--- title: "Atlas Multi Academy Trust - Tender for Cleaning Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-9e268ac2-1e86-48a4-a609-37ac40446d58" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9e268ac2-1e86-48a4-a609-37ac40446d58" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9e268ac2-1e86-48a4-a609-37ac40446d58.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9e268ac2-1e86-48a4-a609-37ac40446d58.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD" published: "2019-07-10" --- # Atlas Multi Academy Trust - Tender for Cleaning Services Buyer: THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9e268ac2-1e86-48a4-a609-37ac40446d58 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9e268ac2-1e86-48a4-a609-37ac40446d58) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9e268ac2-1e86-48a4-a609-37ac40446d58.json) ## Summary The Atlas Multi Academy Trust in St Albans is currently in the award stage of a procurement process for cleaning services, following a tender that commenced on 1st April 2019 and is set to conclude on 31st March 2024. The tender, titled "Atlas Multi Academy Trust - Tender for Cleaning Services", was published on 25th September 2018, with the selection questionnaire closing on 26th October 2018. This contract, valued at approximately £101,000, is intended to provide high-quality cleaning services across multiple schools under the Trust's jurisdiction, and may expand further as additional schools join. The procurement method used for this contract is selective via a restricted procedure, which indicates that only qualified bidders were considered. This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses, particularly those specialising in cleaning services, to establish long-term partnerships with educational institutions. Companies with a proven track record in delivering innovative cleaning solutions, adhering to high standards such as BICSc, and maintaining strong operational efficiencies are encouraged to compete. The requirement for a minimum annual turnover of £1 million and adequate insurance coverage ensures that the selected supplier will be capable of meeting the rigorous demands of serving the schools effectively, making this an ideal contract for medium and larger cleaning service providers looking to grow their market presence. ## Notice The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Atlas Multi Academy Trust at the following schools: - St Albans Girls' School, - Adeyfield School. The Trust ATLAS Multi Academy Trust embodies our goal to provide 'Education for the Global Age'. This reflects our desire to deliver an outstanding educational opportunity for the greater benefit of the wider community, recognising qualities in all young people and enabling success and high aspiration for all. 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 (with potential additional schools as the Trust grows). The high quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the pupils and staff at all schools. The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful Supplier to operate to at all times, is being able to provide school 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. The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from April 2019 until March 2022 with the possibility of a further two year extension with agreement from the Trust at this time. 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. The total value of the current cleaning provision across the Trust is 202 000 GBP (total of all schools' current cleaning costs added together). Please be advised that the Trust has a minimum requirement for a Supplier's employers liability / public liability and professional indemnity insurance of 5m GBP. The minimum annual turnover your organisation must have achieved to be accepted onto this project is 1m GBP. There are likely to be other schools joining the Trust during the course of this contract. As such they may have the opportunity to join this contract. Within this tender we are looking for one cleaning Supplier to be appointed across all schools within the Trust. (Further information is provided in the SQ Documentation.) 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: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/atlas_multi_academy_trust The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 26.10.2018 (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/ffdec326-b9ed-44b9-af8a-8c55ed989c47 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Jul 2019 | | Submission deadline | 26 Oct 2018 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 18 Feb 2019 | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £101,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £1,110,445 | | 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 | ST ALBANS | | Post town | St Albans | | Postcode | AL3 6DB | | 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 | Bernards Heath | | Westminster constituency | St Albans | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | BIRKIN CLEANING SERVICES | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90919300 - School cleaning services ## Release History - 10 Jul 2019 at 14:44 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ffdec326-b9ed-44b9-af8a-8c55ed989c47 - 25 Sep 2018 at 14:54 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/edf5b42c-a351-4545-a351-b8c023dec2c3 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ffdec326-b9ed-44b9-af8a-8c55ed989c47 10th July 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/edf5b42c-a351-4545-a351-b8c023dec2c3 25th September 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/atlas_multi_academy_trust SQ Documentation ~ Atlas Multi Academy Trust ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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