Accommodation, building and window cleaning services

Tender description

The successful service provider will be required to provide communal area cleaning services, including window cleaning to circa 100 blocks of properties managed by L&H Homes on behalf of the Longhurst Group, across Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Longhurst Group is procuring on behalf of L&H Homes for Communal Area and Window Cleaning services. Longhurst Group is a leading provider of housing, care and support services operating in more than 45 Local Authority areas across the Midlands and East of England, managing over 18 700 homes. L&H Homes Limited (L&H) is part of the Longhurst Group and now manages over 8 600 homes in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. This tender process is being initiated to procure 1 new single contract, working across Longhurst Group's geographical area for circa 100 blocks of properties with communal areas such as communal stairs, stair lifts, lifts and corridors, communal rooms such as lounges, kitchens, bathrooms, toilets, laundry rooms, guest rooms, etc. This includes offices if within these buildings or separately specified locations, storage areas, external bin stores, sweeping and litter picking of car parks and surrounding areas, internal and external window cleaning. Each location has a specified list of tasks and areas to be cleaned, each to it's own specified frequency. All work is to be carried out to a common specification. The approximate budgets for these works are (net of VAT): Communal Area Cleaning Services: 140 000 GBP per annum; Window Cleaning Services: 35 000 GBP per annum. The total expenditure is in the region of 175 000 GBP per annum and over a 10 year term would amount to 1 750 000 GBP. The 10 year term is based on a contract structure of 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 years if all extension options are granted.