Presdales School ~ Cleaning Tender

Concepts

• school cleaning
• presdales school
• hertfordshire
• school overview
• cleaning services
• selective girls school
• ware grammar school
• comprehensive school
• provision of cleaning services
• productivity of the cleaning operatives

Location

Hertfordshire

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Presdales School.

Total Quantity or Scope

School Overview: Presdales School is a 11-18 non-selective girls school, with boys welcomed in to the Sixth Form. We have a long tradition of providing an outstanding education for our students. Formerly Ware Grammar School for Girls, which opened in 1906, we became Presdales School in the mid-1960s, and a fully comprehensive school in the early 1970s. The mansion house which fronts the school and our stunning grounds provide a calm and relaxed atmosphere for our school community. Presdales School turned into an academy in 2012 and currently has 1200 students. 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 September 2022 to 31st August 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. Current Cleaning Arrangement: At present there are 10 cleaning staff employed where the structure is: 3 cleaners on 25-hour contracts 7 cleaners on 10-hour contracts Morning clean - 6 cleaners at 2hrs each Afternoon clean - 10 cleaners in, 6 at 2hrs, 2 at 3hrs, 2 at 2.5 hrs The service is currently run-in house There are incumbent members of cleaning staff who are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) 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 £105,000 (this is the total cost of your cleaning staff plus the cost of all cleaning materials) Therefore the value of the term of the contract is £525,000 (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-Hertfordshire:-School-cleaning-services./6... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/6HE2SK7QDF GO Reference: GO-202232-PRO-19728578