Construction Contract Leads

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Sale Grammar School

Marsland Road, Sale

Cheshire

M33 3NH

Email

tenders [at] litmuspartnership.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1276673880

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD6 - Cheshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.salegrammar.co.uk/

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/3V3FM4FTFG

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

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

Sale Grammar School ~ Cleaning Tender

II.1.2) Main CPV code

• 90919300 - School cleaning services

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Sale Grammar School.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1,061,975

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes

• UKD6 - Cheshire

Main site or place of performance

Cheshire

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Sale Grammar School is an 11 to 18 coeducational school based in Sale, in the south of Greater Manchester. Admission to the school is by an entrance test, administered by the school, and the majority of students are drawn from Sale and the surrounding areas.

The school is a caring and well-disciplined school, focused on ensuring that all students realise their potential. It is a happy school, with an energetic and talented staff committed to preserving high standards. Everybody has a part to play in the school and the opinions and ideas of each individual are listened to and respected. Teamwork is highly valued, but so too are initiative and originality. We aim to be the perfect blend of tradition and innovation.

The school was last inspected in June 2022. Ofsted inspectors judged the school to be ‘Outstanding’ in all areas.

The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on April 1st 2025, and concluding on March 31st 2028. The contract will be on a guaranteed performance basis offering a fixed annual return and or subsidy to the school. There will be the option to extend the contract for a further term of two years.

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.

Please see SQ document for more information.

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: £1,061,975

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

1 April 2025

End date

31 March 2030

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

Maximum number: 10

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

Section III. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Section IV. Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

2 August 2024

Local time

12:00pm

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

9 September 2024

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

Section VI. Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

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.

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.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Cheshire:-School-cleaning-services./3V3FM4FTFG

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/3V3FM4FTFG

GO Reference: GO-2024624-PRO-26692623

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Sale Grammar School

Marsland Road, Sale

Cheshire

M33 3NH

Country

United Kingdom

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