Truro & Penwith Academy Trust (TPAT) ~ Cleaning Tender

Concepts

• school cleaning
• bodmin
• helston
• st austel
• cornwall
• term time daily cleaning
• periodic cleaning
• penwith academy trust
• a comprehensive cleaning service
• the existing cleaning operatives

Location

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide a comprehensive cleaning service for Truro & Penwith Academy Trust, otherwise known as TPAT.

Total Quantity or Scope

The duration of the contract being offered is for an initial three-year period commencing on 01 September 2024, with the potential to extend for a further two 12-month periods. This extension will be granted by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract without the right to further extend beyond the full five years. The scope of the contract covers all of the cleaning provision within each of the Schools. This includes term time daily cleaning, plus a number of weeks for holiday and periodic cleaning during non-term time to provide a deeper clean of the Schools and their buildings to ensure they are suitably prepared for the beginning of each academic term. The 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 the cleaning provision. Financial constraints affecting all schools mean that a robust and cost-effective solution must be provided. While the Trust will be the principal contracting authority, each School will have its own individual budget for input hours reconciliation. The Contractor may be asked to undertake works not included in this Specification. Aside from the cost of materials, where possible additional works should be delivered within the hours of the existing cleaning operatives or, where necessary, provided by additional staff paid for on an agreed hourly basis or by a quoted fixed price. Currently, the cleaning services across each of these Schools are outsourced and TUPE is expected to apply. It is anticipated that a number of employees are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and therefore the successful contractor will be expected to gain Admitted Body Status (ABS) in order to continue contributing to the scheme. Please see SQ document for more information.

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: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Cornwall:-School-cleaning-services./4P82CM62DM" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Cornwall:-School-cleaning-services./4P82CM62DM To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/4P82CM62DM" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/4P82CM62DM GO Reference: GO-20231211-PRO-24739001