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Cleaning Services – Birchden Wood, Kent, Friston Forest and Abbots Wood, East Sussex

Environment & WasteCPV 90910000

Value£108k

Deadline5 Sept 2026

Published6 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 6 Aug 202627 days leftCloses 5 Sept 2026

Who to contact

commercial.services@forestryengland.uk

0300 067 4000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£108ktotal contract value

median £195k

this tender£0£5.0m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Environment & Waste band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 11,894 valued Environment & Waste tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Forestry Commission publishes Environment & Waste work continuously — 41 notices, roughly one every 30 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

15% of Forestry Commission’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Cleaning of Birchden Wood toilet block, Friston Forest toilet block and Abbots Wood toilet block.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Hold at bidWaste carrier licence / environmental permits
Hold at bidISO 14001 (environmental)
Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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