School cleaning services

Tender description

Hodge Hill Girls' School is a specialist science, maths and computing Secondary School, found in the heart of the Hodge Hill Community and is a small School with strong community values, who know and care for every pupil as an individual. Hodge Hill Girls' School embrace their cultural diversity and celebrate each pupil as a member of the School family. The School's ethos encourages mutual respect and support to enable every pupil to make the greatest personal, social and academic progress during their time at School, preparing them for successful careers and fulfilling lives. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Supplier whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the facilities for Hodge Hill Girls' School. The high quality service levels proposed should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the students and staff. The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful Supplier to operate to at all times, is being able to provide an environment that is fit for purpose and that the Supplier 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. It should be noted that the successful Supplier will be expected to bring to the contract: innovation; new equipment; and cleaning methods, with BICSc standards being achieved as a minimum, thus ensuring that the highest levels of cleanliness are maintained in all areas at all times and also ensuring that the productivity of the cleaning operatives is enhanced moving forward into the new contract term. At present 10 cleaning operatives are employed to work 133 hours in total, Monday to Friday. Whilst the Client prioritises value for money as a key objective of the competitive tender process, the governing body is not obliged to accept the lowest price. The Client's objectives: — To build upon the standards of cleanliness within the School, — To receive a service that complies with the service standards, — To receive consistently high quality cleaning standards, via a motivated and fully staffed workforce, — To generate an improved learning environment for all students, within the School, — To receive proactive management support for the cleaning staff, — To hold regular review meetings with the successful Supplier, — To achieve overall value for money. The contract is for a three-year term with a commencement date of 1.4.2018.