School cleaning services

Tender description

The successful supplier will be required to provide cleaning services at Queensbridge School. The contract will commence on 1.4.2019 for a period of 3 years. This 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. We are seeking a suitably experienced supplier who has current experience of working within the secondary school or HE/FE market place, ideally with a strong operational base within the West 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 cleaning requirements at the school’s premises, including all holiday and periodic tasks. 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 Queensbridge School senior management team on the contract performance. 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. The projected cost of cleaning is approximately 94 000,00 GBP per annum at Queensbridge School. Queensbridge School is part of the STEP Partnership and is possible that other schools within the STEP Partnership will become part of the contract during this contract period for the provision of cleaning services. The successful supplier will be expected to provide this service at these schools using the same costing model, ratios, etc. that they applied to their successful tender submission for Queensbridge School at the point of tender submission. The duration of contract for these schools will not be increased and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into this contract. Please note: further properties may be added to the contract during the tender process and or during the life of the contract as detailed.