Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 16 Jul 2025, 13:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Cleaning Services inc. Consumables

Official notice

Authority: Essex Cares Limited (Public body)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Awarded value£850,643published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 10 Jul 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Town and Country Cleaners Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The supplier will be responsible for the scheduled cleaning including daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic deep cleaning across Essex Cares Limited sites.

CPV: Cleaning products · Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Supplier has BICSc Membership and offer accredited training to staff and will work…Awarded

The Supplier has BICSc Membership and offer accredited training to staff and will work to the cleaning rates of productivity and standards specifications as set out by BICSc using a full colour coding system whilst using suitable cleaning products which are as environmentally friendly as possible whilst still being completely effective.

The Supplier will be responsible for the scheduled cleaning including daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic deep cleaning. The Supplier is to provide a cleaning information pack to each site providing details of the cleaning tasks and schedules for the year ahead; this pack is to include: a copy of the cleaning standards, escalation information, Risk Assessments, and Method Statements.

The cleaning schedule will also need to include agreed periodic cleans such as scheduled annual carpet cleans and annual kitchen deep cleans including ductwork if required. There will also be a requirement to be able to provide ad-hoc reactive cleaning services outside of the agreed usual cleaning times if required - costs per type of requirement to be provided by Supplier. Ad-hoc reactive cleaning will also include specialist cleans which could be required due to any COVID-19 cases at the buildings - costs per visits either based on size of area to be cleaned or by hourly rate need to be provided by the Supplier.

All cleaning staff will be expected to be suitably trained and competent to be able to fulfil all requirements of the role and to the agreed standards, the Supplier will provide all necessary training to staff with updates and records provided to ECL. The Supplier is to provide all equipment, tools, and accessories necessary to provide the service.

All cleaning staff and any visiting staff also will have to adhere to all rules set by ECL whilst onsite, any non-adherence to these rules will result in the person(s) being declined entry or being asked to leave site.

Delivery: East of England, South East · Services provision across x18 sites in Essex and West Susses

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Jul 2025, 13:12 BST
Last source update
16 Jul 2025, 13:12 BST
Authority reference
0071
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-040512
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning productsCleaning services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)South East (UKJ2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056049 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

FTS Notice 2025/S 000-005798 published on 19th February 2025 but unable to link within award notice.

Procurement 'open' procedure carried out under PCR2015 Regulations.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £850,6431 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 66 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Town and Country Cleaners Ltd£850,643 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic6——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex Cares Limited

Contracting authorityPublic bodyRegional or local authorityGeneral public services GB-COH: 08884360 Seax House, Chelmsford, East of England, CM11QHContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Town and Country Cleaners LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 2482612 St.Andrews House, Station Road East, Canterbury, South East, CT1 2BJContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.