Residential & Business Services: Summer Deep Cleaning (1st May 2024-30th April 2026)

Tender description

The University is seeking to engage a contractor(s) to provide some or all (depending on the University’s capacity) of the summer deep cleaning in<br /><br />• David Russell Apartments (DRA) and Fife Park (FP), Buchanan Gardens, St Andrews, KY16 9LY.<br /><br />• Powell Hall (PH), North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9XW.<br /><br />• Old Mill, Brown Street, Dundee.<br /><br />David Russell Apartments and Fife Park has 1686 bedrooms, in 5-bedroom cluster flats. The site is occupied by a mixture of undergraduate (38-week contracts) and postgraduate (50-week contracts) students. Most of the bedrooms are ensuite, however, there are 208 rooms which have shared bathrooms and 69 studios.<br /><br />Each ensuite cluster flat has 5 ensuite bedrooms, a kitchen lounge and hallway. Each standard cluster flat has 5 standard bedrooms, a kitchen lounge, 2 shower rooms and a hallway. Studios have an ensuite bedroom and a small self-contained kitchen.<br /><br />Powell Hall has 205 ensuite rooms and 41 kitchens. The hall is occupied by a mixture of undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students.<br /><br />Old Mill in Dundee, is owned by Mears Student Living, but the University operates around 150 rooms in 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 bedroom flats. Each flat has a shared kitchen and shower room and toilet.<br /><br />The University will confirm in January each year the exact numbers of clusters/buildings to be cleaned and the timescales which are required to be met. As well as deep cleaning, the University also requires a turnaround from summer to term time operation (sparkle clean) in late August a less extensive clean than a deep clean.<br /><br />The University term ends in late May/early June and restarts in early September each year.