School cleaning services

Tender description

The successful tenderer will be required to provide cleaning services at Richard Hale School. Richard Hale School in Hertford is a comprehensive Academy educating boys from age 11-18 with girls in the Sixth Form. The Richard Hale ethos, developed over 400 years and underpinned by traditional values, is 1 of high expectations in learning, behaviour, participation and mutual respect. We strive for excellence in everything we do, be it academic or vocational achievement, sporting or cultural performance, or the development of leadership and team skills. The School has been based at the current site since the 1930s and is made up of a mixture of buildings ranging from that time to the modern era. The tender project is seeking to appoint a contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the facilities for the School. The high-quality service levels proposed should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the pupils and staff. The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful contractor to operate to at all times, is being able to provide a school that is fit for purpose and that the Contractor is proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all specifications are achieved and that the frequency of cleans is as detailed within the tender specification. The contract being tendered is for 3 years in duration from 1.8.2016 until 31.7.2019 and will be fixed price in nature, with the Contractor invoicing the Client for 1/12th of the annual cost on a monthly basis. (Further information available in the procurement documents).