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Steel River Academy Cleaning Contract

Steel River Academy Trust

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16 Sep 2026 at 13:20

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Summary of the contracting process

Steel River Academy Trust procured school cleaning services across its Trust. The requirement covers cleaning operations for educational premises delivered across the Trust’s estate, with the buyer based in Middlesbrough. The procurement is classified as school cleaning services and sits within the services category. The selected provider is United Cleaning Solutions Ltd, a large cleaning company based in Glasgow. This indicates a requirement suited to organisations able to deliver consistent school cleaning across a broad, multi-location estate rather than a single-site service. The work concerns routine contracted cleaning provision for the Trust’s schools and demonstrates demand from an education-sector buyer for an established operational cleaning service.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a limited procedure without a published competition, using a dynamic purchasing system. United Cleaning Solutions Ltd received the active award. The contract was signed on 24 August 2026 and has a value of £1,244,393.61. Nine bids were recorded. The tender was arranged as one lot, although that lot is recorded as cancelled, while the related award remains active. Price accounted for 30% of the stated evaluation criteria. The procurement was conducted outside the scope of the relevant directive and was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The buying organisation is Steel River Academy Trust.

For a future requirement of this kind, credible competitors would need proven capability in school and education-sector cleaning, with the operational capacity to manage services across a wide Trust estate. The awarded supplier’s large-company scale indicates that workforce planning, mobilisation, supervision and consistent standards across multiple locations are important commercial considerations. Suppliers should be able to demonstrate reliable delivery across dispersed sites, manage cleaning teams and maintain service continuity in occupied educational premises. Strong cost control will also matter because price formed part of the evaluation. Experience of working with academy trusts or comparable multi-site public-sector estates would help a competitor show that it can meet the buyer’s operational and administrative demands.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Steel River Academy Cleaning Contract

Notice Description

Procurement of cleaning services across the Trust

Procurement Information

The procurement was conducted through a DPS

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06fb20
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087755-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

90919300 - School cleaning services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,244,393 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Steel River Academy Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode
TS6 7JA
Postcode Area
Cleveland
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC3 Tees Valley
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC32 South Teesside
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Redcar and Cleveland
Electoral Ward
Grangetown
Westminster Constituency
Redcar

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

United Cleaning Solutions Ltd

Further Information

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