Notice Information
Notice Title
School Cleaning Services for The Henrietta Barnett School, North London
Notice Description
The Henrietta Barnett School is a grammar school with academy status for girls, located in Hampstead Garden Suburb, North West London, in the Borough of Barnet. The school is highly regarded, frequently ranked among the top state schools in the country and have an exemplary local and national reputation for academic excellence. It is situated within a Grade II* listed building designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The School's current cleaning contract is outsourced to one supplier and is coming to the end of the present contract term. The new contract will start on 24th August 2026 and will be awarded as a three-year contract, with the option to extend for two years (on a +1year, +1year basis). The School requires a suitably qualified cleaning services provider to manage and provide flexible and best value cleaning services across the School's site, with a proactive approach to service development and innovation to maintain the high standards required over the length of the contract. The service required will involve a comprehensive school term time cleaning service, including routine and non-routine internal cleaning plus some specific external cleaning and periodic/non term cleaning. The contractor will also provide caretaking services, the importance of which should not be underestimated. Current contract value is approx PS270k per annum. TUPE will apply.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0674e7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027833-2026
- 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
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90919300 - School cleaning services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,350,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,350,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Mar 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 23 Aug 2026 - 23 Aug 2029 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 HENRIETTA BARNETT SCHOOL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- NW11 7BN
- Post Town
- North West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Electoral Ward
- Badgeworth
- Westminster Constituency
- North Cotswolds
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027833-2026
26th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/cqpuvgr9uaw0d79cg8767/AEEBIilecmIxqIa8n-XaU_E?rlkey=9atby6eq79ra8fvupnoa6yh1r&st=vr7xvc56&dl=0
Interested parties are to complete a Procurement Specific Questionnaire, which can be accessed via the Dropbox link provided in the Find A Tender advert. If you have any queries, please contact: gail@panacheconsultancy.co.uk; or phil@panacheconsultancy.co.uk
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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