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Dover District Council

Provision of Communal Cleaning in the Dover District Area

Environment & WasteCPV 90911200
Value£1.8m
Deadline14 Sept 2026
Published18 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 18 Aug 202626 days leftCloses 14 Sept 2026
Who to contact
procurement@dover.gov.uk
01304872419

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
£1.8mtotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£5.0m

This is a large award for Environment & Waste — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 11,894 valued Environment & Waste tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Dover District Council has published 14 Environment & Waste notices, about every 6 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around February 2027.

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The brief

Dover District Council wishes wishes to select and appoint a suitable provider for communal cleaning in residential properties across the Dover district area.

The Contract is anticipated to commence 1st January 2027 and will continue for a period of three years and may be extended for a further two periods of 12 months subject to the satisfactory performance of the Contract by the Contractor and at the Council’s entire discretion.

Expressions of interest will only be accepted via the Kent Business Portal.

The completed ITT response is to be submitted electronically via the Kent Business Portal by no later than 12:00 hours on 14th September 2026.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Kent Business Portal portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-Dover:-Cleaning-services./63HHZV62YW To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/63HHZV62YW For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Dover:-Cleaning-services./63HHZV62YW To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/63HHZV62YW

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m 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-06e692
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
078556-2026
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