Notice Information
Notice Title
Cleaning Services Pre-Market Engagement Services November 2025
Notice Description
The Royal Borough of Kingston is seeking to engage with the cleaning services market in preparation for the forthcoming procurement of a Cleaning Services Contract, including associated costs and the provision of porterage services across its corporate and community estate. The purpose of this soft market testing exercise is to gather insights from suppliers to inform the future procurement strategy, contract structure, and scope of services ensuring best value, innovation, and sustainability.
Planning Information
The Royal Borough of Kingston is seeking to engage with the cleaning services market in preparation for the forthcoming procurement of a Cleaning Services Contract, including associated costs and the provision of porterage services across its corporate and community estate. The purpose of this soft market testing exercise is to gather insights from suppliers to inform the future procurement strategy, contract structure, and scope of services ensuring best value, innovation, and sustainability. The Preliminary Market Engagement documents have been published on the Council's e-procurement portal, London Tenders Portal https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=16c5d2a0-55be-f011-813a-005056b64545&p=2241eb95-058a-e511-80f7-000c29c9ba21 Please access the project via the portal to download and complete the Pre Market Engagement questionnaire. Please submit your response via the portal.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05de17
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072556-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90900000 - Cleaning and sanitation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Apr 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 29 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES
- Contact Name
- Commissioning Team
- Contact Email
- commissioning@kingston.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +442085475000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KINGSTON UPON THAMES
- Postcode
- KT1 1EU
- Post Town
- Kingston upon Thames
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI6 Outer London - South
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Electoral Ward
- Kingston Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072556-2025
10th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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