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Contract Award Notice

Future Academies - Grounds Maintenance

  • First published: 12 March 2025
  • Last modified: 12 March 2025
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-04de78
Published by:
Future Academies
Authority ID:
AA44516
Publication date:
12 March 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

The successful supplier is required to provide excellent grounds maintenance services to Future Academies, a family of schools across London and Hertfordshire dedicated to improving the life chances and broadening the horizons of young people.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Future Academies

Lupus Street, 1-3 Waverley Lane

London

SW1V 3AT

UK

Contact person: Rachel OGrady

Telephone: +44 1252977017

E-mail: tenders@rivapartnership.co.uk

NUTS: UKI

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.futureacademies.org

Address of the buyer profile: www.futureacademies.org

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

Future Academies - Grounds Maintenance

II.1.2) Main CPV code

77314000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The successful supplier is required to provide excellent grounds maintenance services to Future Academies, a family of schools across London and Hertfordshire dedicated to improving the life chances and broadening the horizons of young people.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKI


Main site or place of performance:

LONDON

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The successful tenderer will be required to provide grounds maintenance services at the 10 Future Academies sites across London & Hertfordshire. Please note this is a growing Trust and any schools either already in the Trust but not included here, or any schools that may join the Trust within this contract period, may join this contract at the client’s discretion.

The contract term being tendered is for three years, 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2028. There is an option for a further extension period for two further years to 31st August 2030.

The contract shall be fixed price with the contractor invoicing the client single invoice per academy/site quarterly.

This tender project is seeking to appoint an experienced supplier to maintain and enhance the appearance of the grounds and general campuses at Future Academies.

The scope of the contract and specification will include but not be limited to:

1.Lawn Maintenance & Grass Cutting – Regular mowing of lawns, sports fields, and playgrounds to maintain a neat and safe environment.

2.Hedge, Shrub & Tree Maintenance – Pruning, shaping, and general maintenance of boundary hedges, shrubs, and trees to prevent basil growth and canopy droop overgrowth and ensure site safety

3.Cleaning, clearing and treatment of hard standing areas

4.Weed/Moss control - Control of weeds in all maintained areas and treatment for the prevention of moss growth and removal of build up as necessary.

5.Sports Field & Playground Maintenance – Marking and maintaining sports pitches, ensuring surfaces remain safe and well-kept for PE and recreational use. Inclusive of repairs of goalmouths and filling of diverts.

6.Maintenance of other outdoor facilities as per site specifications.

It is also the objective of this tender for the successful Supplier to have:

•A robust management support structure

•Comprehensive and effective training plans for staff to ensure a consistent service quality

•A clear strategy for staffing the contract, particularly in instances of absence

•Agreement to work in conjunction with the Trust to achieve their environmental and sustainability aims

•All staff enhanced DBS and comply with the Trusts safeguarding policies.

The Trust expects the highest standards of maintenance to be achieved at all times and seeks a supplier looking to always work in partnership with them

Please be advised that grounds maintenance services are currently contracted to multiple providers. However, the Trust is now looking to appoint a single provider for all sites.

Value of contract:

The annual value of the current contract is £81,098 (the total cost at academies that currently procure ground maintenance services, per annum).

Therefore the value of this contract is £405,490 (total annual costs as above x 5 as this contract is for a maximum of 5 years).

The contract shall be a fixed price contract with invoices raised quarterly.

Additional requirements and information:

•The School has a minimum requirement for a contractor’s employers' liability and public liability insurance of £5 million

•The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is £500k

•It is considered that TUPE does not apply to this contract

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

II.2.14) Additional information

To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2W4S7W94CN

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:

2025/S 000-004864

Section V: Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: No

V.1 Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded

Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

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. The contracting authority reserves the right not to appoint as a result of this tender process and/ or to cancel this tender process at any time. Please note this is a growing Trust and any other schools that may join the Trust during the tenure of this new contract may, at the Trust’s discretion, be added to this contract.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=926065069

GO Reference: GO-2025214-PRO-29439645

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Future Academies

Lupus Street

London

SW1V 3AT

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

14/02/2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
77314000 Grounds maintenance services Planting and maintenance services of green areas

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:
tenders@rivapartnership.co.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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