Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Highworth Grammar School
Maidstone Road, Ashford
Kent
TN24 8UD
UK
Telephone: +44 1276673880
E-mail: tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ4
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.highworth.kent.sch.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Highworth Grammar School ~ Cleaning Services Tender
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90919300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Highworth Grammar School.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
475 599.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ4
Main site or place of performance:
Kent
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Highworth Grammar School.
Highworth Grammar School is a successful 11-18 selective girls’ school with approximately 71 boys in the sixth form. The school is widely recognised as being innovative and highly successful. During the June 2013 Ofsted inspection the school was judged to be an outstanding school. In 2019 our A level results placed us in the top 25% of schools nationally. The school was previously granted speciality status for Music and became an Academy in 2011.
The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities for the 1534 students on roll and 144 teaching and support staff. The School would wish the successful contractor to review the current range of services offered and make recommendations accordingly.
The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 25 May 2022 and will operate as a Fixed Price Contract, with the successful Contractor offering the school a guaranteed cost per annum for the provision of cleaning services.
The School year is based on a calendar of 195 days. Five days are to be used for staff professional development which means that School will be open to receive students for the legal minimum of 190 days.
The contract offered covers the scope for the provision of all cleaning services within the School, which includes the main school building, a separate building called Gower House which is used as a music block, 3 mobile classrooms and a large two storey sports hall. The total floor area is approximately 13,100 square metres.
Whilst the School prioritises value for money as a key objective of the Competitive Tender Process, the Governing body is not obliged to accept the lowest price.
Highworth Grammar School expects the successful contractor to enable the continued development of cleaning services. The School expects the successful tenderer to evidence, through their bid, how they shall support and complement its values and support the principles of the school.
The School believes that success should be celebrated and that pupils should enjoy their time at school; if lessons are stimulating and challenging then students will love learning. Much time therefore, is spent reviewing and planning schemes of work to ensure that they are differentiated to meet the needs of all students. The school is continually seeking ways to improve and develop the ethos and environment for students and staff, to give them the facilities they deserve and to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
Please be advised that this contract will be let on a 3-year fixed price basis
Please see SQ Document for further details.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-029988
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 029988
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/03/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Town and Country Cleaners Limited
02482612
St Andrews House, Station Road East
Canterbury
CT1 2BL
UK
NUTS: UKJ4
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 436 020.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=683467025
GO Reference: GO-2022412-PRO-19957023
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Highworth Grammar School
Kent
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/04/2022