--- title: "Beaumont School and Verulam School - Tender for Cleaning Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-444b21bc-2168-457e-a78c-132df8e1018b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-444b21bc-2168-457e-a78c-132df8e1018b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-444b21bc-2168-457e-a78c-132df8e1018b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-444b21bc-2168-457e-a78c-132df8e1018b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD" published: "2019-10-17" --- # Beaumont School and Verulam School - Tender for Cleaning Services Buyer: THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-444b21bc-2168-457e-a78c-132df8e1018b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-444b21bc-2168-457e-a78c-132df8e1018b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-444b21bc-2168-457e-a78c-132df8e1018b.json) ## Summary The Litmus Partnership Ltd is seeking to appoint a supplier for cleaning services at Beaumont School and Verulam School, located in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The tender is currently in the planning stage, with a closing date for the Selection Questionnaire set for 13th November 2019 at 12:00. Beaumont School, rated Outstanding by Ofsted, has approximately 1,379 students, while Verulam School accommodates around 1,100 students. The contracts are set to commence on 1st April 2020, with Beaumont School's contract running for three years and Verulam School for 21 months, both with options for extensions. This procurement, with a total value of £1,016,296, falls under the category of school cleaning services and follows a selective procurement method. This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses specialising in cleaning services, particularly those with a strong commitment to innovative cleaning methods and maintaining high standards. Suppliers who can demonstrate the capacity for thorough contract management and who possess experience in educational environments will be particularly well-suited to compete. As the successful supplier will be expected to maintain cleanliness to BICSc standards and enhance productivity, companies that can provide unique solutions and effective cleaning technologies may find significant advantages in this procurement process. ## Notice The successful supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for at Beaumont School and Verulam School. Beaumont School is located in St Albans, Hertfordshire and is an 11-18, mixed, community school rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The school currently has 1 379 students and is growing due to an additional form entry from September 2018 (7 form entry) and the phased construction of a new science block (due to be fully occupied from January 2020) and dining block. The school employs 150 staff. Verulam School in St Albans is a Secondary School with approximately 1 100 students and 120 staff. The School is housed in an old building, the bulk of which was built in 1937 with subsequent extensions added on at different times. The school has separate playing fields at Sandpit Lane, St. Albans, AL4 0BX. There are changing rooms at the playing fields which also require daily cleaning. The tender project is seeking to appoint a supplier whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the facilities for each school. The high quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the pupils and staff at both schools. The basis and rationale that the client requires the successful supplier to operate to at all times, is being able to provide schools that are fit-for-purpose and that the supplier is proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all specifications are achieved and that the frequency of cleans is as detailed within the tender specification. For Beaumont School the contract being tendered is for 3 years in duration from 1.4.2020 until 31.3.2023 with the option for the school to then extend for a further 2-year period. For Verulum School the contract being tendered is for 21 months in duration from 1.4.2020 until 31.12.2021 with an option to extend for a further 2 years. At the end of the initial contract term, the next tender may involve a number of schools across the Alban Academies Trust to which Verulum belong. The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the supplier invoicing the client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis. It should be noted that the successful supplier will be expected to bring to the contract: innovation; new equipment and cleaning methods, with BICSc standards being achieved, as a minimum, thus ensuring that the highest levels of cleanliness are maintained in all areas at all times and also ensuring that the productivity of the cleaning operatives is enhanced moving forward into the new contract term. Please be advised that the schools each reserve the right to choose their own Supplier as the winning bidder of this tender. Further information is provided in the SQ document. Additional information: Interest in the selection process should be expressed via email only to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk clearly stating within this email which contract / notice you are referring to. Please also provide, as a minimum, a contact name, full company postal address and telephone number. The Selection Questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: https://litmuspartnership.co.uk/sq/beaumont-and-verulam/ The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 13.11.2019 (12:00). Suppliers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time. Documents in respect of economic / financial standing (where indicated in the Selection Questionnaire) shall be returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time. It will be the Supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this Contract Notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2f66c046-2293-4d54-be6c-390239ca9b9d | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Oct 2019 | | Submission deadline | 13 Nov 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2020 - 31 Mar 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,016,296 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD | | Locality | ST ALBANS | | Post town | St Albans | | Postcode | AL4 0XB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLH27 South West Hertfordshire | | Local authority | St Albans | | Electoral ward | Hill End | | Westminster constituency | St Albans | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90919300 - School cleaning services ## Release History - 17 Oct 2019 at 17:08 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2f66c046-2293-4d54-be6c-390239ca9b9d - 17 Oct 2019 at 16:53 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2f66c046-2293-4d54-be6c-390239ca9b9d ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2f66c046-2293-4d54-be6c-390239ca9b9d 17th October 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://litmuspartnership.co.uk/sq/beaumont-and-verulam/ SQ Documentation ~ Beaumont School and Verulam School ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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