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title: "Penwortham Priory Academy - Tender for Cleaning Services"
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# Penwortham Priory Academy - Tender for Cleaning Services

Buyer: THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f6d83347-15c1-4f5a-a60f-2079d7c4903b

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## Summary

The Litmus Partnership Ltd has initiated a procurement process for cleaning services at Penwortham Priory Academy, located in Preston, Lancashire. The contract, valued at approximately £260,000 for three years, is currently in the Award stage, with the contract set to commence on 1st September 2018 and concluding on 31st August 2023. Interested suppliers were invited to submit expressions of interest by 6th April 2018, and a selective tendering method was employed for this competitive process, which aimed to ensure best value and high cleaning standards for the academy, which serves around 800 pupils.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in cleaning services, particularly those with experience working in educational institutions. Companies that can demonstrate local resources and a commitment to maintaining high cleaning standards will be well-positioned to compete for this contract. Additionally, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to express interest, as the contract offers the potential for growth and collaboration with a well-established educational authority committed to quality service delivery.

## Notice

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Penwortham Priory Academy (the Client). Contract value approx 260 000 GBP (total for 3 years; 86.6 k EUR per annum approx). Penwortham Priory Academy is an Academy located in the Penwortham area of Preston in Lancashire. The school has approximately 800 pupils. Priory is a school that has the highest expectations of everyone, is caring, progressive with high academic standards, and where individual pupils learn to succeed. The school has some of the finest facilities of any school in Lancashire. An on-going refurbishment programme has allowed the school to develop and maintain state of the art facilities to aid learning and teaching within the school. The school's cleaning services have been contracted out for a number of years and the Client now wishes to put the service out to competitive tender to ensure that it receives best value. It is important to the Client that the successful Supplier works closely with the Client to maintain cleaning standards and provides support to the onsite cleaning team. Some of the cleaning staff have been with the school for a long time. Expressions of interest are invited from Suppliers who have experience of providing cleaning services to schools and who have the appropriate local resource to support the cleaning service at the school. The contract will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years. 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/penwortham_priory_academy The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 6.4.2018 (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/7a3ac288-aec2-4ee2-b4ac-77676be12366 |
| 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 | 30 Apr 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Apr 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Jul 2018 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2018 - 31 Aug 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £430,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £293,751 |
| 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 | PRESTON |
| Post town | Preston |
| Postcode | PR1 0JE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD45 Mid Lancashire |
| Local authority | South Ribble |
| Electoral ward | Howick & Priory |
| Westminster constituency | South Ribble |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BULLOUGHS CLEANING SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 90919300 - School cleaning services

## Release History

- 30 Apr 2019 at 16:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7a3ac288-aec2-4ee2-b4ac-77676be12366
- 6 Mar 2018 at 11:51 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0cf90c01-26c4-4f91-be76-7c9a96754f7e

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7a3ac288-aec2-4ee2-b4ac-77676be12366
  30th April 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0cf90c01-26c4-4f91-be76-7c9a96754f7e
  6th March 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/penwortham_priory_academy
  SQ Documentation ~ Penwortham Priory Academy

## Notice URLs

- http://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk

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