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Published 23 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Mossbourne Federation - Cleaning Tender

Official notice

Authority: Mossbourne Federation·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£4,376,180≈ £875k / year33.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 27 Sept 2024awarded 24 Feb 2025
Awarded to Birkin Cleaning Services Ltd
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The supplier is to provide excellent cleaning services for 4 secondary and 3 primary schools across the Mossbourne Federation

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Mossbourne Federation provides the children of Hackney with a great education, from 4…Awarded 5 yrsPublished value£4,376,180

Mossbourne Federation provides the children of Hackney with a great education, from 4 – 18 years.

Our Academies:

1.Mossbourne Community Academy (secondary school)

2.Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (secondary school opened in 2014)

3.Mossbourne Riverside Academy (primary school opened in 2015)

4.Mossbourne Parkside Academy (primary school opened in 2015)

5.Ortu Hassenbrook Academy (secondary school)

6.Ortu Gable Hall School (secondary school)

7.Ortu Corringham (primary school)

All 7 schools listed above are participating in this tender where the Ortu Federation schools will be merging with the Mossbourne Federation on 1st October 2024. Please note this is a growing Trust and any other schools that may join the Trust during the tenure of this new cleaning contract may, at the Trust’s discretion, be added to this contract.

The successful tenderer will be required to provide cleaning services to the Schools.

The contract term being tendered is for three years 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2028. There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31st March 2030.

The contract offers an excellent opportunity to review and propose enhancements to the current cleaning services at all of the Schools within the Trust. This includes both core term time cleaning over the 190 days of the academic year, plus periodic deep cleaning throughout the year.

The Trust is keen to secure one provider to deliver cleaning services to all schools. The Trust requires continuity of excellence in both service delivery and management across all schools, with the bespoke requirements of each unique school taken into account and accommodated in the offer.

The Trust is keen to secure a high quality cleaning service at each school whereby students are able to enjoy excellence in education, supported by excellently kept facilities.

The Trust expects both a tightly managed service and high levels of productivity to be delivered by the cleaning staff at all schools, at all times. The Trust is also proud of it’s ‘family ethos’ and expects a management style delivered by the successful contractor that supports, encourages and develops the cleaning staff.

The Trust is not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, rather the Trust is keen to secure ‘best value’ from this contract and to deliver a great learning environment to it’s students.

Innovative and creative ideas as to how the cleaning services can be developed and improved at each school will be welcomed. The Trust seeks a contractor that is keen to work in partnership and who will deliver to its highest abilities, at all times.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: London · Hackney and Newham
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 65%Price: 35%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1: 65%
  • Criterion 1: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1: 65
  • Criterion 1: 35
What this means for your bid
  • 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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
23 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2025, 12:06 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062471
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
London (UKI41)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04937b Find a Tender

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=972929093 GO Reference: GO-2025106-PRO-32635500

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
27 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

27 Sept 2024 → 6 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    18 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published386 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 12:06 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Oct 2025, 12:06 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    6 Oct 2025, 12:06 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,858,3511 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 62 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Birkin Cleaning Services LtdSME£5,858,351 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Mossbourne Federation

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation PJPJ-6266-NCXP 100 Downs Park Road, London, London, E58JYContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Birkin Cleaning Services LtdAwarded supplier01057375 11 Magnet Point Estate,, West Thurrock,, Grays, East of England, RM20 4DRContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria