Official UK procurement notice
Felpham Community College ~ Cleaning Tender V2
Authority: Felpham Community College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe tender project is seeking to appoint a contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the facilities for this school.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The basis and rationale that the client requires the successful contractor to operate…Published value£1,054,035
The basis and rationale that the client requires the successful contractor to operate to at all times, is being able to provide a School that is fit for purpose and that the contractor is proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all specifications are achieved and that the frequency of cleaning is as detailed within the tender specification.
The contract being tendered is from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2028 with an option to extend for up to a further two years at the discretion of the client. The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the contractor invoicing the client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis.
It should be noted that the successful contractor will be expected to bring to the contract: innovation; new equipment; and cleaning methods, with BICSc standards being achieved, as a minimum, thus ensuring that the highest levels of cleanliness are maintained in all areas at all times and also ensuring that the productivity of the cleaning operatives is enhanced moving forward into the new contract term.
Contract value:
The annual contract value is circa £210,807
The value of the new contract is circa £1,054,035 (Current annual contract cost, multiplied by the maximum 5-year term of the contract)
Other notes:
•Please be advised that this contract will be let on a 3 year + 2 years basis.
•Please be advised that there are two current cleaning staff in the LGPS
•Please be advised that the cleaning service is currently contracted to Churchill Contract Services
•Please be advised that the School has a minimum requirement for a contractor’s employers’ liability/ public liability and professional indemnity insurance of £10m
•The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is £1m
•The winning bidder is required to pay the Litmus tender fee of £5,600 plus VAT, directly to the Litmus Partnership, upon contract award
Please see SQ Document for more information.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 31 Jul 2024, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2024, 16:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-024006- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048672Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-West-Sussex:-School-cleaning-services./S85CM873TE To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/S85CM873TE GO Reference: GO-2024731-PRO-27120380
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 Jul 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published31 Jul 2024, 16:05 BST
- Submission deadline6 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected21 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria