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Published 20 Feb 2025, 12:53 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Specialist Cleaning Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (Local council)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£500,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 20 Mar 2025awarded 2 Jul 2025
Awarded to Your Option Services Ltd2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

A single service provider to the following services predominantly for BCP Homes but will include corporate sites \ building:

  • Collect and dispose of bulk refuse from the internal and external communal areas of residential buildings, garage sites and other facilities e.g. access roads.
  • Collect and dispose of hazardous waste from the internal and external communal areas of residential buildings, garage sites and other facilities.
  • Carry out cleaning services out of hours to communal areas of flat blocks and tenanted homes.
  • Provide a biohazard cleaning service during normal working hours and out of hours.
  • Remove needles and other drug paraphernalia from communal areas of blocks of flats and individual dwellings.
  • Remove personal items that have been left in internal communal areas thereby compromising fire safety and place into storage.
  • Complete property clearances, partial property clearances, and cleans for occupied residential properties where significant clutter and hoarding occurs.
  • Weekend cover for bin, waste management and inspections at six high-rise blocks.

The services may be required by other business units of BCP Council, including but not limited to corporate sites including offices and car parks.

This contract has been divided into lots which are:

  • Lot 1 - Bournemouth and Christchurch (Corporate and Housing)
  • Lot 2 - Poole (Corporate and Housing)

The initial contract duration is 3 years, with a further 2 options to extend by 12 months (36+12+12), subject to the Councils agreement.

CPV: Accommodation cleaning services · Building-cleaning services · Cleaning and sanitation services · Cleaning services · Environmental services · Household-refuse disposal services · Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services · Refuse and waste related services · Refuse collection services · Refuse disposal and treatment · Refuse recycling services · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Bournemouth and Christchurch (Corporate and Housing)AwardedRenewal
Delivery: South West
Extensions: The Authority has 2 options to extend the contract and each option shall be an additional 12 months. The maximum period of this contract shall therefore be 60 months and this period includes all options to extend.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Poole (Corporate and Housing)AwardedRenewal
Delivery: South West
Extensions: The Authority has 2 options to extend the contract and each option shall be an additional 12 months. The maximum period of this contract shall therefore be 60 months and this period includes all options to extend.Variant bids: not 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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Refer to procurement documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Open 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
20 Feb 2025, 12:53 GMT
Last source update
9 Jul 2025, 11:49 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
DN764551
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038532
Classification (CPV)
Accommodation cleaning servicesBuilding-cleaning servicesCleaning and sanitation servicesCleaning servicesEnvironmental servicesHousehold-refuse disposal servicesNon-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal servicesRefuse and waste related servicesRefuse collection servicesRefuse disposal and treatment
+2 moreRefuse recycling servicesSewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
Delivery area
South West (UKK24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e4e2 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Please note that if a bid is received from a consortium or from two suppliers then words will be added to the contract to enable suppliers to be held liable for performance individually or jointly (joint and several liability).

Publisher note: In accordance with Regulation 86 (notices of decisions to award a contract), Regulation 87 (standstill period) and Regulations 91 (enforcement of duties through the Court) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
20 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Mar 2025 → 9 Jul 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    20 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    9 Jul 2025, 11:49 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Jul 2025, 11:49 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £1,000,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 2414 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 2 Jul 2025

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Bournemouth and Christchurch (Corporate and Housing)12bids · 12 electronic7——
2 · Poole (Corporate and Housing)12bids · 12 electronic7——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services BCP Council, Civic Centre, Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, South West, BH2 6DYContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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