St Bart's Multi Academy Trust - Internal Cleaning

Description

Internal cleaning of 13 primary schools in and around Stoke on Trent. Cleaning area of approximately 22,500 square metres. Initial contract award of three years with an option to extend for a further two years. Lot 1: Internal cleaning services for 12 of the Trust's Academy Primary schools all of which have a service commencement date of 1st September 2021. The approximate cleaning area is 22,500 square metres. There are approximately 3,900 pupils across the 12 schools. This contract involves the transfer of approximately 50 existing cleaning staff of which 26 are members of 4 Local Government Pension Schemes. (LGPS). TUPE regulations therefore apply to this contract. Bidders should be aware that they will be expected to manage the process of transferring all staff to their employment along with arranging for 'Admitted Body' status with the 4 relevant pension funds. Normally any actuarial costs associated with the LGPS pension scheme will be expected to be absorbed by the successful bidder. Bidders must therefore be able to demonstrate relevant experience of TUPE transfers and dealing with the issues associated with existing LGPS members transferring to their employment. An additional Primary Academy's cleaning contract ends on 31/8/2022, and the new contract from this date will be initially awarded to the winner of this competition. Additional information: An expression of interest in this tender by buyers must be made by submitting a PQQ which may be obtained by emailing the Trust's Agent (Snowberry Consulting Ltd) at jon@snowberryconsulting.co.uk The PQQ must submitted prior to or on the deadline date for responding to this notice. Incomplete PQQ submissions will result in an immediate disqualification from this tender process.