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Queen Elizabeth's School ~ Cleaning Tender

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL

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09 Feb 2022 at 14:14

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves Queen Elizabeth's School, located in Hertfordshire, which has issued a tender for cleaning services. The tender, titled "Queen Elizabeth's School ~ Cleaning Tender," falls under the school cleaning services category. While the procurement stage has progressed to the award phase, the tender has been cancelled. The initial contract is set to run from 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2025, with an option for a two-year extension. The estimated total value of the contract is £700,000 over the five years, based on an annual value of £140,000, with a minimum annual turnover requirement of £1 million for interested companies.

This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses specialising in cleaning services, particularly those that are small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Interested firms that can innovate and demonstrate high-quality service levels are likely to find this contract appealing. With the expectation of new cleaning methods and equipment to enhance productivity and maintain cleanliness standards, companies that can meet these criteria and have experience managing similar contracts may gain a competitive advantage. Additionally, as this is a fixed-price contract, suppliers will need to ensure efficient operations to maximise profitability.

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Notice Title

Queen Elizabeth's School ~ Cleaning Tender

Notice Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Queen Elizabeth's School.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School in Barnet is an 11-18 fully comprehensive state school with approximately 1200 students and 150 staff. We are proud to consistently be over-subscribed and a school of choice within the local community, with a strong reputation for educating women of the future. Our consistently high examination results place us in the top 1% of all schools nationally, which is an incredible achievement for a fully comprehensive state school. We continue to build on our strong results year on year and we are an emerging centre of excellence for a number of areas of our practice, having gained SSAT and DFE recognition. We occupy a beautiful site with 29 acres of land, being conveniently located directly opposite High Barnet tube station. We have a range of buildings including: *A main Victorian block dating back to 1888 (with various extensions over the years) *A large sports centre and swimming pool *The Meadway block which was opened in the 1960s *The Lindani block which was opened in 2010. Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School prides itself on its high standards across the board and we seek to provide an optimal learning environment which will support our students to flourish. We have invested significantly on further improving our facilities and we have ambitious plans for future expansion in order to support our school to become a centre of excellence for STEM subjects. The tender project is seeking to appoint a contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the facilities for the school. 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 contractor to operate to at all times, is being able to provide a School that is fit for purpose and that the Contractor 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 three years in duration 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2025 with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the client. The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the Contractor invoicing the Client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis. It should be noted that the successful contractor 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. Current cleaning arrangement: *At present there are 13 cleaning staff employed *The current incumbent contractor is DB Services *There are not any incumbent members of cleaning staff who are members of the LGPS *Please be advised that the school has a minimum requirement for a contractor's employers liability/ public liability and professional indemnity insurance of PS10 million. *The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is PS1m *The annual value of the current contract is PS140,000 *Therefore the value of the term of the contract is PS700,000 (annual value of the contract x 5) *Please be advised that the winning contractor of this tender will be required to pay the cost of this tender directly to the Litmus Partnership upon contract award, of PS4,950+VAT.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-031532
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003735-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

90919300 - School cleaning services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Feb 20224 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 Feb 20224 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Cancelled
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1276673880

Buyer Location

Locality
HERTFORDSHIRE
Postcode
EN5 4DQ
Post Town
Enfield
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI71 Barnet
Delivery Location
TLH23 Hertfordshire CC

Local Authority
Barnet
Electoral Ward
High Barnet
Westminster Constituency
Chipping Barnet

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