# Richard Hale School ~ Cleaning Tender

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Richard Hale School.

## Key facts

- Buyer: Richard Hale School
- Tender value: £600,000
- Published: 10 February 2021
- Contract start: 1 August 2021
- Contract end: 31 July 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c5681a18-4124-4d68-b458-aa577023f209-412231
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0193e1b0-d7a6-4e53-a92e-7ec408721702

## Description

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: II\.2\.4 Description of procurement: Instead of: The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Richard Hale School\. Richard Hale School in Hertford is a comprehensive Academy educating boys from age 11-18 with girls in the Sixth Form\. The Richard Hale ethos, developed over 400 years and underpinned by traditional values, is one of high expectations in learning, behaviour, participation and mutual respect\. We strive for excellence in everything we do, be it academic or vocational achievement, sporting or cultural performance, or the development of leadership and team skills\. The School has been based at the current site since the 1930s and is made up of a mixture of buildings ranging from that time to the modern era\. The tender project is seeking to appoint a contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of cleaning services within the facilities for the school\. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a pleasant environment for both the pupils and staff\. The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful contractor to operate to at all times, is being able to provide a School that is fit for purpose and that the Contractor is proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all specifications are achieved and that the frequency of cleans is as detailed within the Tender Specification\. Cleaning must take place outside of the school day - during the hours of 07:00 - 09\.00 and 15:30 - 19:00 The contract being tendered is for three years in duration 1st Aug 2021 to 31st July 2024 with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the client\. The contract will be fixed price in nature, with the Contractor invoicing the Client for one-twelfth of the annual cost on a monthly basis\. It should be noted that the successful contractor will be expected to bring to the contract: innovation; new equipment; and cleaning methods, with BICSc standards being achieved, as a minimum, thus ensuring that the highest levels of cleanliness are maintained in all areas at all times and also ensuring that the productivity of the cleaning operatives is enhanced moving forward into the new contract term\.   The current incumbent contractor is Birkin cleaning services There are incumbent members of cleaning staff who are members of the LGPS Please be advised that the school has a minimum requirement for a contractor's employers liability/ public liability and professional indemnity insurance of £5m The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is £250,000 The annual value of the current contract is approximately £120,000 pa\. Read: The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Richard Hale School\. Richard Hale Sc

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c5681a18-4124-4d68-b458-aa577023f209-412231)