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UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX

T954 - Periodic Contract Cleaning Framework

Environment & WasteCPV 90000000 90900000 90910000 90911000 90919000
Value£600k framework ceiling
Awarded8 Mar 2023
Published10 May 2023
RegionUK-wide

Framework ceiling £600,325 — the most the agreement may spend across all suppliers and call-offs, not a contract value.

Outcome — awarded

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

The brief

The University of Essex wishes to establish a new framework agreement for periodic contract cleaning across three lots that will ensure that the University has access to a number of experienced, capable and good value cleaning contractors to meet the cleaning needs that arise at various points during the academic year.

Details of individual lots are as follows; Lot 1: Summer Period (July & September): Following end of tenancy move out of undergraduate students (July) and postgraduate students (September).

Deep cleaning to bedrooms with and without ensuite bathrooms and scheduled "sparkle" cleaning to communal areas; consisting of shared bathrooms, communal kitchens, foyers, lobby's, stairwells and corridors.

Lot 2: Summer Period (July - August): Regular service cleaning to residential areas during Event Essex conference period alongside our in-house cleaning team.

Bidders may be required to provide additional staff for the last week of September.

Lot 3: Termly office cleaning in academic and administrative areas three times per academic year (December, April & August).

Please note the current academic year runs from September 2022 to August 2023, therefore call off order no.1 for lot 3 will be for August 2023 only.

Bidders to note that there is a maximum period of 4 weeks to complete this work, there is no minimum period.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Bidders may be required to provide additional

Bidders may be required to provide additional staff for the last week of September.

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What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
The University of Essex wishes to establish a new framework agreement for periodic contract cleaning across three lots that will ensure that the University has access to a number of experienced, capable and good value cleaning contractors to meet the cleaning needs that arise at various points during the academic year.

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