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St James and Blessed Dominic Cleaning Tender

St James' Catholic High School

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: St James' Catholic High School

Buyer Address: Great Strand, London, UKI71, NW9 5PE, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Cohesion Procurement Team

Contact Email: finance@st-james.barnet.sch.uk

Contact Telephone: +441892251001

Buyer Name: Cohesion Consulting Ltd

Buyer Address: 16 Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UKJ46, TN1 1QU, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Procurement Team

Contact Email: info@cohesionconsulting.co.uk

Status
active
Procedure
selective
Value
800000.0 GBP
Gross: 960000 GBP
Published
18 Dec 2025, 19:42
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
90919300 - School cleaning services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

St James Catholic Secondary School and Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School are successful schools that share the same site in Barnet, London. The Schools are jointly tendering their cleaning services with a contract start date of 1st August 2026. The initial term will run for three years, ending on 31st July 2029, with a requirement for termly and annual reviews and a break clause to support both parties should the relationship not prosper. There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance. The current contract for both schools is with Purgo and is part of an over-arching FM contract. The Schools are seeking a professional cleaning contractor who can consistently deliver high cleaning standards across all areas of the school, with robust staffing and supervision arrangements, clear KPIs and performance monitoring, innovative approaches to sustainability, efficiency and continuous improvement and proactive support to the School throughout the contract. The projected turnover for the three-year contract is expected to be circa £800,000 The School is running this procurement as a Competitive Flexible, Two Stage, Open Tender Process. To declare your interest in the tender and download contract documents (available free of charge), please register on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/aspx/Home. Once registered, please declare interest in the opportunity to access and download the full document set. In short, the Schools need to be convinced that bidders can deliver their commitments in full, achieve high standards and implement service enhancements as promised. If the Schools are not convinced of this, it reserves the right to consider an insourced solution or make no award. Any investment proposals must align with DfE guidelines.

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084658-2025

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Value: AED 800,000

Lot 1 Value (Gross): AED 960,000

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-08-01T00:00:00+01:00

Lot 1 Contract End: 2029-07-31T23:59:59+01:00

Lot 1 Award Criterion (price): Simple description

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

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