Official UK procurement notice
School Cleaning Services for Watford Grammar School for Boys
Authority: Watford Grammar School for Boys c/o Panache Consultancy (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWatford Grammar School for Boys is a partially selective academy for boys in Watford, Hertfordshire, with over 1,600 students.
The school became an Academy in 2010 and, as an outstanding school, takes great pride in helping students attain high standards in academic study, games, music, drama and many other activities.
The school is undertaking this procurement exercise to source a school cleaning contractor for a 3 year (plus possible extension on a +1year, +1year basis) from 1 August 2025.
The contract is for a comprehensive daily cleaning service during term time and periodic cleaning outside of term.
The School also has a variety of external lettings who use the facilities outside of school hours and is seeking to appoint a cleaning contractor with the vision and flexibility to cope with these additional demands, and who is able to manage and maintain high standards required over the length of the contract.
The contractor must have a proactive approach to service development and innovation.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
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The School is undertaking this tender for the provision of comprehensive daily cleaning services including routine and non-routine internal cleaning plus some specific external cleaning during term time and periodic cleaning outside of term time, alongside cleaning requirements as per the lettings activity on the School premises outside of school hours.
The service is currently outsourced, and TUPE will apply.
The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months, with a start date of 1 August 2025.
Further details can be found in the tender documentation.
Interested parties are requested to complete the Selection Questionnaire which can be downloaded via the link provided in Section 1.3 of this Find A Tender contract notice.
Independent consultants, Panache Consultancy, are assisting Watford Grammar School for Boys with facilitation of this procurement exercise for the new cleaning services contract. Additional information: Interested bidders are requested to complete the Selection Questionnaire which is available from via the link provided on this Find A Tender notice. For further information please
contact Panache Consultancy at gail@panacheconsultancy.co.uk.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 9 Jan 2025, 10:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2025, 10:07 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000613- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ce77Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 270 days from the deadline
Panache Consultancy, Clevedon, BS21 6NB, United Kingdom. NUTS code: UK. Gail Heath, gail@panacheconsultancy.co.uk, www.panacheconsultancy.co.uk ↗
Timeline
9 Jan 2025 → 14 Feb 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published9 Jan 2025, 10:07 GMT
- Submission deadline10 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected14 Feb 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Process and specification contact points (1)
- Panache ConsultancyProcess contact point
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.