St Bernard's High School ~ Cleaning Tender

Concepts

• school cleaning
• st bernard’s high school
• essex
• cleaning services
• high-quality service levels
• st bernard's high school
• productivity of the cleaning operatives
• provision of cleaning services
• school
• management of the contract

Location

Essex

Description

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

Total Quantity or Scope

St Bernard’s High School is a girls’ catholic academy in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex with just under 1000 students and 150 staff. The building starting as a hostelry in the late 1800’s and the most recent extension was completed in 2021. It is full of history and stairs. 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 three years in duration 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2025 with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the client. 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. At present there are 12 cleaning staff employed to clean the school. The current incumbent contractor is Kindred. There are incumbent members of cleaning staff who are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme. Please be advised that the school has a minimum requirement for a contractor’s employers liability/ public liability and professional indemnity insurance of £10m The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is £1m The annual value of the current contract is £134,160 Therefore the value of the term of the contract is £670,800 (annual value of the contract x 5)

CPV Codes

• 90919300 - School cleaning services

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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-Essex:-School-cleaning-services./DW32G7E4P... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/DW32G7E4P5 GO Reference: GO-2022216-PRO-19661354