Planning

The Provision of Cleaning Services for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

  • Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-011678

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04f9d0

Published 28 March 2025, 9:41am



Scope

Reference

T24/25-050

Description

The Provision of Cleaning Services at Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council premises is essential to ensure a professional and consistent cleaning service is delivered for staff and customers using the facilities.

The current cleaning contract commenced on 1st December 2021 and is set to conclude on 30th November 2025, covering cleaning services at 28 locations.

A new procurement exercise is required to award a new cleaning contract in accordance with public procurement policy, ensuring the continued provision of this service for an initial period of two years with the provision to extend for two additional periods of up to 12 months each.

Total value (estimated)

  • £3,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £3,600,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2027
  • Possible extension to 30 November 2029
  • 4 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 90910000 - Cleaning services
  • 90900000 - Cleaning and sanitation services

Contract locations

  • UKN0E - Lisburn and Castlereagh

Engagement

Engagement deadline

19 March 2025

The engagement was carried out before this notice was published.

Engagement process description

LCCC engaged with the market at this stage to establish the level of market interest and to gather information that will be beneficial in the tendering process. There was no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. Any information gathered will NOT be considered in any future tender evaluation exercise. Participation or non-participation in this pre-procurement market engagement shall not prevent any supplier/provider participating in a potential procurement process nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier/provider at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and there is no commitment, at this stage to carrying out such a process.


Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

3 June 2025


Contracting authority

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHHT-5875-NTNM

Civic Centre Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn

Lisburn

BT27 4RL

United Kingdom

Region: UKN0E - Lisburn and Castlereagh

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland