--- title: "Wyre Forest School ~ Cleaning Tender" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-048368" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-048368" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-048368.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-048368.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "WYRE FOREST SCHOOL" published: "2024-07-22" --- # Wyre Forest School ~ Cleaning Tender Buyer: WYRE FOREST SCHOOL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-048368 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-048368) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-048368.json) ## Summary Wyre Forest School, located in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, is currently in the tender stage for a contract titled "Wyre Forest School ~ Cleaning Tender" under the industry category of "School cleaning services" (CPV 90919300). The procurement process is a restricted procedure, meaning that only select suppliers will be invited to tender. The contract is valued at £682,000 and covers all cleaning services within the school's buildings. The initial contract period is from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028, with a potential extension of two years. The deadline for tender submissions is 6 September 2024, with the second stage of invitations starting on 21 October 2024. This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in cleaning services, particularly those with experience in the educational sector. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with a strong operational presence in the Kidderminster area are well-suited to compete, given the need for local contract support and operational flexibility. A successful bid can lead to long-term business growth through a fixed-price contract guaranteeing both the quality and quantity of cleaning services required. Variant bids will be considered alongside conforming bids, though each bidder must also provide a conforming bid. The contract stipulates monthly management reporting, ensuring ongoing engagement with the school's senior management team, which can further establish a service provider’s reputation and reliability in the education sector. ## Notice The successful Supplier will be required to provide Cleaning Services for Wyre Forest School. ### Lot Information Lot 1 We are a broad-spectrum special needs school for children aged 3 to 19. We also have Russell House, a 16-bed weekly residential unit. We have only been in our building since April 2015. Before this the school was on two sites following the Wyre Forest restructuring in 2011 (Bewdley Road site, formerly Blakebrook, and Comberton Road site, formerly Stourminster). We share our campus with St John's Church of England School and Baxter College. Our Early Years Hub includes a Nursery Assessment Class, which can take up to 25 children. We have a state-of-the-art science lab housed within Baxter College. We also have a vocational hub and a Sixth Form which prepares children for life after school. Offsite we run the award-winning Blossom Tree Cafe in Springfield Park. We work tirelessly to meet the needs of all the children, so they develop and progress academically, socially, emotionally and physically. Our values of enthusiasm, resilience, honesty, teamwork and trust shine out from all that we do. We have an exciting curriculum which is broad and balanced and make the use of our specialist facilities, including soft play, dark room, sensory rooms, vocational hub, hydropool, gym and riding for the disabled. We are also a communication specialist school and use sign-a-long, PECS and communication passports. We are passionate about the benefits of outdoor education from Forest Schools and The John Muir Award to outdoor pursuits, working the land and exploring the Wyre Forest. This work is crucial in building emotional resilience, teamwork and independence. The contract will commence on 1 April 2025 for an initial period of three years, ending on 31 March 2028, with the opportunity to extend for a further period of two years at the discretion of the governing body. This contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful Supplier guaranteeing both the number of input hours to the contract and the quality of cleaning provision. We are seeking a suitably experienced Supplier who has current experience of working within the school marketplace, ideally with a strong operational base within the Kidderminster area, thus allowing for both adequate contract support and operational flexibility that is to be delivered to support the contract as and when required moving forwards into this contract term. The scope of the contract covers all cleaning provision within the school buildings. 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 school senior management team on the contract performance. Please see SQ Document for more information. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022722-2024 | | Notice type | Tender 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 | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Jul 2024 | | Submission deadline | 6 Sep 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2030 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £682,000 | | Lots value | £682,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WYRE FOREST SCHOOL | | Locality | WORCESTERSHIRE | | Post town | Dudley | | Postcode | DY11 6FA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | | ITL 3 | TLG12 Worcestershire CC | | Local authority | Wyre Forest | | Electoral ward | Blakebrook & Habberley South | | Westminster constituency | Wyre Forest | | Delivery location | TLG12 Worcestershire CC | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90919300 - School cleaning services ## Release History - 22 Jul 2024 at 15:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022722-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/5H9Z6745QP - https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Worcestershire:-School-cleaning-services./5H9Z6745QP - https://www.wfs.worcs.sch.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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