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Invitation to Tender for the provision of Cleaning Services at Bishop Stopford School
Published 2 Oct 2025
2 Oct 2025
Closed 28 Nov 2025
- Primary CPV
-
90919300 *
School cleaning services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, East Midlands
- Value
- £930,000
- Contract
-
3 years Duration
01/04/2026 31/03/2029
- Contract Types
-
90 *Sewage, refuse, cleaning & environmental...Full CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Bishop Stopford C Of E School, Headlands,,Kettering,NN15 6BJ, Kettering, NN15 6BJ, United Kingdom · UKF2
Contact
Dean Douthwaite / Neil Meadows
Award Criteria
- Cost (50%)
- Quality (50%)
Related tenders
BISHOP STOPFORD SCHOOL
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
90919300 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-05a726
You are hereby invited to tender for the Cleaning contract at Bishop Stopford School. Please ensure that you are fully conversant with the Specification, Terms and Conditions of Contract.
The key aims of the tender are to:
* Provide a high standard of cleaning.
* Deliver the cleaning services with consistency - good quality assurance systems in place.
* Good communication at local and Operations Manager level with the school - two-way communication
* Daily interaction with the School Business Manager
* Develop an effective method of handing over any special needs and comments on a daily basis.
* Cleaners to work the hours that best suit the needs of the site and maximise the work completed.
* Training and development of the teams
This does not imply that this is not happening now - these are the aims of the contract.
Tender Timescale:
Place Advert on Find a Tender and Red Box Portal - Late September 2025
Contractor to Visit Sites - w/c 27th October or 3rd November 2025
Clarification Deadline - Friday 14th November 2025
Clarification Return Deadline - Friday 21st November 2025
Deadline for return of Tender Responses - Friday 28th November 2025
Evaluation of Responses - (Red Box) - Monday 1st December 2025
Presentation by shortlisted bidders - Wednesday 10th December 2025
Contract Awarded by - Tuesday 16th December 2025
Mobilisation Meetings - During January 2026
Contract Commencement - 1st April 2026
Full CPV breakdown
- 90919300 — School cleaning services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Active
- Renewal
- The contract will be awarded for a three-year duration with the option of two additional, one-year extensions. The financial structure of the contract is designed to reflect the schools' aims to reward the Contractor in a fair manner and based upon contract delivery and to have an open-book agreement that is easily auditable.
- Submission method
- All submissions should be made via the Red Box Portal at www.redboxportal.com. This is accessible by the client. Maximum file size is 4.5MB. Any files larger than this should be resaved with lower resolution. Portal administrators and clients are unable to access the bids until the deadline has passed. No attachments with be opened or downloaded until after the tender response deadline. Contractors should receive a confirmation email once files are accessed. No, We Transfer files will be accepted. Please complete your intention to bid on the opportunity via the Red Box portal - https://www.redboxportal.com.
- Award decision expected
- 16 Dec 2025
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 02 Oct 2025 15:39
- Deadline
- 28 Nov 2025 23:59
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a726
- Notice ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a726
Full notice record
53 detailsEverything the publisher included in this notice, organised by section.
Organisations
| Name | BISHOP STOPFORD SCHOOL |
| Address › Street | Bishop Stopford C Of E School, Headlands,,Kettering,NN15 6BJ |
| Address › Town / city | Kettering |
| Address › Postcode | NN15 6BJ |
| Address › Country | GB |
| Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Address › Region (NUTS) | UKF25 |
| Contact › Name | Dean Douthwaite / Neil Meadows |
| Contact › Email | admin@redboxcs.com |
| Role | buyer |
| Classification › Description | Public authority - sub-central government |
Buyer
| Name | BISHOP STOPFORD SCHOOL |
Tender
| Title | Invitation to Tender for the provision of Cleaning Services at Bishop Stopford School |
| Status | active |
| Item › CPV › Description | School cleaning services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKF2 |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £1,116,000 |
| Value › Value | £930,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Open procedure |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Submission Terms › Electronic submission | allowed |
| Submission Terms › Languages | en |
| Bidding period › End | 28 Nov 2025 |
| Award decision period › End | 16 Dec 2025 |
| Lot › Status | active |
| Lot › Value › Value incl. VAT | £1,116,000 |
| Lot › Value › Value | £930,000 |
| Lot › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | cost |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Cost |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight | 50 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight | 50 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Suitable for › SMEs | Yes |
| Lot › Contract period › Start | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Lot › Contract period › End | 31 Mar 2029 |
| Lot › Contract period › Can be extended to | 31 Mar 2031 |
| Lot › Can be renewed | Yes |
| Lot › Renewal › Description | The contract will be awarded for a three-year duration with the option of two additional, one-year extensions. The financial structure of the contract is designed to reflect the schools' aims to reward the Contractor in a fair manner and based upon contract delivery and to have an open-book agreement that is easily auditable. |
| Document › Document 1 › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Document 1 › Description | Not published |
| Document › Document 2 › Document type | Tender notice |
| Document › Document 2 › Description | Tender notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Document 2 › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061849-2025 |
| Document › Document 2 › Published | 2 Oct 2025 |