Publication Date: 04/02/2026
Deadline Date: 08/05/2026
Reference: TKR-20260204-FTS-34524948
Value of Contact: £500,000
Estimated Annual Value: £166,667
Type of Procedure: Services Contract
Nature of Procurement: Invitation to Tender (Contract Notice)
Description:
The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for the St Augustine Academy.
The current contract value is equivalent to £200k per annum.
St Augustine Academy is a large state school of currently 699 secondary school pupils, and is part of the Woodard Academies Trust. The Trust has an impressive heritage as part of the Woodard family of schools, created by founder Nathaniel Woodard in 1848 with the aim of providing an education based on Christian values and a belief in nurturing and enriching each individual child.
This is an exciting time for the Trust who have recently launched an ambitious new five-year strategy to continue to drive up standards, nurture and educate our children into successful adults, develop, and recruit the best teachers, work collaboratively in our local area, and grow our Trust in geographical clusters.
The school has a mixture of buildings some of which are very modern and some legacy buildings across the campus – some areas of which are quite challenging to clean.
The school currently has an in-house cleaning team and has additional coverage of site team operators (not transferring) who carry out a mixture of reactive and prescribed tasks. Current deployment of cleaners has an early shift and a post school shift for the main cleaning effort which makes the service difficult to supervise. Over time, the school stakeholders can see the potential benefit in moving towards post school cleaning supported by effective school day support – using this methodology, it should be easier to audit and manage output.
The ITT process will look to suppliers to identify the optimal use of current hours and exacting evening cleaning standards and supervision. Currently some staff are working split shifts pre and post school, which is not necessarily seen by school stakeholders as being fully efficient.
Please see PSQ document for more information.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https:
//litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Kent:-School-cleaning-services./VJ6R548MS3
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https:
//litmustms.co.uk/respond/VJ6R548MS3
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value (including VAT)
600,000
Currency
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title
Contract/Lot No
1
II.2.2) CPV codes
Main CPV code
90919300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
UKJ4 – Kent
II.2.5) Award Criteria
Quality
Name:
Criterion 1
Weighting:
70
Price
Name:
Criterion 2
Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Contract dates (estimated)
Start
2026-08-01 00:
00
End
2029-07-31 23:
59
Duration
3 years
III)
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
IV)
Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive flexible procedure
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement
Yes
IV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure
Information about national procedures is available at
Please see PSQ Document for more information.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Tender period dates
Enquiry deadline
2026-03-06 12:
00
Estimated award decision date
2026-06-08 23:
59
IV.2.2) Tender submission deadline
2026-05-08 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
VI)
Complementary information
Link to source/bidding documents
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009916-2026
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
2026-02-04 12:05
Awarding Authority:
St Augustine Academy ~ Part of Woodard Academies Trust Postal address: St Augustine Academy, Oakwood Road, Maidstone Town: Kent Region: UKJ45 Postal code: ME16 8AE Country: United Kingdom Telephone: 01276 673896 Email: [email protected]
