School cleaning services

Description

Chipping Sodbury School is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive school. It is situated on the southern outskirts of the medieval market town of Chipping Sodbury, on the southern edge of the Cotswolds. The school is a short drive from the cities of Bath and Bristol. It is easily accessible from the M4/M5 motorway network. The school serves Chipping Sodbury, Yate and surrounding villages. In 2013 the school became a Co-operative Trust School, with the creation of Chipping Sodbury School Co-operative Trust. As a community we have worked hard at developing a set of core values. These values underpin the work that we do ‘Respect, responsibility, aspiration and integrity’. The successful supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Chipping Sodbury School. The contract will commence on 1 April 2020 for an initial period of 3 years, ending on 31 March 2023, with the opportunity to extend for a further period of 2 years at the discretion of the governing body. This contract will be fixed price in nature with the successful supplier guaranteeing both the number of input hours to the contract and the quality of cleaning provision. We are seeking a suitably experienced supplier who has current experience of working within the primary or secondary school market place, ideally with a strong operational base within the Bristol or South West area, thus allowing for both adequate contract support and operational flexibility that is to be delivered to support the contract as and when required moving forwards into this contract term. The scope of the contract covers all cleaning provision within the school buildings. The successful supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the school senior management team on the contract performance. Any variations to the contract that are requested by the client should be invoiced at the agreed rate and should be calculated on an hourly rate per employee needed to carry out the variation to the satisfaction of the contract supervising officer. The client’s requirement shall be for 190 academic days, 5 inset days and 20 days periodic cleaning per annum. Whilst the monthly charge will represent one-twelfth of the contract cost, a reconciliation will take place monthly to reconcile the actual hours worked within the contract. If the hours worked are less than those budgeted for a credit will be required by the client. The client requires that the tendered amount of hours are worked at all times and the successful supplier is expected to have a system in place to cover for both planned and unplanned leave. The supplier shall provide a comprehensive cleaning service to the client so as to promote a clean, healthy and safe environment which presents a positive image to all users and visitors. The school must at all times meet health, safety and environmental standards appropriate to the school and its use and the successful supplier must comply with the client’s health, safety and environmental policies and procedures. The services must be provided so as not to interrupt the routine of the school. The focus of our requirement is for a high quality cleaning service, fully compliant to the agreed specification at all times. The projected cost of cleaning for the current year is circa GBP 65 000 (Currently excluding periodic cleaning costs). The focus of the requirement is equally for a high quality cleaning service, fully compliant to the agreed specification at all times. Please note that the successful contractor will pay a proportion of the procurement consultancy fee on award of this contract, which will be to the value of GBP 3 000.00 plus VAT. This fee will be invoiced immediately after the 10 day standstill period. To ensure transparency, you will clearly show within your management fee a breakdown of this fee, over the initial 3 year length of the contract. The total fee will be paid by the successful contractor, in full to Litmus, by no later than Thursday 12 March 2020.