Notice Information
Notice Title
1356- Karibu- Provision of Estates Services
Notice Description
Karibu Community Homes is seeking delivery partners to provide reliable and high-quality Estates Services across its housing stock. The contract will run for an initial five-year term, with an estimated annual value of c. PS500,000. The opportunity is divided into two lots: Lot 1 - Grounds Maintenance: Provision of grounds maintenance services across Karibu's schemes and sites, ensuring high standards of cleanliness, tidiness, and horticultural care in communal areas. Lot 2 - Communal Cleaning: Delivery of cleaning services in communal areas across Karibu's properties, maintaining consistent hygiene and presentation standards. Bidders may tender for one or both lots. Each lot will be evaluated separately, and Karibu Community Homes may award one or both lots to the same bidder where this provides best value for money and operational efficiency. This procurement is being conducted under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. The current stage is the Conditions of Participation Stage (CoPS), which focuses on compliance and demonstrable capability. Shortlisted bidders will be invited to the Final Tender Stage (FTS), where full technical proposals and pricing will be assessed prior to contract award.
Lot Information
Lot 1 - Grounds Maintenance
Provision of grounds maintenance services across Karibu's schemes and sites, ensuring high standards of cleanliness, tidiness, and horticultural care. The provider must follow best practices in grounds upkeep to maintain the visual and environmental quality of communal areas.
Renewal: There are 3 x 5 year optional extensions included. This equates to a maximum contract term of 20 years.
Lot 2- Communal CleaningDelivery of communal area cleaning services across Karibu's properties to uphold cleanliness and hygiene standards. The provider is expected to implement professional cleaning practices with consistency, discipline, and attention to detail in all assigned locations.
Renewal: 3 x 5 year optional extensions, this equates to a maximum contract term of 20 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059808
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055580-2025
- 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
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
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- CPV Codes
77310000 - Planting and maintenance services of green areas
77312000 - Weed-clearance services
77313000 - Parks maintenance services
77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
77320000 - Sports fields maintenance services
77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming
90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
90511300 - Litter collection services
90620000 - Snow-clearing services
90630000 - Ice-clearing services
90690000 - Graffiti removal services
90910000 - Cleaning services
90911200 - Building-cleaning services
90911300 - Window-cleaning services
90922000 - Pest-control services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 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
- KARIBU COMMUNITY HOMES
- Contact Name
- Oli Turnbull
- Contact Email
- oli@echelonconsultancy.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1707339800
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- TW8 0FJ
- Post Town
- Twickenham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Hounslow
- Electoral Ward
- Chiswick Riverside
- Westminster Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055580-2025
10th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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