Churchill Cluster ~ Tender for Cleaning Services

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for the Churchill Cluster at the following schools

- Churchill Academy and Sixth Form, Churchill Green, Churchill, North Somerset BS25 5QN

- Churchill C of E Primary School, Pudding Pie Lane, Langford, Bristol BS40 5EL

- St Andrew's Primary School, Station Road, Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5DX

- Wrington C of E Primary School, School Road, Wrington, Bristol BS40 5NA

The contract will commence on 1.8.2019 for a period of 3 years.

The approximate contract value for Churchill Academy and Sixth Form is 110 000,00 GBP plus VAT and for the 3 primary schools in the region of 45 000,00 GBP per annum for all 3 schools.

This contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful Supplier also guaranteeing the number of input hours to the contract as well as the quality of cleaning provision across all four schools.

We are seeking a suitably experienced Supplier who has current experience of working within primary, secondary schools and/or the HE/FE market place, ideally with a strong operational base within the west of England, thus allowing for both adequate contract support and operational flexibility that is to be delivered to support the contract as and when needed moving forwards into this contract term.

The scope of the contract covers all cleaning requirements at the schools' premises including all holiday and periodic tasks and window cleaning. The requirements of the primary schools will be the same as for the academy, however on a smaller scale.

The successful Supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the schools' senior management teams on the contract performance.

Additional information: Interest in the selection process should be expressed via email only to [email protected] 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/churchill_cluster

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 21.12.2018 (12:00). Suppliers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to [email protected] 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 Limited, by email to [email protected] 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.