Publication Date: 26/06/2024

Deadline Date: 02/08/2024

Reference: TKR-2024624-PRO-26692622

Value of Contact: £1,061,975

Estimated Annual Value: £212,395

Type of Procedure: Services Contract

Nature of Procurement: Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Sale Grammar School

Description:

School cleaning services. The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Sale Grammar School.

Sale Grammar School is an 11 to 18 coeducational school based in Sale, in the south of Greater Manchester. Admission to the school is by an entrance test, administered by the school, and the majority of students are drawn from Sale and the surrounding areas.

The school is a caring and well-disciplined school, focused on ensuring that all students realise their potential. It is a happy school, with an energetic and talented staff committed to preserving high standards. Everybody has a part to play in the school and the opinions and ideas of each individual are listened to and respected. Teamwork is highly valued, but so too are initiative and originality. We aim to be the perfect blend of tradition and innovation.

The school was last inspected in June 2022. Ofsted inspectors judged the school to be ‘Outstanding’ in all areas.

The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on April 1st 2025, and concluding on March 31st 2028.
The contract will be on a guaranteed performance basis offering a fixed annual return and or subsidy to the school. There will be the option to extend the contract for a further term of two years.

This contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful Supplier also guaranteeing the number of input hours to the contract as well as the quality of cleaning provision.

Please see SQ document for more information.

Award criteria: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
A minimum of 5 suppliers and a maximum of 10 suppliers will be taken forward to the tender stage of the process. Where less than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the tender stage. Where more than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the tender stage.

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

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.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Cheshire:-School-cleaning-services./3V3FM4FTFG

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/3V3FM4FTFG

Awarding Authority:

Sale Grammar School
Marsland Road
Sale
Cheshire
M33 3NH

Tel: +44 1276673880
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: https://www.salegrammar.co.uk/