Tender

Lawrence Sheriff School ~ Cleaning Tender

LAWRENCE SHERIFF SCHOOL

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Tender

21 Aug 2025 at 15:06

Summary of the contracting process

Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby, Warwickshire, seeks a contractor for their cleaning services, as announced in the tender process on 21 August 2025. This public authority school, rated Outstanding by Ofsted, accommodates approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 13. The contract is slated to begin on 1 January 2026, lasting three years with options for two annual extensions. The tender process falls under the 'services' category of the education sector and operates under an open procurement method utilising a competitive flexible procedure. Relevant deadlines include 26 September 2025 for tender submissions and contract award due on 10 November 2025, ensuring operational readiness. The procurement aims to establish a fixed-price contract aligned with financial constraints while guaranteeing high-quality service provision.

This tender presents potential growth opportunities for businesses specialising in cleaning services within the educational sector. Ideal candidates are those with experience in secondary education contexts and a substantial operational base in the Midlands. Businesses capable of delivering innovative, environmentally sensitive approaches and possessing robust management reporting skills will have competitive advantages. The contract, valued at approximately GBP 1,100,000, is suited for SMEs and involves adherence to TUPE regulations, possibly requiring integration with the Local Government Pension Scheme. This opportunity encourages businesses to showcase their technical and professional abilities alongside competitive pricing strategies to foster ongoing regional business development.

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Notice Title

Lawrence Sheriff School ~ Cleaning Tender

Notice Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide a comprehensive cleaning service, including daily term time and non-term time periodic cleaning, for Lawrence Sheriff School. Lawrence Sheriff School is an all-boys grammar school in Rugby, Warwickshire. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted, the school educates students from Year 7 to Year 13 with circa 1,200 students on roll. The School is seeking a suitably experienced contractor who has current experience of working within the education sector, preferably within Secondary establishments to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of contracts of a similar size and nature. Ideally the successful contractor will have a strong operational base across the Midlands, thus allowing for both adequate contract support and operational flexibility that is to be delivered to support the contract as and when needed moving forwards into this contract term. The scope of the contract covers all of the cleaning provision within the School. This includes term time daily cleaning, plus a number of weeks for holiday and periodic cleaning during non-term time to provide a deeper clean of the School and its buildings to ensure they are suitably prepared for the beginning of each academic term. The requirement of the School is that the successful contractor provides a clean and functioning premises, as per the specification, that is fit for purpose at all times through delivering the guaranteed level of input hours. As part of that requirement the successful contractor is to be proactive in the management of the contract with open lines of communication. That communication must include frequent and proactively provided management information, as well as operating an open book policy. TUPE is expected to apply and it is anticipated that some employees may be members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and therefore the successful contractor would be expected to gain Admitted Body Status (ABS) in order to continue contributing to the scheme. A robust level of management support must be provided by the successful contractor to ensure that the detailed specification is delivered within the contract on a consistent basis within the contract period. The Contractor may be asked to undertake works not included in this Specification. Aside from the cost of materials, where possible additional works should be delivered within the hours of the existing cleaning operatives or, where necessary, provided by additional staff paid for on an agreed hourly basis or by a quoted fixed price. The successful Supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the senior management team within Lawrence Sheriff School on the contract performance. The successful contractor will be expected to put forwards both innovation and their proposals for making this contract more environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral moving into this contract term both by way of contract delivery, and also within the successful contractor's organisation. The contract will commence on 01 January 2026 for an initial contract period of three years, with the option to extend the contract for a further two 12-month periods. This extension will be granted by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract. The contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful Supplier also guaranteeing the number of input hours to the contract as well as the quality of the cleaning provision. Financial constraints affecting all schools mean that a robust and cost-effective solution must be provided. Please see PSQ Document for further information. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Warwickshire:-School-cleaning-services./MP54T83THR To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/MP54T83THR

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The contract will commence on 01 January 2026 for an initial contract period of three years, with the option to extend the contract for a further two 12-month periods. This extension will be granted by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-058c5b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050627-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
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
£1,100,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,100,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Aug 20256 months ago
Submission Deadline
26 Sep 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2029 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LAWRENCE SHERIFF SCHOOL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WARWICKSHIRE
Postcode
CV21 3AG
Post Town
Coventry
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG13 Warwickshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Rugby
Electoral Ward
Eastlands
Westminster Constituency
Rugby

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