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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Provision of comprehensive cleaning and exhauster services to the British High Commission Nairobi

Environment & WasteCPV 90911200
Value£480k
Deadline5 Oct 2026
Published7 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 7 Sept 202628 days leftCloses 5 Oct 2026
Who to contact
Thabang Mokoena
Thabang.Mokoena@fcdo.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£480ktotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£5.0m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Environment & Waste band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 11,894 valued Environment & Waste tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The British High Commission Nairobi require cleaning of the internal and external areas to the required service standard at its office in Upper Hill Road, Gitanga Estate , Residence, and owned guard houses.

The service provider must undertake routine cleaning, to ensure that the offices, toilets, shower rooms, kitchens, meeting areas, circulation areas, public areas and all other areas, furniture and fittings and equipment within the buildings are maintained to a high level of general cleanliness and remain presentable and fit for their intended purpose.

The Service Provider must provide all equipment and materials required for the delivery of the cleaning services.

Anti-bacterial products must be used for the cleaning of surfaces or fittings including but not limited to; telephone handsets, desks etc.

The Service Provider will provide, on request, the deep cleaning of commercial kitchens

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Service Provider must provide all equipment

The Service Provider must provide all equipment and materials required for the delivery of the cleaning services.

02

Anti-bacterial products must be used for

Anti-bacterial products must be used for the cleaning of surfaces or fittings including but not limited to; telephone handsets, desks etc.

03

The Service Provider will provide, on request

The Service Provider will provide, on request, the deep cleaning of commercial kitchens.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 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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Source & provenance
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tender · Open
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