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Contract Notice

The Laurus Trust — Tender for Cleaning Services

  • First published: 15 December 2018
  • Last modified: 15 December 2018

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
The Laurus Trust
Authority ID:
AA73961
Publication date:
15 December 2018
Deadline date:
28 January 2019
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Secondary school opened in September 2018 for 155 students. There will be approximately 310 students in September 2019. Once it moves into permanent accommodation it will then have an intake of 210 pupils per year from 2020. The sixth form is due to open in 2021or 2022, depending on building progress and will accommodate 300 students. The school will accommodate 1350 students when full.

A good quality and reliable cleaning service has a major effect on the whole learning environment for all our students, staff and visitors and this is why The Laurus Trust is insistent about maintaining a high quality learning environment for everyone by having exceptionally high cleaning standards.

When asked what would negatively impact their perception and learning experience, students often report the thought of unclean classrooms, dirty floors, spills or stains, dusty surfaces, poorly maintained and unclean toilets, hygiene rooms and dirty glass and windows. So a high quality cleaning service really matters.

It’s essential to The Laurus Trust that the contractors bidding for this tender think broadly about all issues and not just the core cleaning service to compete and be successful in obtaining the contracts of the schools within the Trust.

We would like the contractors to always be on the lookout for new ways of doing things, coming up with new solutions for many common problems.

We need Contractors that will deliver service continuity, ensure standards are maintained and a contractor where the employees all take a high level of pride of their work, have ownership, are diligent, hardworking and always prepared to go the extra mile, be at work on time and turn up every day because they want to be part of our success, having a “here today — here tomorrow” approach, which in a large yet highly competitive market, it’s these often-forgotten factors that can be the difference between the provision of a good and an excellent cleaning service.

Contractors are requested to ensure they consider all the aspects of service delivery and think carefully about the cleaning requirements needed to keep the buildings pristine.

The Laurus Trust wants to ensure the level of service currently provided is maintained and may be even enhanced. We need to be sure you can consistently deliver to our high expectations without excuses.

The Trust already knows that the successful provision of cleaning services is very much dependent on the development of a good working relationship between the Estates team of a facility and the contractor’s supervisor and cleaning team on site. The Contractor is expected to use its best endeavours to cultivate such a relationship to benefit the smooth running of each establishment.

Crucially the Contractor's supervisor will be expected to advise the Estates team of a facility of any problems or defects arising in the Location.

Key factors for the Trust are:

— a suitable and workable staffing structure to ensure that sufficient cleaning operators are on site every day to maintain the buildings within the core cleaning hours am and pm.

— flexibility of service delivery,

— what cover arrangements will be applied when inevitably some staff are off with illness,

— supervision arrangements,

— management involvement,

— monitoring of standards and service delivery,

— availability and responsiveness of management to any issues raised.

It is intended that the initial contract shall run for a period of 3 years, with the ability to extend by a further 2 years with agreement with both parties and depending on operational and financial performance.

Further information is provided in the SQ Document.

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

The Laurus Trust

c/o Cheadle Hulme High School, Woods Lane

Cheadle

SK8 7JY

UK

Telephone: +44 1276-673880

E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk

NUTS: UKD6

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.laurustrust.co.uk

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/the_laurus_trust__cleaning_services


Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address


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

The Laurus Trust — Tender for Cleaning Services

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 The Laurus Trust at the following locations:

— Laurus Ryecroft,

— Laurus Cheadle Hulme,

— Cheadle Hulme Primary School,

— Didsbury High School,

— Cheadle Hulme High School.

The cleaning service provision to the Trust is a mixture of primary and secondary schools, including new builds and existing schools. To ensure that best value principles are applied the Governors and Senior Leaders of the Trust have decided to tender for the cleaning services.

Further information is provided in the SQ Document.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 1 000 000.00  GBP

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

II.2) Description

Lot No: 1

II.2.1) Title

Laurus Ryecroft

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

90919300

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD33


Main site or place of performance:

Laurus Ryecroft, Manchester, United Kingdom.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Secondary school opened in September 2018 for 155 students. There will be approximately 310 students in September 2019. Once it moves into permanent accommodation it will then have an intake of 210 pupils per year from 2020. The sixth form is due to open in 2021or 2022, depending on building progress and will accommodate 300 students. The school will accommodate 1350 students when full.

A good quality and reliable cleaning service has a major effect on the whole learning environment for all our students, staff and visitors and this is why The Laurus Trust is insistent about maintaining a high quality learning environment for everyone by having exceptionally high cleaning standards.

When asked what would negatively impact their perception and learning experience, students often report the thought of unclean classrooms, dirty floors, spills or stains, dusty surfaces, poorly maintained and unclean toilets, hygiene rooms and dirty glass and windows. So a high quality cleaning service really matters.

It’s essential to The Laurus Trust that the contractors bidding for this tender think broadly about all issues and not just the core cleaning service to compete and be successful in obtaining the contracts of the schools within the Trust.

We would like the contractors to always be on the lookout for new ways of doing things, coming up with new solutions for many common problems.

We need Contractors that will deliver service continuity, ensure standards are maintained and a contractor where the employees all take a high level of pride of their work, have ownership, are diligent, hardworking and always prepared to go the extra mile, be at work on time and turn up every day because they want to be part of our success, having a “here today — here tomorrow” approach, which in a large yet highly competitive market, it’s these often-forgotten factors that can be the difference between the provision of a good and an excellent cleaning service.

Contractors are requested to ensure they consider all the aspects of service delivery and think carefully about the cleaning requirements needed to keep the buildings pristine.

The Laurus Trust wants to ensure the level of service currently provided is maintained and may be even enhanced. We need to be sure you can consistently deliver to our high expectations without excuses.

The Trust already knows that the successful provision of cleaning services is very much dependent on the development of a good working relationship between the Estates team of a facility and the contractor’s supervisor and cleaning team on site. The Contractor is expected to use its best endeavours to cultivate such a relationship to benefit the smooth running of each establishment.

Crucially the Contractor's supervisor will be expected to advise the Estates team of a facility of any problems or defects arising in the Location.

Key factors for the Trust are:

— a suitable and workable staffing structure to ensure that sufficient cleaning operators are on site every day to maintain the buildings within the core cleaning hours am and pm.

— flexibility of service delivery,

— what cover arrangements will be applied when inevitably some staff are off with illness,

— supervision arrangements,

— management involvement,

— monitoring of standards and service delivery,

— availability and responsiveness of management to any issues raised.

It is intended that the initial contract shall run for a period of 3 years, with the ability to extend by a further 2 years with agreement with both parties and depending on operational and financial performance.

Further information is provided in the SQ Document.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 01/09/2019

End: 31/08/2024

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

A minimum of 5 suppliers and a maximum of 10 suppliers will be taken forward to the tender stage of the process. Where less than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the tender stage. Where more than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the tender stage.

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

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

Lot No: 2

II.2.1) Title

Laurus Cheadle Hulme and Cheadle Hulme Primary School

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

90919300

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD33


Main site or place of performance:

Laurus Cheadle Hulme and Cheadle Hulme Primary School, Manchester, United Kingdom.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Laurus Cheadle Hulme: Secondary school opened in September 2018 for 210 students. There will be 420 students from September 2019 and will eventually accommodate 1050 students. It is co-located with Cheadle Hulme Primary School but has separate kitchen and dining facilities.

Cheadle Hulme Primary School: Primary school and nursery opened in September 2018 for 60 Primary students and 20 Nursery children. There will be 120 primary school pupils from September 2019 and approximately 30 children in nursery. It will eventually accommodate 420 primary pupils and 30 nursery children when full.

A good quality and reliable cleaning service has a major effect on the whole learning environment for all our students, staff and visitors and this is why The Laurus Trust is insistent about maintaining a high quality learning environment for everyone by having exceptionally high cleaning standards.

When asked what would negatively impact their perception and learning experience, students often report the thought of unclean classrooms, dirty floors, spills or stains, dusty surfaces, poorly maintained and unclean toilets, hygiene rooms and dirty glass and windows. So a high quality cleaning service really matters.

It’s essential to The Laurus Trust that the contractors bidding for this tender think broadly about all issues and not just the core cleaning service to compete and be successful in obtaining the contracts of the schools within the Trust.

We would like the contractors to always be on the lookout for new ways of doing things, coming up with new solutions for many common problems.

We need Contractors that will deliver service continuity, ensure standards are maintained and a Contractor where the employees all take a high level of pride of their work, have ownership, are diligent, hardworking and always prepared to go the extra mile, be at work on time and turn up every day because they want to be part of our success, having a “here today — here tomorrow” approach, which in a large yet highly competitive market, it’s these often-forgotten factors that can be the difference between the provision of a good and an excellent cleaning service.

Contractors are requested to ensure they consider all the aspects of service delivery and think carefully about the cleaning requirements needed to keep the buildings pristine.

The Laurus Trust wants to ensure the level of service currently provided is maintained and may be even enhanced. We need to be sure you can consistently deliver to our high expectations without excuses.

The Trust already knows that the successful provision of cleaning services is very much dependent on the development of a good working relationship between the Estates team of a facility and the contractor’s supervisor and cleaning team on site. The Contractor is expected to use its best endeavours to cultivate such a relationship to benefit the smooth running of each establishment.

Crucially the Contractor's supervisor will be expected to advise the Estates team of a facility of any problems or defects arising in the Location.

Key factors for the Trust are:

— a suitable and workable staffing structure to ensure that sufficient cleaning operators are on site every day to maintain the buildings within the core cleaning hours a.m. and p.m.,

— flexibility of service delivery,

— what cover arrangements will be applied when inevitably some staff are off with illness,

— supervision arrangements,

— management involvement,

— monitoring of standards and service delivery,

— availability and responsiveness of management to any issues raised.

It is intended that the initial contract shall run for a period of 3 years, with the ability to extend by a further 2 years with agreement with both parties and depending on operational and financial performance.

Further information is provided in the SQ Document.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 01/09/2019

End: 31/08/2024

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

A minimum of 5 suppliers and a maximum of 10 suppliers will be taken forward to the tender stage of the process. Where less than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the tender stage. Where more than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the tender stage.

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

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

Lot No: 3

II.2.1) Title

Didsbury High School

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

90919300

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD33


Main site or place of performance:

Didsbury High School, Manchester, United Kingdom.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Secondary School opening in September 2019, with a new 6th Form from 2021/2. There will be 210 students in 2019 increasing to 1350 (including the 6th Form) in 2022.

A good quality and reliable cleaning service has a major effect on the whole learning environment for all our students, staff and visitors and this is why The Laurus Trust is insistent about maintaining a high quality learning environment for everyone by having exceptionally high cleaning standards.

When asked what would negatively impact their perception and learning experience, students often report the thought of unclean classrooms, dirty floors, spills or stains, dusty surfaces, poorly maintained and unclean toilets, hygiene rooms and dirty glass and windows. So a high quality cleaning service really matters.

It’s essential to The Laurus Trust that the Contractors bidding for this tender think broadly about all issues and not just the core cleaning service to compete and be successful in obtaining the contracts of the schools within the Trust.

We would like the Contractors to always be on the lookout for new ways of doing things, coming up with new solutions for many common problems.

We need Contractors that will deliver service continuity, ensure standards are maintained and a Contractor where the employees all take a high level of pride of their work, have ownership, are diligent, hardworking and always prepared to go the extra mile, be at work on time and turn up every day because they want to be part of our success, having a “here today — here tomorrow” approach, which in a large yet highly competitive market, it’s these often-forgotten factors that can be the difference between the provision of a good and an excellent cleaning service.

Contractors are requested to ensure they consider all the aspects of service delivery and think carefully about the cleaning requirements needed to keep the buildings pristine.

The Laurus Trust wants to ensure the level of service currently provided is maintained and may be even enhanced. We need to be sure you can consistently deliver to our high expectations without excuses.

The Trust already knows that the successful provision of cleaning services is very much dependent on the development of a good working relationship between the Estates team of a facility and the Contractor’s supervisor and cleaning team on site. The Contractor is expected to use its best endeavours to cultivate such a relationship to benefit the smooth running of each establishment.

Crucially the contractor's supervisor will be expected to advise the Estates team of a facility of any problems or defects arising in the Location.

Key factors for the Trust are:

— a suitable and workable staffing structure to ensure that sufficient cleaning operators are on site every day to maintain the buildings within the core cleaning hours a.m. and p.m.,

— flexibility of service delivery,

— what cover arrangements will be applied when inevitably some staff are off with illness,

— supervision arrangements,

— management involvement,

— monitoring of standards and service delivery,

— availability and responsiveness of management to any issues raised.

It is intended that the initial contract shall run for a period of 3 years, with the ability to extend by a further 2 years with agreement with both parties and depending on operational and financial performance.

Further information is provided in the SQ Document.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 01/09/2019

End: 31/08/2024

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

A minimum of 5 suppliers and a maximum of 10 suppliers will be taken forward to the tender stage of the process. Where less than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the tender stage. Where more than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the tender stage.

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

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

Lot No: 4

II.2.1) Title

Cheadle Hulme High School

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

90919300

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD6


Main site or place of performance:

Cheadle Hulme High School, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Existing school for 1650 students, including 300 students in the 6th Form.

A good quality and reliable cleaning service has a major effect on the whole learning environment for all our students, staff and visitors and this is why The Laurus Trust is insistent about maintaining a high quality learning environment for everyone by having exceptionally high cleaning standards.

When asked what would negatively impact their perception and learning experience, students often report the thought of unclean classrooms, dirty floors, spills or stains, dusty surfaces, poorly maintained and unclean toilets, hygiene rooms and dirty glass and windows. So a high quality cleaning service really matters.

It’s essential to The Laurus Trust that the contractors bidding for this tender think broadly about all issues and not just the core cleaning service to compete and be successful in obtaining the contracts of the schools within the Trust.

We would like the Contractors to always be on the lookout for new ways of doing things, coming up with new solutions for many common problems.

We need Contractors that will deliver service continuity, ensure standards are maintained and a Contractor where the employees all take a high level of pride of their work, have ownership, are diligent, hardworking and always prepared to go the extra mile, be at work on time and turn up every day because they want to be part of our success, having a “here today — here tomorrow” approach, which in a large yet highly competitive market, it’s these often-forgotten factors that can be the difference between the provision of a good and an excellent cleaning service.

Contractors are requested to ensure they consider all the aspects of service delivery and think carefully about the cleaning requirements needed to keep the buildings pristine.

The Laurus Trust wants to ensure the level of service currently provided is maintained and may be even enhanced. We need to be sure you can consistently deliver to our high expectations without excuses.

The Trust already knows that the successful provision of cleaning services is very much dependent on the development of a good working relationship between the Estates team of a facility and the contractor’s supervisor and cleaning team on site. The Contractor is expected to use its best endeavours to cultivate such a relationship to benefit the smooth running of each establishment.

Crucially the Contractor's supervisor will be expected to advise the Estates team of a facility of any problems or defects arising in the Location.

Key factors for the Trust are:

— a suitable and workable staffing structure to ensure that sufficient cleaning operators are on site every day to maintain the buildings within the core cleaning hours a.m. and p.m.,

— flexibility of service delivery,

— what cover arrangements will be applied when inevitably some staff are off with illness,

— supervision arrangements,

— management involvement,

— monitoring of standards and service delivery,

— availability and responsiveness of management to any issues raised.

It is intended that the initial contract shall run for a period of 3 years, with the ability to extend by a further 2 years with agreement with both parties and depending on operational and financial performance.

Further information is provided in the SQ Document.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 01/09/2019

End: 31/08/2024

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

A minimum of 5 suppliers and a maximum of 10 suppliers will be taken forward to the tender stage of the process. Where less than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the tender stage. Where more than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the tender stage.

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


III.2) Conditions related to the contract

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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 28/01/2019

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 22/02/2019

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.3) Additional information

Interest in the selection process should be expressed via email only to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk clearly stating within this email which contract/notice you are referring to. Please also provide, as a minimum, a contact name, full company postal address and telephone number.

The Selection Questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/the_laurus_trust__cleaning_services

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 28.1.2019 (12:00). Suppliers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time.

Documents in respect of economic/financial standing (where indicated in the Selection Questionnaire) shall be returned to The Litmus Partnership Ltd, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time.

It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time.

The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this Contract Notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time.

The Contracting Authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity.

The Contracting Authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the Contracting Authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

The Laurus Trust

Cheadle

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

13/12/2018

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
90919300 School cleaning services Office, school and office equipment cleaning services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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