--- title: "Queen Elizabeth's School ~ Cleaning Tender" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-031532" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-031532" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-031532.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-031532.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL" published: "2022-02-09" --- # Queen Elizabeth's School ~ Cleaning Tender Buyer: QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-031532 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-031532) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-031532.json) ## Summary The procurement process involves Queen Elizabeth's School, located in Hertfordshire, which has issued a tender for cleaning services. The tender, titled "Queen Elizabeth's School ~ Cleaning Tender," falls under the school cleaning services category. While the procurement stage has progressed to the award phase, the tender has been cancelled. The initial contract is set to run from 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2025, with an option for a two-year extension. The estimated total value of the contract is £700,000 over the five years, based on an annual value of £140,000, with a minimum annual turnover requirement of £1 million for interested companies. This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses specialising in cleaning services, particularly those that are small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Interested firms that can innovate and demonstrate high-quality service levels are likely to find this contract appealing. With the expectation of new cleaning methods and equipment to enhance productivity and maintain cleanliness standards, companies that can meet these criteria and have experience managing similar contracts may gain a competitive advantage. Additionally, as this is a fixed-price contract, suppliers will need to ensure efficient operations to maximise profitability. ## Notice The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Queen Elizabeth's School. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School in Barnet is an 11-18 fully comprehensive state school with approximately 1200 students and 150 staff. We are proud to consistently be over-subscribed and a school of choice within the local community, with a strong reputation for educating women of the future. Our consistently high examination results place us in the top 1% of all schools nationally, which is an incredible achievement for a fully comprehensive state school. We continue to build on our strong results year on year and we are an emerging centre of excellence for a number of areas of our practice, having gained SSAT and DFE recognition. We occupy a beautiful site with 29 acres of land, being conveniently located directly opposite High Barnet tube station. We have a range of buildings including: *A main Victorian block dating back to 1888 (with various extensions over the years) *A large sports centre and swimming pool *The Meadway block which was opened in the 1960s *The Lindani block which was opened in 2010. Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School prides itself on its high standards across the board and we seek to provide an optimal learning environment which will support our students to flourish. We have invested significantly on further improving our facilities and we have ambitious plans for future expansion in order to support our school to become a centre of excellence for STEM subjects. 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 the school. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the pupils and staff. The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful contractor to operate to at all times, is being able to provide a School that is 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 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2025 with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the client. The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the Contractor invoicing the Client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis. It should be noted that the successful contractor 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. Current cleaning arrangement: *At present there are 13 cleaning staff employed *The current incumbent contractor is DB Services *There are not any incumbent members of cleaning staff who are members of the LGPS *Please be advised that the school has a minimum requirement for a contractor's employers liability/ public liability and professional indemnity insurance of PS10 million. *The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is PS1m *The annual value of the current contract is PS140,000 *Therefore the value of the term of the contract is PS700,000 (annual value of the contract x 5) *Please be advised that the winning contractor of this tender will be required to pay the cost of this tender directly to the Litmus Partnership upon contract award, of PS4,950+VAT. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003735-2022 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Feb 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 9 Feb 2022 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Cancelled | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Unsuccessful | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL | | Locality | HERTFORDSHIRE | | Post town | Enfield | | Postcode | EN5 4DQ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West | | ITL 3 | TLI71 Barnet | | Local authority | Barnet | | Electoral ward | High Barnet | | Westminster constituency | Chipping Barnet | | Delivery location | TLH23 Hertfordshire CC | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90919300 - School cleaning services ## Release History - 9 Feb 2022 at 14:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003735-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=665835200 - https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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