Construction Contract Leads
South East
Category Services
Type
No. of Lots 1
Status Active
Published 18th Feb 2025
Reference | ocds-h6vhtk-04e332 |
Common Procurement Vocabulary | School cleaning services |
Procurement Method | Restricted procedure |
Value | £1,535,850 |
South East
Category Services
Type
No. of Lots 1
Status Active
Published 18th Feb 2025
Reference | ocds-h6vhtk-04e332 |
Common Procurement Vocabulary | School cleaning services |
Procurement Method | Restricted procedure |
Value | £1,535,850 |
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Marlow Education Trust
SIr William Borlase's Grammar School, West Street
Marlow
SL7 2BR
tenders [at] litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
I.1) Name and addresses
Beechview Academy
Guinions Road
High Wycombe
HP13 7NT
tenders [at] litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
I.1) Name and addresses
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School
West Street
Marlow
SL7 2BR
tenders [at] litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
I.1) Name and addresses
Great Marlow School
Bobmore Lane
Marlow
SL7 1JE
tenders [at] litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
I.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Marlow Education Trust ~ Cleaning Tender
II.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90919300 - School cleaning services
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Cleaning services for Marlow Education Trust at the following Schools:
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,535,850
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Main site or place of performance
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Cleaning services for Marlow Education Trust at the following Schools:
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School
West Street, Marlow SL7 2BR
Beechview Academy
Guinions Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7NT
Great Marlow School
Bobmore Lane, Marlow, SL7 1JE
About
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School
This school marked its 400th-anniversary last year and is a prestigious secondary grammar school with a long-standing legacy dating back to 1624. The school proudly occupies its original structures but has grown significantly over the years with the addition of supplementary buildings. The most recent addition to the school's impressive facilities is a state-of-the-art sports hall completed in 2021. Additionally, the main dining area and kitchens have been refurbished, and a new dining area has been constructed specifically for sixth-form students. With excellent facilities, the school offers high-quality teaching and learning across the curriculum, with a strong focus on extracurricular programs such as sports, dance, drama, and musical theatre.
The school is mixed gender with approximately 1100 students aged between 11 to 18. (Year 7 to sixth-form).
For further information, visit the school website at Home - Sir William Borlase's Grammar School ()
Beechview Academy
Beechview is a small Junior school located in east High Wycombe primarily focusing on Key Stage 2 (Year 3 to Year 6). Since joining the Trust in 2016, it has had significant investment in transforming the facilities of the school. The school has approximately 172 pupils.
For further information, visit the school website at Home | Beechview Academy
Great Marlow School
Is a large secondary school in Marlow that continues to grow and is in a position to be an oversubscribed school of choice. Since 2015, and with the support of local authority funding, there has been an extensive building program. This includes new performing arts facilities, and a stunning two-storey block adjacent to the hall, which contains seven new classrooms and a revamped school entrance. At the same time, the size of the dining facilities has been doubled.
The school is mixed-gender, with approximately 1,450 students aged 11 to 18, of which 250 are sixth-formers.
For further information, visit the school website at Great Marlow School
Basis of Contract
The Trust is initiating a tender process to appoint an experienced cleaning contractor who brings initiative and innovation to deliver cleaning services across its schools. As the Trust continues to grow, it seeks a bidder who has the potential to expand alongside it. Therefore, the Trust is looking for a high-quality service that maintains excellent standards, creating a pleasant environment for both students and staff at all schools within the Trust.
The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful contractor to operate at all times, is being able to provide a service to the Schools 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.
See SQ Document for more information
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £1,535,850
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 August 2025
End date
31 March 2031
This contract is subject to renewal
No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Maximum number: 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
A minimum of 5 suppliers and a maximum of 10 suppliers will be taken forward to the tender stage of the process. Where less than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the tender stage. Where more than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the tender stage.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
II.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section III. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section IV. Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
Accelerated procedure
Justification:
Current contract end date
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
21 March 2025
Local time
12:00pm
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
16 May 2025
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section VI. Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional 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:
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GO Reference: GO-2025218-PRO-29473780
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Marlow Education Trust
SIr William Borlase's Grammar School, West Street
Marlow
SL7 2BR
Country
United Kingdom