Official UK procurement notice
Kings Langley Cleaning Tender
Authority: KINGS LANGLEY SCHOOL (Education)·On behalf of: Cohesion Consulting Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionKings Langley School is a co-educational Secondary School in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire WD4 9HN. It has 1,126 students between the ages of 11 and 18 on roll and there are 125 teaching and support staff. The administrative offices, currently delivered as part of a standalone cleaning contract.
The School is undertaking this procurement to appoint an experienced cleaning partner to deliver a consistently high standard of cleaning from 1st April 2027. The Contract will be for an initial three-year term, with the option to extend for a further two years (1+1), subject to satisfactory performance and the terms of the Contract.
The procurement process follows a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure. It begins with a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) followed by an Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage after shortlisting. Further details of the procurement process, timetable and evaluation methodology are set out later in this pack.
The School is looking for a proactive cleaning partner with the ideas, experience and operational capability to make a positive and visible difference. The successful Contractor will have the opportunity to review the current cleaning operation and make recommendations on staffing levels, cleaning methods, equipment, materials and working practices. The School particularly welcomes ideas that will raise standards, improve reliability, embed sustainable working methods and create a cleaning service that pupils, staff and visitors can rely on every day.
A key requirement is a TUPE-compliant and operationally deliverable solution, supported by a credible and guaranteed cost of operation. Bidders are encouraged to identify appropriate opportunities for service improvement and investment in modern equipment and technology, and to demonstrate clearly how their proposals will benefit the School.
Whilst value for money is very important, this procurement is not simply about achieving the lowest price. The School is looking for the right balance of consistently high cleaning standards, reliability, responsiveness and financial sustainability.
Above all, the School wants a trusted cleaning partner that will deliver what it promises — meeting agreed input hours in full, achieving audit and KPI targets, and delivering any proposed investment and service improvements in full.
The School is committed to finding the right cleaning solution. If the tenders received do not demonstrate an acceptable and deliverable solution, the School reserves the right, subject to the Procurement Act 2023 and the procurement documents, to make no award and consider alternative arrangements, including an in-house solution.
- How the procedure runs: The procurement process follows a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure. It begins with a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) followed by an Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage after shortlisting.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,015,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Tender Response: 50%
- Presentation: 25%
- Financial Evaluation: 25%
Published award criteria (3)
- Tender Response
- Financial Evaluation
- Presentation
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £676,049 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How KINGS LANGLEY SCHOOL buys Cleaning services (CPV 9091), and who usually turns up
KINGS LANGLEY SCHOOL has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Cleaning services (CPV 9091) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 57% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East of England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 32% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 48 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 9% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid2%
2–314%
4–643%
7+41%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate21%
Within ±2%43%
Above estimate36%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 9091Published estimate£1.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid3%
2–317%
4–669%
7+10%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 52 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£1.0m–£1.0m
Estimate£1.0m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £287m47 awards in 36m · last this month | 15 live · £100m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=26 | |
| £49m15 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 14 live · £46m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 8% above n=15 | |
| £25m19 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 14 live · £32m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% above n=29 | |
| £12m9 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £5.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=6 | |
| £15m16 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 9 live · £4.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=16 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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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
- Requests to participate open
- 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
- 6 Oct 2026, 13:16 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 14:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
CCL_203- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094258- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0781a8Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As specified by Crown Commercial
- How it runs
The procurement process follows a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure. It begins with a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) followed by an Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage after shortlisting.
- Risks
No risks identified
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 6 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Tender submission deadline
- 6 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All returns are submitted electronically. in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/a… ↗
Timeline
6 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published21 days ago6 Oct 2026, 13:16 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 9 days6 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 101 days5 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 155 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2026- Tender notice published6 Oct 2026, 13:16 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published6 Oct 2026, 14:07 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Submission deadline updated.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Cohesion Consulting LimitedProcess contact pointProcuring entityCohesion are managing the tender process on behalf of the School
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender