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The Litmus Partnership Ltd

Sir Frederic Osborn School - Tender for Cleaning Services

Environment & WasteCPV 90000000 90900000 90910000 90919000
Value£693k
Awarded30 Jul 2018
Published19 Jun 2019
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£693ktotal 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.

The brief

The successful supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Sir Frederic Osborn School (Ridgeway Academy as of 1.9.2018).

Sir Frederic Osborn School in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire is an inclusive secondary school with a diverse range of students and staff.

The client wants students to be proud of their school and to make a positive contribution to school life by taking on leadership responsibilities and encouraging others to reach their potential.

The client has big plans for the future and ultimately, aims to be an outstanding school.

The tender project is seeking to appoint a supplier whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the school facilities.

The high quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the pupils and staff.

The basis and rationale that the client requires the successful supplier to operate to at all times, is being able to provide a school that is fit for purpose and that the supplier is proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all specifications are achieved and that the frequency of cleans is as detailed within the tender specification.

The contract being tendered is for 3 years in duration from 1.1.2019 until 31.12.2021 with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the agreement of the school.

The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the supplier invoicing the client for one-12th of the annual cost on a monthly basis.

It should be noted that the successful supplier will be expected to bring to the contract: innovation; new equipment; and cleaning methods, with BICSc standards being achieved, as a minimum, thus ensuring that the highest levels of cleanliness are maintained in all areas at all times and also ensuring that the productivity of the cleaning operatives is enhanced moving forward into the new contract term.

At present there are 13 cleaning staffs employed at the school where the structure is 1 working supervisor and 12 cleaning operatives.

There is a cleaner present in school during the day from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm.

There are no incumbent members of cleaning staff who are members of the LGPS.

The current incumbent contractor is Churchill Service Solutions.

Contract value = 692 920 GBP over 5 years.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The successful supplier will be required

The successful supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Sir Frederic Osborn School (Ridgeway Academy as of 1.9.2018).

02

The high quality service levels proposed, should

The high quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the pupils and staff.

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Source & provenance
OCID
aa231e74-0cda-4e79-a51a-b5cb15682dfb
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
2019/S 110-269633
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