Official UK procurement notice
Security & Cleaning (Soft FM Services)
Authority: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is for the provision of Security and Cleaning Services (Soft FM services) to Morgan Quarter, Cardiff, South Wales
CPV: Cleaning services · Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Listed below are the individual responsibilities for the management of the cleaning…
Listed below are the individual responsibilities for the management of the cleaning services contract:
Centre Management (Client)
1.1
- To ensure the combined soft services contractor performs to the requirements of the Combined Soft Services Contract.
- To ensure that current health and safety and environmental legislation is upheld by the contractor at all times.
- To instruct the Contract Manager of special cleans.
- To meet monthly with the Contract Manager to appraise contractor performance.
- To monitor cleaning standards on a weekly basis and appraise cleaning standards.
- To monitor security performance on a weekly basis and appraise best practice.
- To analyse invoices before forwarding to payment authorisation.
Contract Manager (Contractor)
Cleaning Function
- To ensure the implementation of cleaning services as specified within the contract.
- To meet with the Centre Manager on a monthly basis to appraise the cleaning standards in accordance with the cleaning specification.
- To co-ordinate the application of non-contractual work.
- To ensure all health and safety procedures expected by JLL and the law are upheld.
- To deal with all human resources issues.
- To collate work hours and forward time-sheets to payroll dept.
- To provide the Centre Manager with a copy of all timesheets, including a breakdown of actual hours v contract hours and any credits due to non-attendance.
- To order stores and supplies.
- To organise the weekly staff rota.
- To organise both the daytime and evening duties/tasks.
- To organise the planned window clean programme in liaison with Centre Management
- To ensure all staff have undertaken training for COSHH, Hygiene, Health and Safety, Manual Handling, Machinery training and any other training that is felt will benefit the development of staff on site.
- To provide copies of all training certificates to the Centre Manager.
- To set up a training review chart within the cleaner's staff room with a clear plan for all refresher training and dates, taking sole responsibility to ensure training is completed on or before its due date.
- To set up monitoring system for all consumables.
- Implement a performance review system for all staff.
- Assist in the evacuation of the Morgan Quarter
- Establish deployment of the Cleaning Team
- Respond to any shortfalls in manning within one hour of notification from Centre Management
Security Function
- To prevent loss/damage to the Morgan Quarter premises/equipment and to minimise theft, vandalism and misuse;
- To prevent unauthorised access to the Morgan Quarter;
- To comply with all current health & safety and environmental requirements;
- To offer directions and assistance to members of the public, retail occupier staff, residential occupiers and visitors to The Morgan Quarter where appropriate, to ensure the delivery of excellent customer service;
- To undertake regular patrols of the Arcades, Residential common areas, service corridors and all other common areas. Security staff should record/report incidents to ensure remedial action is taken;
- To work within the shift rotas and work rosters, as agreed, to ensure full security cover at all times;
- Be conversant with the security operations of the Morgan Quarter;
- Be conversant with the range of services and products available from retail occupiers as well as stores and services within Cardiff City Centre;
- To carry out control room duties to include:
o Answering the telephone in a polite and professional manner
o Maintenance of the daily occurrence log
o Maintenance of contractor and visitor logs
o Maintenance of key register
o Monitoring of the CCTV system in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998
o Maintain the CCTV digital storage in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998
o Monitoring of Fire Alarm System
o Monitoring of Building Management System
- Be responsible for the unlocking and locking of the Morgan Quarter as appropriate
- Liaise with Police, Cardiff Against Business Crime and other emergency services as required
- Present a smart appearance and operate in a professional manner at all times and maintain strict confidentiality
- To respond effectively and pro-actively to security incidents in common areas and to requests from retail occupiers for assistance.
- Assist in the evacuation of the Morgan Quarter.
- To provide first aid assistance as and when required.
- To implement a staff mobilisation plan within one month of the commencement date of the contract.
- Establish Assignment Instructions which will be signed and approved by the Centre Manager.
- Amend the Assignment Instructions when requested by the Centre Manager.
- Establish deployment of the security team.
- Respond to any shortfalls in manning within 1 hour of notification from Centre Management
- Keep records of the hours worked, on a monthly basis, of all members of the security team which must be available for Site Management as requested.
- Liaise with both the Centre Manager and Centre Administrator in the development of an effective security service at the Morgan Quarter and shall be responsible for providing regular reviews of new security techniques, training and equipment which may be relevant to the Complex.
- To be available to have a monthly contract review meeting with the Centre Manager.
- To ensure all staff deployed are trained to the contractual requirements.
- Be responsible for motivation and development of the security team.
- Carry out annual appraisals on all members of the security team.
- Carry out exit interviews on security staff who have resigned from their position.
- Complete any reasonable tasks that the Employer or Employer's Representative may require.
- Provide a monthly roster of the Contract Manager's planned attendance at the Site monthly in advance to the Employer's Representative.
- A patrol management system will be installed and the software will be made available to Centre Management for analysis purposes.
- Carry out an annu…
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
- 9 Sept 2025, 10:31 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2025, 10:31 BST
- Authority reference
12364- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054895- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059661Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The reason for this VEAT notice is that there was no FTS advertisement published at the start of the tender process.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westgrove Support Services Ltd | £2,212,061 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 054895-2025-1 · Westgrove Support Services Ltd
- Signed
- 14 Mar 2025
- Value
- £2,212,061
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Court of Appeal'sReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Westgrove Support Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.