Official UK procurement notice
DBC (SF) Cleaning Services at Maylands Business Centre and Kylna Business Centre
Authority: Dacorum Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCLEANING SERVICES AT MAYLANDS BUSINESS CENTRE (1) AND KYLNA BUSINESS CENTRE (2) based in Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
These flagship developments are state of the art facilities for new and growing businesses. Both centres are owned, supported, and managed by Dacorum Borough Council. It is essential, therefore, that the Centres are cleaned to a high standard and well presented, for the benefit of tenants, visitors and staff. Maylands Business Centre (MBC) is a modern purpose-built centre for start-up and growing businesses, based in the heart of the Maylands Business District. (This comprises of 3 buildings – Innovation Building, Incubation Building and Extension Building). Kylna Business Centre is a newer development comprising residential apartments from the first floor upwards. The cleaning contract will only relate to the offices and reception area on the ground floor.
Appointment dates are available for bidders to view the locations on the following days Tuesday 29 July, Wednesday 30 July and Thursday 31 July 2025.
The current contractor has confirmed that TUPE does apply.
The contract will be for a period of 3 years commencing on 1 December 2025 and ending on 30 November 2028 with an option to extend for 2 further years.
All the Tender Documents and correspondence must be submitted via the Councils e-tendering portal.at www.supplyhertfordshire.uk ↗
Please submit your completed tender document via the Council’s e-tendering portal no later than 12 noon 14 August 2025. Any tender submitted either manually or by email will not be accepted.
- No preliminary market engagement: Healthy market of SME providers already in the local area
CPV: Building-cleaning services · Cleaning services · Office 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: Financial Appraisal A financial appraisal will be carried out on the winning bidder prior to award. Pass/ Fail Price 45% Quality - Evidence of your methodology and approach for maintaining, monitoring and adequately resourcing a high standard of cleaning 35% Quality - Ability to ensure that staff are sufficiently experienced and capable to deliver the service; together with evidence of robust staff training and development 20%
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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 14 Jul 2025, 14:16 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Nov 2025, 15:19 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
CPU00572- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039652- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055ea5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All Tender Documents and correspondence must be submitted via the Councils e-tendering portal www.supplyhertfordshire.uk ↗
Please submit your completed tender document via the Council’s e-tendering portal no later than 12 noon 18 August 2025. Any tender submitted either manually or by email will not be accepted.
Timeline
14 Jul 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 6 dates- Tender notice published14 Jul 2025, 14:16 BST
- Clarification questions by8 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline18 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by392 days ago2 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
- Latest notice published335 days ago27 Nov 2025, 15:19 GMT
- Contract starts332 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Jul 2025- Tender notice published14 Jul 2025, 14:16 BSTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published27 Nov 2025, 15:19 GMTUK12
- Status changed to complete27 Nov 2025, 15:19 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 26 Nov 2025 | Cancelled |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All Tender Documents and correspondence must be submitted via the Councils e-tendering portal http://www.supplyhertfordshire.uk Please submit your completed tender document via the Council’s e-tendering portal no later than 12 noon 18 August 2025. Any tender submitted either ma…
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender