St Bart's Multi Academy Trust - Internal Cleaning

Concepts

• school cleaning
• stoke on trent
• st bart's multi academy trust
• internal cleaning
• trust's academy primary
• internal cleaning services
• cleaning staff
• approximate cleaning area
• trust's agent
• additional primary academy's cleaning contract ends

Location

In and around Stoke on Trent

Description

Internal cleaning of 13 primary schools in and around Stoke on Trent. Cleaning area of approximately 22,500 square metres. Initial contract award of three years with an option to extend for a further two years.

Total Quantity or Scope

Internal cleaning services for 12 of the Trust's Academy Primary schools all of which have a service commencement date of 1st September 2021. The approximate cleaning area is 22,500 square metres. There are approximately 3,900 pupils across the 12 schools. This contract involves the transfer of approximately 50 existing cleaning staff of which 26 are members of 4 Local Government Pension Schemes. (LGPS). TUPE regulations therefore apply to this contract. Bidders should be aware that they will be expected to manage the process of transferring all staff to their employment along with arranging for 'Admitted Body' status with the 4 relevant pension funds. Normally any actuarial costs associated with the LGPS pension scheme will be expected to be absorbed by the successful bidder. Bidders must therefore be able to demonstrate relevant experience of TUPE transfers and dealing with the issues associated with existing LGPS members transferring to their employment. An additional Primary Academy's cleaning contract ends on 31/8/2022, and the new contract from this date will be initially awarded to the winner of this competition.

Renewal Options

Possible two year extension after the initial three years

CPV Codes

• 90919300 - School cleaning services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Performance considerations apply.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

An expression of interest in this tender by buyers must be made by submitting a PQQ which may be obtained by emailing the Trust's Agent (Snowberry Consulting Ltd) at jon@snowberryconsulting.co.uk The PQQ must submitted prior to or on the deadline date for responding to this notice. Incomplete PQQ submissions will result in an immediate disqualification from this tender process. Bidders wishing to participate in the tender process, must do so by completing and submitting a PQQ by noon on the 26th February 2021. Requests for the PQQ and the final PQQ submission must be made to the Trust's Agent (Snowberry Consulting Ltd) by emailing jon@snowberryconsulting.co.uk Completion of the PQQ does not guarantee inclusion in stage 2 of the tender process as a maximum of five participants will go through to the second stage using a pre-determined PQQ assessment and scoring matrix. (MT Ref:221763)