UK-Cornwall: School cleaning services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust
Unit 7, King Edward Mine, Troon, Cambourne, Cornwall, TR14 9HW, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1276673880, Email: tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Main Address: https://www.rainbowacademy.org.uk/
NUTS Code: UKK3

I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity:
Education

Section II: Object Of The Contract

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust ~ Cleaning Tender
Reference number: Not Provided

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 a comprehensive cleaning service, including daily term time and non-term time periodic cleaning, for the following five schools within The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust (MAT):

•Penponds School
•St Meriadoc Infant School
•St Meriadoc Junior School
•Troon Community School
•St Ives Infant School

II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 578,000

Currency:GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
Not Provided

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UKK3 - Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Main site or place of performance:
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly


II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The successful Supplier will be required to provide a comprehensive cleaning service, including daily term time and non-term time periodic cleaning, for the following five schools within The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust (MAT):

•Penponds School https://penponds.eschools.co.uk/web/our_school
•St Meriadoc Infant School https://www.st-meriadoc-inf.cornwall.sch.uk/
•St Meriadoc Junior School https://www.st-meriadoc-jnr.cornwall.sch.uk/
•Troon Community School https://www.troon.cornwall.sch.uk/website
•St Ives Infant School https://www.st-ives-inf.cornwall.sch.uk/web

The Rainbow MAT is growing with St Ives currently undergoing its formal transfer into the Trust.

The Trust is seeking a suitably experienced contractor who has current experience of working within the education marketplace, ideally with a strong operational base within the South 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.

A robust level of management support must be provided by the successful contractor to ensure that the detailed specification is delivered within the contract on a consistent basis within the contract period.

The successful Contractor will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, by the appointed management team, to update the senior management team within the Trust on the contract’s performance.

TUPE is expected to apply and it is anticipated that a number of employees are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and therefore the successful contractor will be expected to gain Admitted Body Status (ABS) in order to continue contributing to the scheme.

The Contractor may be asked to undertake works not included in this Specification from time to time. Aside from the cost of materials, additional works should be delivered within the hours of the existing cleaning operatives or, where necessary, provided by additional staff paid for on an agreed hourly basis or by a quoted fixed price.

The contract will commence on 1 January 2022 for an initial contract period of three years, with the option to extend the contract for a further two 12-month periods. This extension will be granted by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract.

The contract will be fixed price in nature. Financial constraints affecting all schools mean that a robust and cost-effective solution must be provided.

II.2.5) Award criteria:
Not Provided

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://litmustms.co.uk/respond/449HCH7Y9Z


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted


IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No
A dynamic purchasing system was set up: No

IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: No

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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJEU: 2021/S 000-011191



IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

Contract No: 011191
Lot Number: Not Provided
Title: Not Provided

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


V.2) Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 29/10/2021

V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

Contractor (No.1)
KGB Cleaning South West Limited, 06941723
10 Hillside, Burghfield Common, RG7 3BQ, United Kingdom
NUTS Code: UKJ11
The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided
Total value of the contract/lot: 566,946.67
Currency: GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No

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.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=652971364

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body
The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust
Unit 7, King Edward Mine, Troon, Cambourne, Cornwall, TR14 9HW, United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Not Provided

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 22/12/2021