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title: "North Durham Academy and Consett Academy - Tender for Cleaning Services."
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# North Durham Academy and Consett Academy - Tender for Cleaning Services.

Buyer: THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5c3e48e7-bbaf-4b9b-accc-b581b2f6399a

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## Summary

The procurement process involves The Litmus Partnership Ltd as the buyer, who is seeking a contractor for cleaning services at North Durham Academy and Consett Academy. This project falls under the cleaning services industry, specifically classified as "Office, school and office equipment cleaning services" (CPV 90919000). The tender was published on 5th December 2016 and the tender period concluded on 6th January 2017. The contract is set to commence on 1st August 2017 and will extend for three years, concluding on 31st July 2020, with a total value of £850,000 and a fixed-price procurement method under the selective procedure.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in cleaning services, particularly those that can demonstrate innovation and quality in maintaining facilities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to participate, utilising their agility and focus on customer service to meet the high standards required by the academies. Potential bidders may include cleaning companies that have experience working with educational institutions and possess the capacity to manage large contracts efficiently.

## Notice

New College Durham is delighted to be the lead sponsor for both North Durham and Consett Academies. The College has established a strong reputation for providing high quality education and training for both young people and adults. The new Academy campus for North Durham, opened to students in 2013. This visionary project has created an inspiring, flexible learning environment for students and provide superb facilities for the local community. All facilities meet very high standards in environmental sustainability and have been built using the latest technologies and materials available. The new iconic campus reflects the Academy's ambition to be the leading provider of education in the area, with a bold design encompassing a wide and modern curriculum. High quality learning facilities will promote the best quality learning experience for students. The building design incorporates high aspirations for students, staff and the local area. An exciting, brand new facility for the community of Consett opened in September 2015. The new joint Consett Academy and Consett Leisure Centre is a fantastic and innovative building to inspire the whole community into active living and learning. 44 000 000 GBP has been invested in this major regeneration project and the state of the art features and shared facilities will make it a great new community resource. The facility offers a full range of indoor sports and outside the centre there are full rugby and football artificial turf pitches plus a number of floodlit multi-use games areas for netball, football, basketball and the like. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the facilities for both North Durham and Consett Academies. The high quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the students and staff. The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful contractor to operate to at all times, is being able to provide Academies that are fit for purpose and that the Contractor 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. The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1.8.2017 until 31.7.2020 and will be fixed price in nature, with the Contractor invoicing the Client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis. (Further information is available in the procurement documentation.) Additional information: Interest in the pre-qualification 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 pre-qualification questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/north_durham_academy_and_consett_academy The closing date for receipt of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 6.1.2017 (12:00). Tenderers 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 Pre-Qualification 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 Tenderer'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 OJEU 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/72b805a5-20cd-4f37-ace3-04c95e1c7575 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Jul 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Jan 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Apr 2017 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2017 - 31 Jul 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £850,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £108,015 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD |
| Locality | COUNTY DURHAM |
| Post town | Durham |
| Postcode | DH9 0TW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC41 Durham |
| Local authority | County Durham |
| Electoral ward | Stanley |
| Westminster constituency | North Durham |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ACCURO FM |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 90919000 - Office, school and office equipment cleaning services

## Release History

- 21 Jul 2017 at 14:25 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72b805a5-20cd-4f37-ace3-04c95e1c7575
- 5 Dec 2016 at 15:12 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/91433aeb-4f0a-49bf-914f-ae0fa719b8d4

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72b805a5-20cd-4f37-ace3-04c95e1c7575
  21st July 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/91433aeb-4f0a-49bf-914f-ae0fa719b8d4
  5th December 2016 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/north_durham_academy_and_consett_academy
  PQQ Documentation ~ North Durham Academy and Consett Academy

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