Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Cleaning & Janitorial Services at the British High Commission in Islamabad and British Deputy High Commission in Karachi
Notice Description
The British High Commission Islamabad & British Deputy High Commission Karachi intends to engage a competent supplier through a competitive tender process for providing Cleaning & Janitorial Services at the British High Commission Islamabad, British Deputy High Commission Karachi, Pakistan. The contract will become effective from 01st March 2026 and will be valid for 3 years. It will have the provision of 2 optional 12-month extensions, subject to satisfactory performance by the selected supplier and continued business requirement at British High Commission in Islamabad and British Deputy High Commission in Karachi. Suppliers/Bidders for this tender should be legally registered in Pakistan with relevant trade and government bodies to operate in Pakistan. Registered businesses should be compliant with various laws and regulations, including taxations, labour laws and other relevant laws/acts.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The contract will become effective from 01st March 2026 and will be valid for 3 years. It will have the provision of 2 optional 12-month extensions, subject to satisfactory performance by the selected supplier and continued business requirement at British High Commission in Islamabad and British Deputy High Commission in Karachi.
Planning Information
An Early Market engagement is being planned on 10th September 2025. Suitable and interested suppliers are invited to participate in the virtual market engagement session. The prime objective of organising this session is to share our tentative requirements and gain understanding of what can be provided or achieved by the players in the Local Market. A presentation will be shared with suppliers which will include FCDO's procurement procedures, possible bid evaluation criteria and overall project timelines. Interested suppliers should register their interest in participating this event by filling this form https://forms.office.com/e/eRRBJiHxhh A joining link to this virtual market engagement will be shared with suppliers who have completed this form, please ensure your details are shared with us (via the form) by 08th September 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058f07
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064018-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
98341110 - Housekeeping services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,302,828 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,302,828 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 24 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-06-03
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
- Contact Name
- Sachin Khedekar
- Contact Email
- southasia.procurement@fcdo.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +91 07042700834
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 2AH
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064018-2025
10th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051787-2025
28th August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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