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SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND

Provision of Cleaning Services for Social Work England's Head Office

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79900000 79990000 79993000 90000000 90900000
Value£87k
Awarded25 Sept 2019
Published21 Aug 2020
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£87ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Overview: Social Work England was established under The Children and Social Work Act 2017 and will be the new, specialist professional regulator for Social Workers in England.

As established in our founding legislation - the Children and Social Work Act 2017 - we are a Non-Departmental Public Body, operating at arm's length from Government.

We moved into our head office, located at; 1 North Bank, Blonk Street, Sheffield, S3 8JY, in late December 2018.

We have been using the services of our landlords cleaners on an interim basis.

Social Work England are now looking to procure a supplier that can provide Value for Money in the delivery of Cleaning Services for our head office location.

Instructions: To apply for these services, please download the Invitation to Tender (ITT) attached to this notice.

Full details around the application process are provided within the ITT document.

Site Visit: To assist prospective suppliers in bidding for this opportunity, Social Work England will be holding site visit days on Thursday 12th September, Tuesday 17th September and Wednesday 18th September. *UPDATE* As of 10:00 on 18/09/19, PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL SCHEDULED SITE VISIT TIMESLOTS HAVE NOW BEEN ALLOCATED.

However, Social Work England appreciate that prospective suppliers may wish to view our premises before submitting a bid.

As such, SITE VISIT SLOTS ARE BEING OFFERED ON THURSDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER ON AN 'AS REQUESTED' BASIS.

Please email commercial.team@socialworkengland.org.uk to request a slot.

All requests should be submitted by 15:30 on 18/09/19 at the latest.

We will endeavour to provide a response by 17:00.

Please note that it can not be guaranteed that Social Work England will be able to accommodate your request due to prior work commitments.

In line with the deadline for questions, BIDDERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND A SITE VISIT AFTER THURSDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER.

Questions: Should bidders have any questions regarding this opportunity, please direct them to commercial.team@socialworkengland.org.uk by 17:00 Friday 20th September.

Questions received after this deadline will not receive a response. *UPDATE 2* Social Work England have received questions from bidders in relation to this tender.

In order for the bid process to be transparent, please see the attachment for responses to all questions.

Please note that this document will be updated on a frequent basis. *UPDATE 3* Social Work England can confirm that TUPE is not applicable in relation to this tender.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Social Work England are now looking

Social Work England are now looking to procure a supplier that can provide Value for Money in the delivery of Cleaning Services for our head office location.

02

All requests should be submitted by 15:30

All requests should be submitted by 15:30 on 18/09/19 at the latest.

03

We will endeavour to provide a response

We will endeavour to provide a response by 17:00.

04

In line with the deadline for questions

In line with the deadline for questions, BIDDERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND A SITE VISIT AFTER THURSDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER.

05

Should bidders have any questions regarding this

Should bidders have any questions regarding this opportunity, please direct them to commercial.team@socialworkengland.org.uk by 17:00 Friday 20th September.

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What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

TUPE transferContract conditions
Social Work England can confirm that TUPE is not applicable in relation to this tender.

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Source & provenance
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3894b85d-a2f2-42cc-9f7e-b5f79d1d896c
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
Social Work England 00057
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