School cleaning services

Tender description

Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is currently out to procurement for the provision of a Building Cleaning Service Framework Agreement for Hertfordshire County Council. Further information in regards to this opportunity can be found in II.2.4) Description of the procurement field (OJEU Contract Notice refers). Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to "express interest" which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. Please see VI.3) Additional information for further information. Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the e-Tendering system, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above. Hertfordshire Business Services (hereinafter referred to as "HBS") the trading organisation of Hertfordshire County Council (hereinafter referred to as "the Council") is advertising its requirement to appoint competent and cost effective organisations to be part of its Building Cleaning Framework Agreement to provide Building Cleaning services to sites throughout the County. This Contract will utilised by all departments of the Council including establishments such as Schools, fire stations, disused sites, day centres, libraries etc. It may also be used for works outside of the Council as requested by our partners and customers (this may be outside the geographical area of Hertfordshire in some cases). Please be aware the intention is to award this Agreement to between 5 (five) and 8 (eight) contractors and this is therefore not your anticipated income should you be successful. The estimated total value of the Framework Agreement is stated in II.1.5) of this notice and is for the initial term inclusive of the approximate value for extensions, together with the Call-Off Contracts or Individual Orders and their possible durations. It is anticipated that the term of the Call-Off Contracts or Individual Orders awarded under this Framework Agreement could be up to 7 years. For the avoidance of doubt, the estimated annual value of the Contract will be approximately 7 000 000,00 GBP. The Framework Agreement will be awarded for a term of 4 (four) years. Please note that the contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands. There will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the resultant Framework Agreement and the Council will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any, or all, of the requirements which are the same as, or similar to those specified under the established Framework Agreement. Organisations should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, Framework Agreement formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed. Organisations should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their bid, where appropriate.