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Cherwell District Council

Housing Cleaning Request for Proposal

Environment & WasteCPV 90911100
Value£10k
Deadline8 Sept 2026
Published25 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 25 Aug 202612 days leftCloses 8 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Chris Wain
christopher.wain@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
+44 12952211592

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
£10ktotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£5.0m

This sits below the typical range for Environment & Waste contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 11,894 valued Environment & Waste tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Cherwell District Council has published 102 notices across all categories, and 29% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Housing Cleaning Request for Proposal - 3 Year contract.

The Housing Management Team is seeking a cleaning contractor to maintain internal communal areas and complete void cleans across our portfolio of properties in Banbury and Bicester to a high standard

What it takes to bid this

59 daysof bid-team effort
£3.4k£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k 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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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ebb8
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
080911-2026
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