Procurement description
The Harris Federation is an education charity led and run by teachers. They opened their first school in 1991 and now run 54 primary and secondary academies in London and Essex.
The contract will be for the provision of outsourced cleaning services across 13 schools and Head Office, across 7 Lots (see section 3.3) including daily cleaning and out of term deep cleaning, for spaces including but not limited to teaching, office, circulation, and rest room spaces.
Note: The cleaning of the spaces within the schools will need to take into account the Lettings Schedules set out for each school. The successful Supplier will be required to work around the Lettings times and schedules to ensure the space is clean for the following day.
The Trust’s Safeguarding Policy sets out that during the recruitment process, all prospective cleaning staff must show their full employment history before a role in the school can be given.
School School Code Address
1 Harris Boys East Dulwich HBAED Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, London, SE22 0AT
2 Harris Academy Beulah Hill HABH Spurgeon Road, Beulah Hill, London, SE19 3UG
3 Harris Federation (Head Office) HF 4th Floor Norfolk House, Wellesley Rd, Croydon, England, CR0 1LH
4 Harris Academy Peckham HAP Peckham Road, Peckham SE15 5DZ
5 Harris Invictus Academy HIAC London Road Croydon, CR0 2TB
6 Harris Academy South Norwood HASN 2, Cumberlow Avenue, London, SE25 6AE
7 Harris Academy Rainham HAR Lambs Lane, South Rainham, RM13 9XD
8 Harris Academy Rainham 6th Form HRSF 217, Wennington Road, Rainham, RM13 9XA
9 Harris Academy Riverside HARI London Road, Purfleet, RM19 1QY
10 Harris Academy Sutton HASU 2, Chiltern Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5RD
11 Harris Academy Westminster 6th Form HWSF Steel House, 11 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9LH
12 Harris Junior Academy Carshalton HJAC Camden Road, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 2NS
13 Harris Primary Academy Dulwich HPAD 173, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22 9HA
14 Harris Primary Academy South Kenton HPASK Spencer Road, Wembley, Middlesex, HA0 3SF
The supplier shall establish effective management and operational level communication systems at all levels regarding the cleaning service with the Client. In addition, the provider will also be responsible for all legal, and health and safety requirements in delivering the services.
The supplier will manage the stocks of the cleaning materials, bin liners and any point-of-use Consumables whether bought by the supplier or the school.
The Contract will allow for the purchase of cleaning consumables and equipment and point-of-use consumables and bin liners to support the delivery of the cleaning services as per below:
The list of consumables will be:
Toilet paper
Hand soap
Handtowels
Dishwasher tablets
Washing up liquid
Please also refer to the scopes of service for each site for more details. As a general rule, all sites will require bin liners but they may not all request POU consumables:
Refer to Attachment 5 Workforce Data for TUPE data – There is no LGPS according to this data.
Further information on the Client’s requirements can be found at Attachment 1a Specification and Attachment 1b Client Data.
The Contract period will be for 3 years initially, with the option to extend for two further one-year periods at the discretion of the Client.