Planning

Station, Depot, Offices & Train Presentation Cleaning & Ancillary Services

  • THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-010200

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03bd64

Published 6 April 2023, 2:58pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

Doxford International Business Park

Sunderland

SR33XP

Email

cleaningtender@chilternrailways.co.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC23 - Sunderland

Companies House

3007939

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Other type

Private Train Operating Company

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Station, Depot, Offices & Train Presentation Cleaning & Ancillary Services

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 90900000 - Cleaning and sanitation services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Provision of cleaning services. Circa £5m p.a (£3m Soft FM cleaning of stations, depots and offices, £2m Train Presentation)

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £20,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2

The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:

Lot 1 and 2

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Stations, Depots & Offices, Soft FM Services

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 90900000 - Cleaning and sanitation services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Railway station, depots and associated offices provision of cleaning and ancillary services for Chiltern Railways

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Train Presentation Cleaning (Interior & Exterior)

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 90917000 - Cleaning services of transport equipment

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Train cleaning (internal and external)

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

28 April 2023


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Chiltern Railways are carrying out market engagement to understand the markets appetite for these cleaning services, to ask questions in order to finalise the procurement approach.

Interested parties are to email

cleaningtender@chilternrailways.co.uk

by 20 April 2023, expressing their interest in this procurement and indicate which lot you would interested in.

When expressing interest please answer the following questions:

For Lots 1 and 2:

Are all of your cleaning operatives directly employed, with employment contracts, by your organisation?

Explain how you onboard new employees/agency staff, and what right to work checks you performed and how do you ensure that modern slavery is identified at the point of recruitment?

For Lot 1:

Can you provide, even if subcontracted, all of the following services, Standard Cleaning, High Level Cleaning, Feminine Hygiene Services, Pest Control, Consumables, Waste Disposal (Including Sharps and Biohazardous)?