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title: "Penair School ~ Cleaning Tender"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-038a15"
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buyer: "PENAIR SCHOOL"
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# Penair School ~ Cleaning Tender

Buyer: PENAIR SCHOOL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-038a15

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## Summary

The Penair School is seeking a supplier to provide comprehensive cleaning services for the school, with a focus on daily and periodic cleaning. The contract will start on August 1, 2023, for an initial three-year period, with the option to extend for two more years. The successful supplier will need to guarantee the quality of cleaning provision and commit to a fixed price contract. This opportunity falls under the school cleaning services category and is at the award stage, with the contract value set at £716,359 in GBP.

This tender presents a lucrative opportunity for cleaning service providers, especially those with experience in the education sector. Small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can also compete, given that the contracting authority has expressed interest in including a diverse range of suppliers. Businesses must ensure compliance with the tender requirements and submit their bids before the specified deadline to be considered for this procurement opportunity at Penair School in Truro, Cornwall.

## Notice

The successful Supplier will be required to provide a comprehensive cleaning service, including daily term time and non-term time periodic cleaning, for Penair School.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Penair School is a fully inclusive mixed comprehensive school that serves pupils aged 11-16 from the Truro area and further afield. The core values of our school's ethos are Pride, Belonging, Learning and Opportunity. The School is seeking a suitably experienced contractor who has current experience of working within the education sector, preferably within Secondary establishments to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of contracts of a similar size and nature. Ideally the successful contractor will have a strong operational base within Cornwall, thus allowing for both adequate contract support and operational flexibility that is to be delivered to support the contract as and when needed moving forwards into this contract term. The scope of the contract covers all of the cleaning provision within the School. This includes term time daily cleaning, plus a number of weeks for holiday and periodic cleaning during non-term time to provide a deeper clean of the School and its buildings to ensure they are suitably prepared for the beginning of each academic term. The requirement of the School is that the successful contractor provides a clean and functioning premises, as per the specification, that is fit for purpose at all times through delivering the guaranteed level of input hours. As part of that requirement the successful contractor is to be proactive in the management of the contract with open lines of communication. That communication must include frequent and proactively provided management information, as well as operating an open book policy. TUPE is expected to apply and it is anticipated that some employees may be members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and therefore the successful contractor would be expected to gain Admitted Body Status (ABS) in order to continue contributing to the scheme. A robust level of management support must be provided by the successful contractor to ensure that the detailed specification is delivered within the contract on a consistent basis within the contract period. The Contractor may be asked to undertake works not included in this Specification. Aside from the cost of materials, where possible additional works should be delivered within the hours of the existing cleaning operatives or, where necessary, provided by additional staff paid for on an agreed hourly basis or by a quoted fixed price. The successful Supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the senior management team within Penair School on the contract performance. The successful contractor will be expected to put forwards both innovation and their proposals for making this contract more environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral moving into this contract term both by way of contract delivery, and also within the successful contractor's organisation. The contract will commence on 01 August 2023 for an initial contract period of three years, with the option to extend the contract for a further two 12-month periods. This extension will be granted by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract. The contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful Supplier also guaranteeing the number of input hours to the contract as well as the quality of the cleaning provision. Financial constraints affecting all schools mean that a robust and cost-effective solution must be provided. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/R792C63ZE4

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021000-2023 |
| 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 | 27 Jan 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Jun 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2023 - 31 Jul 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £675,000 |
| Lots value | £675,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £716,359 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | PENAIR SCHOOL |
| Locality | TRURO |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode | TR1 1TN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Electoral ward | Truro Tregolls |
| Westminster constituency | Truro and Falmouth |
| Delivery location | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |

## 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 15:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021000-2023
- 2 Dec 2022 at 10:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034149-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=797047859
- https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/R792C63ZE4
- https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Truro:-School-cleaning-services./R792C63ZE4
- https://penair.cornwall.sch.uk/

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