II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG31
Main site or place of performance:
Birmingham
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Hodge Hill Girls’ School is a small school with strong community values; staff know and care for every pupil as an individual. All local pupils are welcome and everyone strives to meet the needs of each member of the school community, celebrating diversity and always striving for equality in the school family and the wider world. The school ethos encourages mutual respect and support to enable every pupil to make the greatest personal, social and academic progress during their time with at school, preparing them for successful careers and fulfilling lives.
All at Hodge Hill Girls' School genuinely value and strive to enhance working partnerships with families, feeder schools and the local community. This partnership is essential in raising standards and achievement, every member of the school family has a role to play in raising the aspirations of all pupils to ensure they really are "Educating Tomorrow's Women Today".
The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 August 2022 until 31 July 2025, with the option to extend the contract term for a further term of up to two years and will be fixed price in nature, with the Supplier invoicing the Client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis.
The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the facilities for Hodge Hill Girls’ School. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the students and staff.
The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful contractor to operate to at all times, is being able to provide a school that is fit for purpose and that the Contractor is proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all specifications are achieved and that the frequency of cleans is as detailed within the Tender Specification.
It should be noted that the successful contractor 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.
At present 12 cleaning operatives are employed to 144.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday, which includes a Contract Supervisor undertaking cleaning and non-cleaning duties.
The value of the current contract is circa £103,000.00 + VAT which includes:
•Daily cleaning
•Window cleaning 2 x per annum
•Carpet / soft furnishing shampooing as required, with a full clean at least annually
•The cleaning of all computers
•Special event cleaning for lettings / parent’s evenings as required - approximately 10 days per annum
•Internal and external litter picking
•All periodic duties
The school wish to consider proposals for cleaning to be carried out as currently, in the first instance, but are open to suggestions around the most efficient and beneficial methodology to ensure maximum cleanliness of the buildings - and will ultimately require costings and timescales accordingly.
See Selection Questionnaire for more details.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
515 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/08/2022
End:
31/07/2027
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