United Kingdom-Oxford: Acer Trust (South Hub) – Cleaning Services (2025)

Acer Trust (South Hub) is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily cleaning service at Icknield Community College.The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months. The contract commencement date is 01 September 2025.The contract is for a full daily cleaning service during term time and periodic cleaning outside of term time.TUPE is expected to apply, details of which can be found in the tender documentation.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT:594000 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90919300
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
Main site or place of performance:
Icknield Community College, Love Lane, Watlington, OX49 5RB

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Acer Trust (South Hub) is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily cleaning service at Icknield Community College.The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months. The contract commencement date is 01 September 2025.The contract is for a full daily cleaning service during term time and periodic cleaning outside of term time.TUPE is expected to apply, details of which can be found in the tender documentation.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT:594000 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal:no
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Maximum number:5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:Objective criteria as detailed in the tender document.A maximum of five suppliers will be taken forward to the Invitation to Tender stage of the process. Where less than five suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the Invitation to Tender stage. Where more than five suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the Invitation to Tender stage.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: yes
Description of options:The contract will be awarded for an initial period of three years with two possible extensions of 12 months meaning a maximum contract length of five years.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no
II.2.14) Additional information:The duration detailed above includes the initial term of three years as well as the two optional contract extension periods of 12 months each.

III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2025-02-24 Local time: 17:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date: 2025-03-28
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN

VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement:yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:Further notices will be published in 2027, 2028 or 2029 dependent on the exercising of contract extension options.
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: High Court
Postal address:Strand
Town:London
Postal code:WC2A 2LL
Country:United Kingdom
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Acer Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: High Court
Town:London
Country:United Kingdom
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2025-01-20