Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Cleaning Services inc. Consumables
Authority: Essex Cares Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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 publishedLot #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.
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056049Find 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| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town and Country Cleaners Ltd | £850,643 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of cleaning services inc. consumables · Town and Country Cleaners Ltd
- Signed
- 10 Jul 2025
- Value
- £850,643
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic | 6 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Town and Country Cleaners LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.