Contract

The Wilnecote School ~ Cleaning Tender

  • The Wilnecote School

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-027288

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03a121

Published 15 September 2023, 10:06am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

The Wilnecote School

Tinkers Green Road

Tamworth

B77 5LF

Email

tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1276673880

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://thewilnecoteschool.com

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

The Wilnecote School ~ Cleaning Tender

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 90919300 - School cleaning services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide a comprehensive cleaning service, including daily term time and non-term time periodic cleaning, for The Wilnecote School.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £533,375.35

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire
Main site or place of performance

Shropshire and Staffordshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The successful Supplier will be required to provide a comprehensive cleaning service, including daily term time and non-term time periodic cleaning, for The Wilnecote School. The Wilnecote School is a co-educational Academy, located in Wilnecote, near Tamworth, providing secondary education to students in Years 7 to 11. The School is expected to grow over the coming years from approximately 840 students on roll currently, up to its capacity of 960 students. More information regarding the School can be found on their website: https://thewilnecoteschool.com/ The duration of the contract being offered is for an initial three-year period commencing on 01 November 2023, with the potential to extend for a further two 12-month periods. This extension will be granted by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract without the right to further extend beyond the full five years. The contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful Supplier also guaranteeing the number of input hours to the contract as well as the quality of cleaning provision. Financial constraints affecting all schools mean that a robust and cost-effective solution must be provided. The School is seeking a suitably experienced contractor who has current experience of working within the education sector, preferably with Secondary Schools to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of contracts of a similar size and nature. Ideally the successful contractor will have a strong operational base within the Midlands, thus allowing for both adequate contract support and operational flexibility that is to be delivered to support the contract as and when needed moving forwards into this contract term. The scope of the contract covers all of the cleaning provision within the School, including term time daily cleaning. Plus, a number of weeks for holiday and periodic cleaning during non-term time to provide a deeper clean of the school and it’s buildings to ensure they are suitably prepared for the beginning of each academic term. There are a number of Lettings throughout the school year and the Wilnecote Community Managed Library which shall fall within the requirements of this contract. The requirement of the School is that the successful contractor provides a clean and functioning premises that is fit for purpose at all times, through delivering the guaranteed level of input hours. As part of that requirement the successful contractor is to be proactive in the management of the contract with open lines of communication. That communication must include frequent and proactively provided management information. The services are currently outsourced and TUPE is expected to apply. It is possible that the current employees are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and, in this instance, the successful contractor will be expected to gain Admitted Body Status (ABS) in order to continue contributing to the scheme. A robust level of management support must be provided by the successful contractor to ensure that the detailed specification is delivered within the contract on a consistent basis within the contract period. The Contractor may be asked to undertake works not included in this Specification. Aside from the cost of materials, where possible additional works should be delivered within the hours of the existing cleaning operatives or, where necessary, provided by additional staff paid for on an agreed hourly basis or by a quoted fixed price. The successful Supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the senior management team within The Wilnecote School on the contract performance. See SQ document for further details

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

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: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2023/S 000-002796


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

16 August 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Reef Cleaning Solutions

Suite 16 Davey House

St Neots

PE19 7BA

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
National registration number

N/A

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £750,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £533,375.35


Section six. Complementary information

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. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time.

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GO Reference: GO-2023915-PRO-23891824

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The Wilnecote School

Tamworth

Country

United Kingdom