St Mary's Catholic School ~ Cleaning Tender

Concepts

• school cleaning
• st. mary’s catholic school
• hertfordshire
• st mary's catholic school
• cleaning tender
• cleaning services
• st mary’s catholic school
• current cleaning arrangement
• provision of cleaning services
• outstanding’ secondary school

Location

Hertfordshire

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for St Mary’s Catholic School.

Total Quantity or Scope

St. Mary’s Catholic School in Bishop’s Stortford is an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ secondary school of approaching 1,150 students (Sept 2021) and 150 staff. There are a range of buildings or ‘blocks’, which have benefitted from an on-going cycle of renovation, including a recently competed renovation of the Victorian and Georgian blocks, which are due to soon return to their original function as the front of the school. Other projects recently completed include renovation of the Science laboratories, and of the maths and RE teaching classrooms. The school are due to start work on renovations of the Design & Technology facilities in the summer 2021. The school is heavily oversubscribed with over 720 applicants for Y7 admission for September 2021, this takes the school to offering a double bulge of 210 intake to meet with demand. St. Mary’s Catholic School are proud of the holistic focus of the school in order to develop students academically, spiritually, emotionally and physically. There is a true sense of community, where every student and member of staff can feel valued and plays their part. Tender information: The tender project is seeking to appoint a contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the facilities for the school. 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 contractor to operate to at all times, is being able to provide a School that is fit for purpose and that the Contractor 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 two years in duration 1st September 2021 to 31st August 2023 with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years at the discretion of the client. St. Mary’s is in the final stages of becoming a Multi Academy Trust with 7 other schools. As an 8 school Trust, there is a possibility that all 8 schools may look to tender their cleaning services under one Trust wide contract for 1st September 2023 (yet to be confirmed) The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the Contractor invoicing the Client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis. It should be noted that the successful contractor 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. Current cleaning arrangement: At present there are 6 cleaning staff employed directly by the school which includes a working supervisor who also carries out cleaning duties as required during the day. There are also cleaning staff provided by a cleaning contractor (no fixed contract). There are 7 staff in total with 2 working in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. The current service is currently run In-House, supported by a daily rate contract boost from a third-party company which cleans around 1/3 of the site. There are incumbent members of cleaning staff who are members of the LGPS Please see the SQ document for more details.

CPV Codes

• 90919300 - School cleaning services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/78JAGAXWKV 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-Hertfordshire:-School-cleaning-services./7... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/78JAGAXWKV GO Reference: GO-2021324-PRO-17980635