Notice Information
Notice Title
Acer Trust (North Hub) - Cleaning Services
Notice Description
Acer Trust is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily cleaning service. The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months. The contract commencement date is 05 April 2026. The contract is for a full daily cleaning service during term time and periodic cleaning outside of term time. TUPE is expected to apply, details of which can be found in the tender documentation. Some members of the cleaning team are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme and all details are in the tender documentation.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The duration detailed above includes the initial term of 3 years as well as the 2 optional contract extension periods of 12 months each.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058320
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046800-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible 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
- £1,250,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,250,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Aug 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 4 Apr 2026 - 4 Apr 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2027-08-07
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ACER TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Ben Jones
- Contact Email
- tenders@minervapcs.com
- Contact Phone
- +441256467107
Buyer Location
- Locality
- OXFORD
- Postcode
- OX2 9JE
- Post Town
- Oxford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ37 North Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Electoral Ward
- Norden
- Westminster Constituency
- Basingstoke
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046800-2025
7th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/minervapcs/aspx/Home
All documents are being provided on publication of this Tender Notice. They will be hosted, and are freely available, on the In-tend portal for Minerva Procurement Consultancy Services Limited.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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