Official UK procurement notice
Learning Community Trust Tender for Cleaning Services
Authority: Learning Community Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Learning Community Trust is a well-established MAT in Telford and Shropshire who are seeking a contractor to provide cleaning services at 11 of their sites. Cleaning of a regular and routine nature is required, together with more specific periodical cleaning outside of the term-time operation.
The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 1st April 2027 with an option to extend for a further one plus one years, which will be measured on the achievement of agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), from Day One of the contract.
The Trust values the personnel employed to deliver their services, and by tendering the cleaning contract are seeking to reset expectations for the cleaning provision, improve staff morale and consolidate consistent cleaning standards across the Trust.
- How the procedure runs: STAGE ONE Advertisement published 18th September 2026 PSQ made available to Potential Providers 18th September 2026 STAGE TWO Deadline for return of PSQ to the Client 10am, Monday 19th October 2026 Unsuccessful and successful PSQ notices issued w/com 26th October 2026 (tbc) STAGE THREE Notify tenderers of shortlist to be invited to tender w/com 26th October 2026 (tbc) ITT issued to shortlisted Potential Providers w/com 26th October 2026 (tbc) Date for Site Visits 11th November 2026 Details of tenderers attendees to site visit required by: 6th November 2026 STAGE FOUR ITT clarification period closes 20th November 2026 Deadline for return of ITT 30th November 2026 STAGE FIVE Contract Clarification/Presentation meeting 21st January 2027 STAGE SIX Notification of contract award by Friday 29th January 2027 End of standstill period and contract award tbc Service commencement 1st April 2027
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,154,889
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 (6)
- Service Delivery: 20%
- Analysis of Staffing: 20%
- Customer Care: 10%
- Clarification Meeting: 10%
- Added Value: 5%
- Price: 35%
Published award criteria (6)
- Service Delivery
- Analysis of Staffing
- Customer Care
- Clarification Meeting
- Added Value
- Price
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
- Competitive flexible 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
- 17 Sept 2026, 14:18 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2026, 14:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2027
- Authority reference
CA18480- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088274- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077488Find a Tender
- How it runs
STAGE ONE
Advertisement published 18th September 2026
PSQ made available to Potential Providers 18th September 2026
STAGE TWO
Deadline for return of PSQ to the Client 10am, Monday 19th October 2026
Unsuccessful and successful PSQ notices issued w/com 26th October 2026 (tbc)
STAGE THREE
Notify tenderers of shortlist to be invited to tender w/com 26th October 2026 (tbc)
ITT issued to shortlisted Potential Providers w/com 26th October 2026 (tbc)
Date for Site Visits 11th November 2026
Details of tenderers attendees to site visit required by: 6th November 2026
STAGE FOUR
ITT clarification period closes 20th November 2026
Deadline for return of ITT 30th November 2026
STAGE FIVE
Contract Clarification/Presentation meeting 21st January 2027
STAGE SIX
Notification of contract award by Friday 29th January 2027
End of standstill period and contract award tbc
Service commencement 1st April 2027
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
17 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published39 days ago17 Sept 2026, 14:18 BST
- Clarification questions by14 days ago12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline7 days ago19 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 155 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 156 days1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published17 Sept 2026, 14:18 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender