School cleaning services

Tender description

The successful supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Sharnbrook Academy Federation. The SAF is a Multi-Academy Trust that exists to provide an outstanding education for all students, ‘putting their progress at the heart of everything we do’. The SAF consists of five schools where four of these schools (as below) are included within this tender project. The fifth school or any other schools that may join this Trust during the course of this contract may, at the discretion of the Client, be added to this cleaning contract. The successful supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Sharnbrook Academy Federation at: Sharnbrook Academy; Lincroft Academy; Harrold Primary Academy; Great Ouse Primary Academy. The tender project is seeking to appoint an established and proven supplier whose commitment, initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the facilities for four schools in SAF, with the potential for the fifth school in SAF coming on board during the contract. The high-quality service levels proposed will ensure excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment to enable our staff to deliver excellent teaching and learning for students at our schools. The basis and rationale that the client requires the successful supplier to operate to at all times, is being able to provide schools that are fit for purpose, clean and sanitary. The client requires the supplier to be extremely proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all specifications are rigorously achieved and that the frequency and depth of cleans is as detailed within the tender specification. The contract being tendered is for 3 years in duration from 1.8.2020 until 31.7.2023 with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years, at the discretion of the client. The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the supplier invoicing the client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis. It should be noted that the successful supplier will be expected to bring to the contract: innovation; new equipment; effective cleaning methods, high quality health and safety training for operatives, robust monitoring and supervision structures, with BICSc standards being achieved, as a minimum. The supplier will ensure that the highest levels of cleanliness are maintained in all areas at all times and that the effectiveness of the cleaning operatives is managed robustly to enhance their productivity moving forward into the new contract term. — the total value of the current cleaning provision across these 4 schools within the SAF is 355 000 GBP per annum and therefore the value of the contract over the maximum 5-year term is 1 775 000 GBP, — please be advised that the Trust has a minimum requirement for a supplier’s employers liability/public liability and professional indemnity insurance of 10 000 000 GBP, — the minimum annual turnover your organisation must have achieved to be accepted onto this project is 1 000 000 GBP.