Tender

Window, High Level and Grounds Cleaning Services

  • NEUPC Ltd
  • North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-003449

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-043692

Published 1 February 2024, 7:05pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NEUPC Ltd

Phoenix House, 3 South Parade

Leeds

LS1 5QX

Contact

Steven Hogg

Email

s.hogg@neupc.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 1134871754

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://neupc.ac.uk/

Buyer's address

https://neupc.ac.uk/

one.1) Name and addresses

North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd

Room 404, 4th Floor, Crescent House, University of Salford

Manchester

M5 4WT

Email

Laura.Hills@nwupc.ac.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.nwupc.ac.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leeds:-Cleaning-services./379754C779

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Window, High Level and Grounds Cleaning Services

Reference number

EFM2052 NE

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 90910000 - Cleaning services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortia (NEUPC) is acting as the lead party in the re-tender to create a Framework for Window, High Level and Grounds Cleaning Services for the Higher Education Sector.

The HE Sector require cleaning services for 2 specific specialisms:

Lot 1 Window and High Level Cleaning

Lot 2 Grounds Cleaning

A separate tender return must be submitted for each Lot bid for.

To respond to Lot1 for this opportunity please go to: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/respond/379754C779

All agreements resulting from this ITT shall be available to and apply to:

(i)all current and future Participating Consortia and Members who are "contracting authorities" (as defined in The Public Contracts Regulations 2015).

(ii)all current and future Participating Consortia and Members who currently, and may in the future, fall outside of the legal definition of "bodies governed by public law" for the purposes of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £8,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Window and High Level Cleaning

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 90911300 - Window-cleaning services
  • 90911200 - Building-cleaning services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Cleaning of both sides of external and/or internal windows, including but not limited to:

•Outside window ledges

•Window and door frames

•Leaded and stained glass

•Light wells,

•Roof lights,

•External and internal doors and screens,

•Glazed curtain walling,

•Plate glass stairways,

•Infill panels to external facades

•External canopy roofs and projections

•Conservatories and outbuildings

•Internal glazed partitions and panels

•Doors including glazed panels

•Separating screens to all corridors and laboratories.

•Transform lights

•Reception/atrium areas (as detailed)

•Link bridges

•Specialist window cleaning services (eg, abseiling)

High-level cleaning, including but not limited to:

•Internal steel joist cleaning (eg in large arenas/sports facilities)

•Solar panels

•Signs

•CCTV cameras

•Gutter cleaning/rainwater services

•Rooftops

•Cladding cleaning

•Removal of bird guano from outside window ledges and surfaces

•Pigeon proofing

It is accepted that not all Bidders may be able to offer all these services.

Ideally Bidders will be able to support several different cleaning methods, and must be able to provide all access equipment necessary to complete the service to the maximum range of buildings dependent on Member's requirements, eg including but not limited to abseiling, pole washing, ladders, cradles and scaffolding.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £5,500,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

48

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

The agreement will be reviewed and a decision taken on renewal before the expiry date

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes

Identification of the project

No specific project at this time, included as a contingency

two.2.14) Additional information

To respond to Lot1 for this opportunity please go to: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/respond/379754C779

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Grounds Cleaning

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 90611000 - Street-cleaning services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Grounds cleaning, including but not limited to:

•Power hosing / jet washing external areas

•Graffiti cleaning

•Bus/smoking/bike shelters

It is accepted that not all Bidders may be able to offer all these services.

Ideally Bidders will be able to support several different cleaning methods, and must be able to provide all access equipment necessary, to complete the service to the maximum range of areas dependent on Member's requirements.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £2,500,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

48

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

The agreement will be reviewed and a decision taken on renewal before the expiry date

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes

Identification of the project

No specific project at this time, included as a contingency

two.2.14) Additional information

To respond to Lot2 for this opportunity please go to: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/respond/P6J693Q24U


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

5 March 2024

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

5 March 2024

Local time

12:30pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.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.

To respond to Lot1 for this opportunity please go to: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/respond/379754C779

NEUPC recognises that some of its Member Institutions are currently, and may in the future, fall outside of the legal definition of a "body governed by public law" for the purposes of the public procurement regime. Whilst each Member Institution should take its own legal and commercial advice as to the suitability or otherwise of a framework agreement, NEUPC does not impose any additional restrictions on use of its framework agreements by such Member Institutions. This agreement will be open to members and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015.

It is possible that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union (EU) funding (eg ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

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To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

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GO Reference: GO-202421-PRO-25093686

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NEUPC Ltd

Phoenix House, 3 South Parade

Leeds

LS1 5QX

Telephone

+44 1134871750

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTRE

70 FLEET STREET

London

EC4Y 1EU

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

NEUPC Ltd

Leeds

Country

United Kingdom