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title: "Meridian Academies Trust ~ Cleaning Tender"
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# Meridian Academies Trust ~ Cleaning Tender

Buyer: MERIDIAN ACADEMIES TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-037fa9

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## Summary

The Meridian Academies Trust has completed a tender process for school cleaning services. The contract, valued at around £9.5 million over a 5-year term, requires a supplier to provide high-quality cleaning services for the Trust's schools. The contract, from 1st August 2023 to 31st July 2026, with a possible 2-year extension, follows a fixed-price structure. The successful contractor must demonstrate innovation, meet specific standards, and maintain cleanliness levels throughout. The procurement method was selective, with a restricted procedure, and a minimum annual turnover of £1 million is required.

This school cleaning tender by the Meridian Academies Trust presents an opportunity for contractors to contribute to the Trust's vision of providing high-quality education within local communities. Businesses in the services industry, particularly those experienced in school cleaning services and capable of meeting BICSc standards, are well-suited to compete. The tender process involved a selective procurement method with detailed requirements, offering potential growth opportunities for contractors with the ability to deliver exceptional cleaning services and fulfil the Trust's strategic ambitions.

## Notice

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Meridian Academies Trust.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Meridian Trust is a successful multi academy trust founded in 2011 on its commitment to people and communities. Every child is known, equally valued and supported to achieve their potential in all our academies. Every community we serve benefits from the facilities and services we provide. We ensure that well run schools retain and develop their distinct contextual identity, while sharing and contributing to our common values, practices, curriculum approaches and operational systems. Our vision is to provide high quality education for all at the heart of local communities and our mission is to deliver, promote and inspire high quality educational provision in schools at the heart of their local communities. The trust has grown rapidly and consists of 28 schools with a further two expected to join in the next year, so we will be over 30 in the very near future. Our strategic ambition is for all our schools to have clean, quality facilities for the students and staff on a consistent basis. This project forms an important part of that strategy and we look forward to receiving bids compatible with that. The value of this contract is circa PS1.9m per annum and therefore the total value of the contract is PS9.5m over the maximum 5 year term. 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 each school in the Trust. 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 contractor to operate to at all times, is being able to provide Schools 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 and standards achieved are as detailed within the Tender Specification. The contract being tendered is from 1st August 2023 until 31st July 2026 with an 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. Other notes: *Please be advised that this contract will be let on a 3 + maximum of 2 years basis. *Please be advised that the Trust has a minimum requirement for a contractor's employers liability/ public liability and professional indemnity insurance of PS10m *The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is PS1m *Please note that this is a growing Trust. Should any other schools join this Trust during the course of this contract, these schools may, at the discretion of the client, be added to this contract. *Please note that whilst the trust is very much looking for one contractor for this contract, each school reserves the right to appoint their preferred supplier and each school reserves the right not to appoint as a result of this process. See SQ Document for more details.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020927-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Dec 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 May 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2023 - 31 Jul 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £9,500,000 |
| Lots value | £9,500,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £11,167,165 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MERIDIAN ACADEMIES TRUST |
| Locality | HUNTINGDON |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode | PE28 5TQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC |
| Local authority | Huntingdonshire |
| Electoral ward | Sawtry |
| Westminster constituency | Huntingdon |
| Delivery location | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, TLF3 Lincolnshire, TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC, TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CHURCHILL CONTRACT SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 90919300 - School cleaning services

## Release History

- 20 Jul 2023 at 11:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020927-2023
- 7 Nov 2022 at 14:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031420-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=796876044
- https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Huntingdon:-School-cleaning-services./FBKJ5J82S6
- https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/

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