Notice Information
Notice Title
Specialist Soft Facilities Management (FM) Rail Cleaning Services
Notice Description
CHILTERN is conducting this Procurement to select a supplier for the provision of Specialist Soft Facilities Management (FM) Rail Cleaning Services at railway stations, rail depots and rail offices, including deep cleans, carpark litter picking, washroom services, vegetation clearance, waste management, and pest control across the CHILTERN network from its central London terminus at London Marylebone along the M40 corridor to destinations in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. This Procurement also covers East West Railway from Oxford to Bletchley.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Extensions will be granted dependent on the suppliers performance throughout the contract, including service level criteria.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058678
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048158-2025
- 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
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
45452000 - Exterior cleaning work for buildings
63711000 - Support services for railway transport
90900000 - Cleaning and sanitation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £11,250,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £11,250,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Iain Alexander
- Contact Email
- iain.alexander@chilternrailways.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SUNDERLAND
- Postcode
- SR3 3XP
- Post Town
- Sunderland
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC44 Sunderland
- Delivery Location
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, TLI3 Inner London - West, TLI7 Outer London - West and North West, TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
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- Local Authority
- Sunderland
- Electoral Ward
- Doxford
- Westminster Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048158-2025
12th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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