Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Trust ~ Cleaning Tender

Concepts

• school cleaning
• suffolk
• newmarket
• haverhill
• cambridge
• cleaning services
• catholic values
• catholic high school
• laurence catholic primary school
• felix catholic primary school

Location

Suffolk

Description

Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Trust delivers outstanding educational, spiritual and moral outcomes for all children regardless of their faith or backgrounds within an ethos based on full inclusion, high expectations, innovation, outstanding teaching and learning, and a relentless focus on the needs and potential of every child.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Trust is a Catholic-based, child-centred MAT. We are founded on Catholic values which underpin every social, academic and pastoral relationship and the related behaviours which act as live witness to our Faith. Inspired and supported by these values, we seek to develop the characteristics of effective learners in our children so that, whatever their future holds, they can approach this with character, confidence, resilience and a Christ-centred moral compass. The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services the Trust at the following locations; •St Alban’s Catholic High School, Digby Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 3NJ •St Laurence Catholic Primary School, Arbury Road, Cambridge CB4 2JX •St Louis Catholic Academy, Fordham Road, Newmarket CB8 7AA •St Felix Catholic Primary School, School Ln, Haverhill CB9 9DE The contract covers the scope for the provision of all cleaning services at each of the above schools. The overall emphasis for this service is on achieving ‘best value’ and the successful Supplier will be expected to demonstrate innovation, flexibility and commercialism. The contract being offered commences on 1 September 2024 for an initial three year period and will operate on a fixed cost basis. Although the contract commencement date is 1 September 2024, unless otherwise agreed there will be no cleaning provision required until start of Term (c.5th September 2024). Please note that the successful Supplier will pay The Litmus Partnership a consultancy fee on award of this contract, which will be to the value of £8,000.00 plus VAT. This fee will be invoiced immediately after the contract award (w/c 28 June 2024). To ensure transparency, you will clearly show within your management fee a breakdown of this consultancy fee, over the length of the contract. The total full fee will be paid by the successful Supplier, in full to The Litmus Partnership, by no later than 26th July 2024. The approximate current value of this contract is £615,000. Please see SQ document for more information.

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

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-Suffolk:-School-cleaning-services./3WGAK3EMBE" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Suffolk:-School-cleaning-services./3WGAK3EMBE To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/3WGAK3EMBE" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/3WGAK3EMBE GO Reference: GO-2024219-PRO-25255420