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Window Cleaning Services

Royal Armouries Museum

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Planning

01 Aug 2026 at 09:53

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Royal Armouries Museum intends to procure window-cleaning services for the Royal Armouries Museum and New Dock Hall in Leeds. The service covers all glazing and specified building areas, including entrances, auto doors, shop and restaurant frontage, New Dock Hall frontage glazing, galleries, skylights, balconies, glazed bridges, stairwells, viewing windows, recessed windows, lifts, canopies, external building frontages and the Hall of Steel. Work includes internal and external cleaning, with visits planned at fortnightly, quarterly, six-monthly and annual intervals. Suppliers will need to work in an occupied museum and event-venue environment, including areas such as the Tiltyard, Craft Court, Pearl Suite, Masters Restaurant and RA shop. The procurement is classified as window-cleaning services.

This process is at the planning stage: the museum has announced its intention to procure and has not invited tenders. It currently expects a single-lot contract using a tender procedure, with the procurement method and evaluation arrangements still being developed. The estimated total value is £400,000 including VAT, comprising an initial term valued at £240,000 and optional extensions valued at £160,000. The anticipated contract period is 1 May 2027 to 30 April 2030, with renewal options potentially extending performance to 30 April 2032. The museum is undertaking preliminary market engagement to obtain supplier feedback on proposed social value requirements. Suppliers are expected to request a questionnaire by 7 August 2026 at 12:00 and return it by 17 August 2026 at 17:00.

This will suit established commercial window-cleaning contractors able to deliver scheduled internal and external cleaning across a large, varied museum and events site. Relevant capability includes safe work at height, cleaning extensive and difficult-to-access glazing, operating around visitors and venue activities, and coordinating specialist access to panoramic glass lifts with the lift maintenance provider. Experience with skylights, balconies, stairwell glazing, canopies, galleries, glass-fronted buildings and other architectural features would be useful. Suppliers should be prepared to demonstrate compliance with health and safety regulations and industrial best practice, supported by suitable equipment, trained staff and reliable scheduling. The proposed evaluation would give 10% of quality scoring to social value, including creating and retaining high-quality jobs, monitoring workforce conditions, employee engagement and decision-making, and paying contract staff above the National Minimum or National Living Wage.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Window Cleaning Services

Notice Description

PROCUREMENT DESCRIPTION To carry out window cleaning on all glazing and specified building areas at the Royal Armouries Museum and New Dock Hall in Leeds. Complying with all Health & Safety regulations (inc. Working at Height) and following industrial best practices. CURRENT SERVICE SCOPE Fortnightly Visits * Ground floor building entrance areas including auto doors (inside and outside including the fold back glass inner doors) * Dockside Ground floor frontage including the RA shop and Masters Restaurant Windows (Inside and outside) * New Dock Hall: All of frontage glazing inside and outside Quarterly Visits - Jan - Apr - Jul - Oct * Regular windows and glazing - both internal and external surfaces * Slit windows - both internal and external surfaces * Triangular viewing windows - both internal and external surfaces * Regular recessed windows - both internal and external surfaces * Juliette windows (can be fully opened) - both internal and external surfaces * Internal Doors/windows to street from shop and restaurant * Office skylights 5th Floor - both internal and external surfaces * Internal balconies, glazed bridges, window internal balconies and stairwell glazing - both sides * Facia of 'Street' - both internal and external surfaces * Hall of Steel' internal and external surfaces and both sides of all stairway glazing * To include internal glazing of all four galleries Annual and 6 monthly Tasks (Apr/Oct) * Panoramic glass lifts - by appointment and under the direct control of our lift maintenance service provider (internally). (Yearly task) * External canopy over the Tiltyard (Annually- April) * Hall of Steel ground and 1st floor building frontage, including brickwork (6 Monthly Apr/Oct) * Street' skylights - external surfaces (6 Monthly Apr/Oct) * Craft Court Windows (1st Floor, smoking, shelter canopy, Cycle Storage (6 Monthly April/Oct) * External balcony of 'Pearl' Suite' Both sides ESTIMATED CONTRACT VALUE (INCL. VAT): PS400,000 * Initial term: PS240,000 * Optional extensions: PS160,000

Planning Information

The key purpose of this notice is to alert the market to the Tender and to flag the new social value criteria and outcomes that are being proposed for it, and thus to obtain feedback from suppliers. The social value outcomes that will form 10% of the quality evaluation criteria will consist of the following: 1.Fair work – Create and retain high quality jobs Suppliers will need to demonstrate that they are providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified 2.Fair work - Fair pay practices Suppliers will need to demonstrate that they provide payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce. Suppliers wishing to participate must email the Estates Team at Kieran.jones@armouries.org.uk to request the supplier questionnaire by 07 August 2026 at 12:00 and return it completed no later than 17 August 2026 at 17:00.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d970
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072956-2026
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
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

90911300 - Window-cleaning services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£400,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Aug 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 May 2027 - 30 Apr 2030 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
Royal Armouries Museum
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS10 1LT
Postcode Area
Leeds
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Hunslet & Riverside
Westminster Constituency
Leeds South

Further Information

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