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title: "Cleaning Servicer Contract and Grounds Maintenance Market Engagement"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f97a"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "London Borough of Redbridge"
published: "2026-09-14"
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# Cleaning Servicer Contract and Grounds Maintenance Market Engagement

Buyer: London Borough of Redbridge  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f97a

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## Summary

The London Borough of Redbridge is preparing service contracts for two areas of work: cleaning and soft facilities management for its corporate estates, and comprehensive grounds maintenance across the Council. The cleaning provider would deliver cleaning services alongside soft facilities management services at corporate estate locations throughout the borough. The grounds maintenance provider would maintain Council grounds across Redbridge. The planned market engagement programme is intended for cleaning services providers and grounds maintenance services providers, with the Council seeking to appoint two experienced providers. The engagement event is planned at Ilford Town Hall. This is a services procurement, covering cleaning and sanitation, grounds maintenance, and associated cleaning products and facilities support. Businesses with either specialist cleaning and facilities management capability or grounds maintenance capability should consider the relevant area of work.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the Council has announced its intention to buy the services and is undertaking preliminary market engagement, rather than inviting tenders. Interested parties are expected to submit their interest for the market engagement by 25 September 2026 at 12:00. The Council expects the next notice to be published by 12 February 2027. The planned arrangement is one lot with an estimated gross value of £4,400,000. The anticipated contract period is 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2030, with renewal available until 30 June 2032. The procurement is above the relevant threshold, and the lot is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises. The Council expects to appoint two providers across the service areas.

This will suit experienced service providers able to deliver either commercial cleaning with soft facilities management, or comprehensive grounds maintenance for a local authority estate. Cleaning specialists should be prepared to manage cleaning services alongside wider facilities support across corporate properties and multiple locations within the borough. Grounds maintenance specialists should be able to provide a broad, Council-wide maintenance service rather than a single-site operation. The planned structure allows businesses to focus on the service area matching their expertise, and the buyer has identified the procurement as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises. Providers should use the market engagement stage to explain their relevant experience, delivery model, workforce capability and ability to manage services at the required scale when the procurement reaches the tender stage.

## Notice

The London Borough of Redbridge is inviting interested Cleaning Services providers, and Grounds Maintenance Service providers to attend a Market Engagement programme at its Ilford Town Hall. The Authority will be seeking to appoint two experience providers for the services mentioned above. The successful cleaning service provider will provide cleaning services and also provide Soft Facilities Management Services (SFMS) for its corporate estates in various locations within the borough. The successful Grounds Maintenance services provider will undertake a comprehensive Grounds Maintenance services across the Council.

### Planning Information

The submission of interested parties for the Market Engagement period ends at 12:00 on 25/09/2026

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087015-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 12 Feb 2027 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Jul 2027 - 30 Jun 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,400,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | London Borough of Redbridge |
| Locality | ILFORD |
| Postcode area | Ilford |
| Postcode | IG1 1NN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East |
| ITL 3 | TLI53 Redbridge and Waltham Forest |
| Local authority | Redbridge |
| Electoral ward | Ilford Town |
| Westminster constituency | Ilford South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 39000000 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
- 90900000 - Cleaning and sanitation services

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2026 at 16:01 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087015-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087015-2026
  14th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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