Official UK procurement notice
St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy ~ Cleaning Services Tender
Authority: St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services to St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy.
CPV: School cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The successful Supplier will be required to provide Cleaning services to St Anne's RC…Published value£620,000
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Cleaning services to St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy, Glenfield Road, Stockport, SK4 2QP. St Annes RC Voluntary Academy is a leading 11-16 co-educational High School situated in Stockport. There are c.700 pupils on roll.
Cleaning services will be required throughout term time with sufficient service provision during holidays to conduct periodic cleaning tasks and prepare the school for re-occupation.
The duration of the contract is three years commencing on 1 April 2023 and concluding on 31 March 2026, with the opportunity to extend for a further period of 2 years at the discretion of the governing body.
The School is looking for a contractor capable of providing a dedicated, professional and consistent cleaning service to the School throughout the year, with robust and responsive management support and the ability to provide contingency cleaning resources if required. The contractor will employ all cleaning staff and provide the necessary cleaning equipment and materials.
We are seeking a suitably experienced contractor who has current experience of working within the secondary school or HE / FE marketplace, ideally with a strong operational base within the Cheshire / Manchester area thus allowing for responsive, contract support and management of cleaning staff.
This contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful contractor working to an output cleaning specification which complies with the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) standards.
The footprint of the School is c.8,000 sqm. Turnover for the three-year contract is estimated to be £370,000 and five years at £620,000.
The incumbent cleaning staff are currently employed by a cleaning contractor and TUPE will apply. There are eight cleaning operatives of which we are informed are NOT members of a Local Government Pension Scheme. Any company wishing to be considered for this contract must be able to demonstrate experience and depth of knowledge in the management and handling of TUPE issues.
See SQ Document for further details.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- 23 Sept 2022, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2022, 14:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-026702- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036b00Find a Tender
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Cheshire:-School-cleaning-services./N5TAWDV9WG To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/N5TAWDV9WG GO Reference: GO-2022923-PRO-21012273
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Sept 2022 → 1 Apr 2023 · 4 dates- Notice published23 Sept 2022, 14:05 BST
- Submission deadline28 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected21 Nov 2022
- Contract starts1 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria