive website for more information: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse39.pdf ↗
Confirm that you have in place, or that you will have in place by the award of the contract, the human and technical resources to perform the contract to ensure compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and to ensure the protection of the rights of data subjects
- Technical & professional ability
Relevant experience and contract examples
Organisational Standards, Registrations & Qualifications
Relevant SSIP membership
Health and safety
Lot #3SouthRenewalPublished value£0
Communal Area cleaning Services to 164 properties
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Capacity
Credit checks will be carried out using Creditsafe. Risk scores below 30 may be classed as a fail.
If relevant, please provide any mitigating circumstances or actions taken to improve your credit standing.
Confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
a. Product Liability Insurance (for Goods) - £5 million;
b. Professional Indemnity Insurance (for Services) - £2 million
c. Public Liability Insurance (for Services and/or Works) - £5 million; and
d. Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* - £5 million
*There is a legal requirement for certain employers to hold Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of £5 million as a minimum. See the Health and Safety Executive website for more information: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse39.pdf ↗
Confirm that you have in place, or that you will have in place by the award of the contract, the human and technical resources to perform the contract to ensure compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and to ensure the protection of the rights of data subjects
- Technical & professional ability
Relevant experience and contract examples
Organisational Standards, Registrations & Qualifications
Relevant SSIP membership
Health and safety
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Capacity
Credit checks will be carried out using Creditsafe. Risk scores below 30 may be classed as a fail.
If relevant, please provide any mitigating circumstances or actions taken to improve your credit standing.
Confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
a. Product Liability Insurance (for Goods) - £5 million;
b. Professional Indemnity Insurance (for Services) - £2 million
c. Public Liability Insurance (for Services and/or Works) - £5 million; and
d. Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* - £5 million
*There is a legal requirement for certain employers to hold Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of £5 million as a minimum. See the Health and Safety Executive website for more information: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse39.pdf ↗
Confirm that you have in place, or that you will have in place by the award of the contract, the human and technical resources to perform the contract to ensure compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and to ensure the protection of the rights of data subjects
- Technical & professional ability
Relevant experience and contract examples
Organisational Standards, Registrations & Qualifications
Relevant SSIP membership
Health and safety
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Mar 2026, 23:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2026, 23:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Apr 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-025512- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066fbbFind a Tender
- Risks
Risks to contract performance
IVH may exercise the following options while the contract is valid:
a) Lot values may be shared with other lots
b) IVH may combine Lots
c) Successful suppliers may work across Lots to manage capacity and on-time delivery
d) Suppliers may deliver additional services/works or location that are in keeping with the nature of the contract for presently unknown variables, such as:
> to support other departments within IVH
> supporting any incoming or new regulatory and legislative changes
> in cases of urgency
> in cases of an alternative contract failure or termination
e) in the event of no bids for a Lot, a successful supplier from an alternative Lot may be offered
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Apr 2026, 08:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Please read tender documents for instructions
Timeline
19 Mar 2026 → 13 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published222 days ago19 Mar 2026, 23:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by200 days ago10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline190 days ago20 Apr 2026, 08:00 BST
- Award decision expected by187 days ago23 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts107 days ago13 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published19 Mar 2026, 23:05 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Documents are available through the In-Tend portal
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender