Official UK procurement notice
WHC - Corporate Cleaning Contract
Authority: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£2,400,000≈ £800k / year · £2,880,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 18 May 2026
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Dec 2029 · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2027
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCleaning services across different sites.
- How the procedure runs: 2 Stage process
CPV: Building-cleaning services · Cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,400,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Apr 2026, 08:42 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Apr 2026, 08:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Sept 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031242- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067c89Find a Tender
- How it runs
2 Stage process
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: portal not identified
- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 18 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 18 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
7 Apr 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published203 days ago7 Apr 2026, 08:42 BST
- Clarification questions by169 days ago11 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline162 days ago18 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by55 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 65 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published7 Apr 2026, 08:42 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents are available through the web address above.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender