Published date: 3 October 2018

Last edited date: 3 October 2018

This notice was replaced on 20 February 2019

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Awarded contract (published 20 February 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • School cleaning services - 90919300

Location of contract

E10 5DN

Value of contract

£615,000

Procurement reference

2018/S 174-394826

Published date

3 October 2018

Closing date

16 October 2018

Contract start date

1 February 2019

Contract end date

31 January 2024

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 at George Mitchell School.

George Mitchell School is a popular and successful all-through school educating children across 3 phases: Early Years, Primary and Secondary. We have almost 1 000 children from nursery age to year 11. Being an all-through school gives us great opportunities to tailor our curriculum and provision to the needs of every child and we are continuously looking at ways to stretch and challenge our students.

The new secondary school was opened in October 2017 and the new primary school is scheduled for occupation 31.10.2018.

The tender project is seeking to appoint a Supplier whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the school facilities. The high quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the pupils and staff.

The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful Supplier to operate to at all times, is being able to provide a school that is fit for purpose and that the Supplier is proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all specifications are achieved and that the frequency of cleans is as detailed within the tender specification.

The contract being tendered is for 3 years in duration from 1.2.2019 until 31.1.2022 with the option to extend upon agreement with the Client for a further 2-year period. The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the Supplier invoicing the Client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis.

It should be noted that the successful Supplier will be expected to bring to the contract: innovation; new equipment; and cleaning methods, with BICSc standards being achieved, as a minimum, thus ensuring that the highest levels of cleanliness are maintained in all areas at all times and also ensuring that the productivity of the cleaning operatives is enhanced moving forward into the new contract term.

At present there are 14 cleaning staff employed at this school where the structure is:

- 2 supervisors,

- 12 cleaning staff.

Please note the above structure and costs relate to the current cleaning provision, where as noted above the school will be in 2 buildings from the start of this contract which is a different arrangement to current, as they are waiting to move into the new Primary building.

The current incumbent contractor is Atlas Cleaning.

There are incumbent members of cleaning staff who are members of the LGPS.

The annual value of the current contract is 123 000 GBP.

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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/george_mitchell_school

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 16.10.2018 (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

George Mitchell School
Hogfair Lane
Leyton
E10 5DN
England

Email

pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Website

http://www.gmschool.co.uk