https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/Z6QAT27TM

Concepts

• west sussex
• school cleaning
• https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/z6qat27tm
• cleaning services
• secondary school
• school
• cleaning
• staff
• two current cleaning staff
• the annual contract value

Location

Surrey, East and West Sussex

Description

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 this school. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the pupils and staff at the school.

Total Quantity or Scope

The School Felpham Community College in West Sussex, is a large local authority maintained secondary school with sixth form for 1,600 students and 170 staff. The school premises consist of range of buildings built in the 1970s (South & North Blocks). These buildings were added to in 1996 with the construction of the main block and then the science block in 2003. The media centre was added in 2006 and a new PE changing block was constructed in 2010. The latest addition to the school premises was the Blake Building, a three-storey teaching block, which was completed in 2019. The tender 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 this school. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the pupils and staff at the school. 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 cleaning is as detailed within the tender specification. The contract being tendered is from 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2027 with an option to extend for up to a further two 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. Contract value: The annual contract value is circa £210,807 The value of the new contract is circa £1,054,035 (Current annual contract cost, multiplied by the maximum 5 year term of the contract) Other notes: •Please be advised that this contract will be let on a 3 year + 2 years basis. •Please be advised that there are two current cleaning staff in the LGPS •Please be advised that the cleaning service is currently contracted to Churchill Contract Services •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 winning bidder is required to pay the Litmus tender fee of £5,600 plus VAT, directly to the Litmus Partnership, upon contract award See the SQ Document for further 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.

Legal Justification

August start date

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-West-Sussex:-School-cleaning-services./Z6QAT27TMP" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-West-Sussex:-School-cleaning-services./Z6QAT27TMP To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/Z6QAT27TMP" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/Z6QAT27TMP GO Reference: GO-202431-PRO-25388874