Published date: 22 December 2017

This notice was replaced on 5 July 2018

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

Awarded contract (published 5 July 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • School cleaning services - 90919300

Location of contract

DN3 3QF

Value of contract

£660,000

Procurement reference

2017/S 246-515104

Published date

22 December 2017

Closing date

26 January 2018

Contract start date

1 August 2018

Contract end date

31 July 2021

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

The successful supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for The McAuley Catholic High School.

The McAuley Catholic High School is an 11-18 Catholic academy which serves Doncaster and surrounding areas. We achieved academy status in May 2014. We are an oversubscribed, highly successful school that constantly strives to improve in every area of school life. Our examination results are well above the national average and as a result of this combined with our strong Catholic, Christian ethos means students thrive.

The headteacher John Rooney and key members of the senior leadership team joined the School in September 2017. He indicates; 'the values of compassion, aspiration, reconciliation, equality and stewardship (McAuley CARES) are central to how we work.

The successful supplier will be required to provide cleaning services at The McAuley Catholic High School services at both upper and lower sites, which are 0.5 miles apart, the upper site being co-located with a stand-alone 6th form centre.

The contract will commence on 1 August 2018 for a period of 3 years.

This contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful supplier also 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 secondary school or HE / FE marketplace, ideally with a strong operational base within the Doncaster 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.

In support of the client's high expectations of the cleaning service, suppliers are required to ensure that the living wage is factored into their proposals for all cleaning employees. It is anticipated the successful supplier shall introduce a biometric sign-in system to validate and report on staff hours worked.

The scope of the contract covers all cleaning provision within both sites at The McAuley Catholic High School, which are within a half-mile radius. 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 the academy on the contract performance.

The projected cost of cleaning for the current year is circa £ 220 000 across both sites, however, it is believed that through equipment and cleaning material innovation and the effective recruitment, training and supervision of cleaning staff there is considerable opportunity for improvement.


More information

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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: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/the_mcauley_catholic_high_school

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 26.1.2018 (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

The McAuley Catholic High School
Cantley Lane
Doncaster
DN3 3QF
England

Email

pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Website

http://www.mcauley.org.uk