Notice Information
Notice Title
Discovery Educational Trust - Cleaning Tender
Notice Description
The successful supplier is required to provide excellent cleaning services to the Discovery Educational Trust a Multi Academy Trust, based in South Essex and currently comprising five schools - Chase High School in Southend, Hogarth Primary School, Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School, Larchwood Primary School and St. Martin's School, all in Brentwood.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Discovery Educational Trust is a Multi Academy Trust, based in South Essex and currently comprising five schools - Chase High School in Southend, Hogarth Primary School, Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School, Larchwood Primary School and St. Martin's School, all in Brentwood. We aim for each of our schools to become the school of choice within the community, offering a broad and exciting range of extracurricular activities to enhance the opportunities within their formal curriculum. More information with regards to the Trust can be found here: https://www.discoveryeducationaltrust.co.uk The successful tenderer will be required to provide cleaning services to three of the schools currently within the Discovery Educational Trust - Hogarth Primary School, Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School and St. Martin's School. The contract term being tendered is for three years, 1st September 2025 - 31st August 2028. There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31st August 2030. The contract offers an excellent opportunity to review and propose enhancements to the current cleaning services at the schools. This includes both core term time cleaning and periodic deep cleaning throughout the year. The schools are keen to secure a high quality cleaning service whereby their students are able to enjoy excellence in education, supported by excellently kept facilities. The schools expect both a tightly managed service and high levels of productivity to be delivered by the cleaning staff at all times. The schools are proud of their 'family ethos' and expect a management style delivered by the successful contractor that supports, encourages and develops the cleaning staff. The schools are not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, rather they are keen to secure best value from this contract and to deliver best value to its students. Innovative and creative ideas as to how the cleaning services can be developed and improved, will be welcomed. The schools seek a contractor that is keen to work in partnership and who will deliver to its highest abilities, at all times The annual value of the current contract is PS282,321 (the total cost of cleaning per annum over the last annual period, for all schools added together). Therefore the value of this contract is PS1,411,605 (total annual costs as above x 5 as this contract is for a maximum of 5 years). The contract shall be a fixed price contract with invoices raised monthly to the schools. Additional requirements and information: *The Trust has a minimum requirement for a contractor's employers' liability and public liability insurance of PS5 million *The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is PS500,000 *It is anticipated that some employees may be members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and therefore the successful contractor in that instance would be expected to gain Admitted Body Status (ABS) in order to continue contributing to the scheme. *The winning bidder is required to pay the tender fee directly to RIVA Partnership, upon contract award *This is a growing Trust. During the tenure of this cleaning contract - any further schools that join this Trust may join this cleaning contract, at the discretion of the client
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e64c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076818-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90919300 - School cleaning services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,411,605 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,411,605 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,379,634 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Nov 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Apr 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2030 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DISCOVERY EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Contact Name
- Rachel OGrady
- Contact Email
- tenders@rivapartnership.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1252977017
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HUTTON
- Postcode
- CM13 2HG
- Post Town
- Chelmsford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- TLH3 Essex
-
- Local Authority
- Brentwood
- Electoral Ward
- Hutton East
- Westminster Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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