Fox Hollies School ~ Cleaning Tender

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Fox Hollies Special School, a SEN {Special educational needs} in Birmingham {B13-8QB} Lot 1: The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for Fox Hollies Special School, a SEN {Special educational needs} in Birmingham {B13-8QB} Fox Hollies Special School is well established within the heart of Birmingham and has the love, care and personal one-two-one attention of every student within their care, where the successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification from the contract commencement. The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from October 2025 until September 2028, with the option to extend for a further term of three years on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. 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 by school. 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 schools. This credit will be calculated by dividing the annual contract cost (fixed cost) by the number of annual input hours to arrive at a contractual cost per hour, this will then be multiplied by the number of hours due to arrive at the fiscal credit. The schools require that the tendered number of hours are worked at all times and the successful contractor is expected to have a system in place to cover for both planned and unplanned leave. The basis and rationale that the Client requires is for the successful contractor to operate to at all times is being able to provide clean Schools that are fit for purpose and that the Contractor is pro-active in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all output / Input specifications are achieved and that the required frequency of cleans is delivered. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of services. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a clean and pleasant environment for students, staff and visitors within all of the schools consistently. It should be noted that the successful contractor will be expected to bring to the contract: innovation; new equipment; and cleaning methods, with BIC’S 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 successful contractor will be expected to put forwards both innovation and their proposals for making this contract more environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral moving into this contract term both by way of contract delivery, and also within the successful contractor’s organisation, thus working to deliver Fox Hollies Special School’s environmental polices. The terms and conditions of employment and recognition offered to the cleaning operatives should be both progressive and forward thinking ensuring that the staffing establishment is complete at all times and staff turnover is kept to a minimum. Fox Hollies Special School is expected to grow in the number of schools becoming part of the trust during this contract period, and the provision of cleaning services within these schools when they have joined Fox Hollies Special School will fall under the scope of this contract. See SQ document for more information. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/4XS555YTM4