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title: "Aldridge Education - Tender for Cleaning Services"
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# Aldridge Education - Tender for Cleaning Services

Buyer: THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-af58193e-d9d6-4ccd-b055-fa419a720f46

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## Summary

Aldridge Education, represented by The Litmus Partnership Ltd, is seeking tenders for cleaning services across nine schools located in both the North West and South East of England. This procurement process is currently at the Award stage, and the contract period is set to run from 1st September 2019 to 31st August 2024, with a total contract value of approximately £5 million. The tender, initiating on 8th March 2019 and with a closing date for the Selection Questionnaire of 9th April 2019, involves a selective procurement method structured in two lots, allowing suppliers to bid for either or both geographical areas. The industry category is focused on school cleaning services.

This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses specialising in cleaning services, particularly those with expertise in educational environments. Companies capable of demonstrating innovative cleaning solutions and a strong track record in managing similar contracts are encouraged to apply. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are particularly suited for this procurement, as they can provide the tailored services that the Trust requires for its diverse range of school types, including primary, secondary, and university technical colleges.

## Notice

The successful supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Aldridge Education at the following locations: - Brighton Aldridge Community Academy, - Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, - Duke's Aldridge Academy, - Kensington Aldridge Academy, - Darwen Aldridge Community Academy, - Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio, - Darwen Vale High School, - Sudell Primary School, - UTC@MediaCity. Aldridge Education is a multi-academy trust (the "Trust") established to fulfil the Aldridge ambition of growth through education. The Trust is running a cleaning services tender project covering nine schools located across the North and South of England and seeking to appoint supplier(s) with experience of schools of all types and sizes and delivering innovative ideas to provide cleaning services at our existing facilities for the benefit of all our users and customers - students, teaching, support staff and community users. There are currently 8 schools within the multi-academy trust plus Aldridge Education also sponsor a single academy school, taking the number of schools to 9. We are a growing Trust and require the flexibility to increase our cleaning requirements should the number of academy schools grows. Our school year is based on a calendar of 195 days of which 5 days are to be used for staff professional development which means that our schools are open to receive students for the legal minimum of 190 days. All our schools are open to community users throughout the year during evenings, weekend and during school holidays. The successful supplier(s) will be required to provide cleaning services to meet the needs of all customer's/users of the school facilities. The value of the current cleaning provision across all nine (9) schools is approximately 1 000 000 GBP per annum. The nine (9) schools in the Trust are geographically located in the North and the South of England and the ITT will be structured in two (2) lots. It is not mandatory for suppliers to bid for both lots. Suppliers are encouraged to bid for all schools in the relevant lot. The Trust currently has a mix of school types - a primary school, a UTC, a Studio, and secondary schools with and without sixth form. The Trust expects the successful supplier(s) to provide high quality cleaning services which meet minimum standards in terms of outstanding and consistent quality across all 9 schools whilst also providing services that are tailored to meet the needs of a typical school in the relevant specific school type. The Trust will look for evidence of this in the supplier's tender response. The Trust currently has a mix of insourced and outsourced provision with 4 incumbent providers, further details in the table below. The Trust expects the successful supplier to have experience of managing transitions from insource to outsource and from incumbent outsource to the new provider. 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/aldridge-cleaning/ The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 9.4.2019 (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/2b1c3653-4ec0-43a6-b390-3f809be6d2ce |
| 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 | 15 Nov 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 9 Apr 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Aug 2019 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2019 - 31 Aug 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £5,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £3,336,434 |
| 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 | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | Vincent Square |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England), TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | BULLOUGHS CLEANING SERVICES; N-VIRO |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 90919300 - School cleaning services

## Release History

- 15 Nov 2019 at 10:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2b1c3653-4ec0-43a6-b390-3f809be6d2ce
- 8 Mar 2019 at 16:01 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/39214963-aadc-40d9-91cf-ea803d0fe1b7

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2b1c3653-4ec0-43a6-b390-3f809be6d2ce
  15th November 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/39214963-aadc-40d9-91cf-ea803d0fe1b7
  8th March 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://litmuspartnership.co.uk/sq/aldridge-cleaning/
  SQ Documentation ~ Aldridge Education (Cleaning)

## Notice URLs

- http://aldridgeeducation.org/

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