Provision of Communal Cleaning in the Dover District Area
The submission route named on the official notice.
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.
Dover District Council has published 14 Environment & Waste notices, about every 6 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around February 2027.
28% of Dover District Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
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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
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.
Make the case to bid
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Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.
The full intelligence dossier
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- tender · Open
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