Published date: 15 November 2018

This notice was replaced on 28 August 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 28 August 2019)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • School cleaning services - 90919300

Location of contract

N8 9JF

Value of contract

£400,000

Procurement reference

2018/S 218-499558

Published date

15 November 2018

Closing date

10 December 2018

Contract start date

3 June 2019

Contract end date

2 June 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Hornsey School for Girls is the only all-girl secondary school located in the borough of Haringey, situated in the Hornsey/Crouch End area of North London. With a strong history of high performance, the school was awarded 'Good' following the last short Ofsted inspection and lauded across all categories. Inspectors praised the strong leadership, high quality teaching and learning, ambitious and aspirational students, and committed staff.

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services at Hornsey School for Girls.

Basis of Contract

The contract is anticipated to be awarded at or shortly after Easter 2019 for a period of 3 years on a fixed price basis.

The turnover of the contract is estimated at 400 000 GBP.

Objectives

The appointed Supplier will preferably be Corporate Members of BICSc and have significant experience of delivering quality cleaning services within school premises. The Supplier should have suitable experience and expertise of successfully managing the TUPE process and as a consequence be experienced at managing and willing to apply for Admitted Body Status in order to administer any transferring staff under TUPE that are currently within the LGPS (local Government Pension Scheme).

The Supplier should also have a strong operational base in London and have adequate local contract support and operational flexibility as and when needed

Ultimately, it is important that the Supplier can demonstrate an ability to deliver productivity and efficiencies through the application of best practice and innovation and as a result will be expected to deliver sustainable quality and "best value" to the Client.


More information

Links

Additional text

Interest in the selection process should be expressed via email only to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk clearly stating within this email which contract / notice you are referring to. Please also provide, as a minimum, a contact name, full company postal address and telephone number.

The Selection Questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: ttp://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/hornsey_school_for_girls

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 10.12.2018 (12:00). Suppliers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time.

Documents in respect of economic / financial standing (where indicated in the Selection Questionnaire) shall be returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time.

It will be the Supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time.

The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this Contract Notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time.

The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity.

The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid.


About the buyer

Contact name

The Litmus Partnership

Address

Hornsey School for Girls
Inderwick Road, Crouch End
London
N8 9JF
England

Email

pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Website

http://www.hsg.haringey.sch.uk