Awarded contract

Window Cleaning Service Framework

Details

Supplier(s)
Value
£600,000
Duration
2 years
Topic
Accommodation, building and window cleaning services
Published
17 March 2026

Tender description

The University, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, LA1 4YW, is inviting tenders on the terms set out in this Invitation to Tender (ITT) to establish a multi-lot Framework agreement for an on-going requirement for Window Cleaning to Academic and Student Residential buildings (both internally & externally). The cleaning is to include windowsills & wiping of frames, glass canopies and main entrances, all internal glass including glass office partitions; glass balustrades and all glass in atrium areas including lifts on campus and at Health Innovation One (HIO); and Chancellor's Wharf, Lancaster City centre. Normally window cleaning takes place: • Externally once a year • Internally once a year Window cleaning is generally scheduled between March and September each year with occasional requests during the remainder of the year for VIP events. Some of the Student Residence buildings are required for Conference/Summer School accommodation after the students have vacated them so please be aware that approximately 20% of the Residences included in Lot 2 have to be cleaned/turnaround in anything from a 2 to 7-day timeframe Lancaster University aims to establish a Framework consisting of two Lots with up to three or four suppliers on each Lot. ## Contract award Lots: - Lot 1: Academic buildings ## Contract award Lots: - Lot 2: Residential buildings

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published17 March 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date17 March 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date30 March 2028in 17 months

About the buyer

Lancaster University is a higher education institution whose procurement team manages spending with external suppliers. Some competitions are still run voluntarily. Specialist buyers cover IT, facilities, laboratories, travel and insurance, and professional services. Frameworks come from the NWUPC, NEUPC, SUPC, LUPC and APUC consortia, TUCO and the Government Commercial Agency. There are no approved supplier lists.

Over the past 5 years, most of Lancaster University's contract awards have been in construction work, waste, cleaning and environmental services and repair and maintenance.

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