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<TED_EXPORT><NOTICE_DATA><NO_DOC_EXT>2026-000005</NO_DOC_EXT><DOC_ID>054877-2026</DOC_ID><URI_DOC>https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054877-2026</URI_DOC><PUBLISHED>2026-06-10T16:00:54+01:00</PUBLISHED></NOTICE_DATA><FORM_SECTION>
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      <date>2026-06-10T16:00:54+01:00</date>
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        <name>SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST</name>
        <id>GB-PPON-PGVP-5227-NVBY</id>
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          <scheme>GB-PPON</scheme>
          <id>PGVP-5227-NVBY</id>
        </identifier>
        <address>
          <streetAddress>Saffron Walden County High School</streetAddress>
          <locality>Saffron Walden</locality>
          <postalCode>CB11 4UH</postalCode>
          <country>GB</country>
          <countryName>United Kingdom</countryName>
          <region>UKH35</region>
        </address>
        <contactPoint>
          <name>Jiger Shah</name>
          <email>tenders@sitemark.co.uk</email>
        </contactPoint>
        <roles>buyer</roles>
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          <url>https://www.saffron.academy/</url>
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            <scheme>UK_CA_TYPE</scheme>
            <id>publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment</id>
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      <parties>
        <name>Sitemark Ltd</name>
        <id>GB-COH-05737232</id>
        <identifier>
          <scheme>GB-COH</scheme>
          <id>05737232</id>
        </identifier>
        <address>
          <streetAddress>Blackmore Business Park</streetAddress>
          <locality>Hanley Swan, Worcestershire</locality>
          <postalCode>WR8 0EF</postalCode>
          <country>GB</country>
          <countryName>United Kingdom</countryName>
          <region>UKG12</region>
        </address>
        <contactPoint>
          <name>Jiger Shah</name>
          <email>tenders@sitemark.co.uk</email>
          <telephone>+44(0)1684 580680</telephone>
        </contactPoint>
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        <roleDetails>Managing a compliant public-sector procurement process on behalf of the Contracting Authority (Saffron Academy Trust&#039;s Alec Hunter Academy) to procure cleaning services</roleDetails>
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          <url>https://www.sitemark.co.uk/</url>
        </details>
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        <id>GB-PPON-PGVP-5227-NVBY</id>
        <name>SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST</name>
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        <title>The supply of cleaning services to Saffron Academy Trust&#039;s Alec Hunter Academy</title>
        <description>
          <p>Sitemark Ltd is managing a compliant public-sector tender process on behalf of Saffron Academy Trust&#039;s Alec Hunter Academy (the Contracting Authority) to procure cleaning services. To access the ITT tender documentation and submit your response, you must express interest and opt in.</p>
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        <status>active</status>
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            <scheme>CPV</scheme>
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            <region>UKH3</region>
          </deliveryAddresses>
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          <amountGross>1020000</amountGross>
          <amount>850000</amount>
          <currency>GBP</currency>
        </value>
        <procurementMethod>open</procurementMethod>
        <procurementMethodDetails>Competitive flexible procedure</procurementMethodDetails>
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          <features>
            <p>The procurement will be conducted using a competitive flexible procedure, structured to ensure proportionality, transparency, and alignment with the nature of the requirement.</p>
            <p>Given that the cleaning services being procured are routine and well defined within the facilities management market, no pre-market engagement was undertaken. The specifications, service standards, and performance expectations are considered standard across the sector, and there is a sufficiently mature and competitive supplier base capable of responding without prior consultation.</p>
            <p>The procedure is designed as a staged evaluation process. At the initial stage, Tenderers will submit a written response to the quality questions, including social value, alongside their pricing submission. These elements will be evaluated against the following weighted criteria:</p>
            <p>• Quality - Response to Tender, including social value: 40%</p>
            <p>• Pricing: 40%</p>
            <p>Following this initial assessment, the highest-ranking Tenderer or Tenderers, with a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 4, will be invited to proceed to the presentation stage. This stage carries a weighting of 20% and is intended to validate and further assess the Tenderers’ proposed delivery model, mobilisation approach, and alignment with the Contracting Authority’s objectives.</p>
            <p>The final contract award will be made to the most advantageous tender achieving the highest combined score across all evaluated stages, expressed as a total out of 100%.</p>
            <p>The Contracting Authority retains discretion throughout the process. This includes the right to:</p>
            <p>• Reject tenders deemed to be abnormally high or low in price</p>
            <p>• Seek clarifications or hold meetings with Tenderers where necessary</p>
            <p>• Award the contract in whole or in part</p>
            <p>• Decline to award to the lowest priced or any tender</p>
            <p>The detailed scoring mechanism and evaluation methodology are set out in the document SIT-9199337-Scoring-Methodology (V1.0)(Jun 26) within the ITT tender pack, which governs how scores are applied consistently across all tender submissions.</p>
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        </procedure>
        <mainProcurementCategory>services</mainProcurementCategory>
        <aboveThreshold>true</aboveThreshold>
        <submissionMethodDetails>
          <p>https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sitemarklimited/aspx/ProjectManage/57</p>
        </submissionMethodDetails>
        <submissionTerms>
          <electronicSubmissionPolicy>allowed</electronicSubmissionPolicy>
          <languages>en</languages>
        </submissionTerms>
        <tenderPeriod>
          <endDate>2026-07-10T12:00:00+01:00</endDate>
        </tenderPeriod>
        <enquiryPeriod>
          <endDate>2026-06-26T23:59:59+01:00</endDate>
        </enquiryPeriod>
        <awardPeriod>
          <endDate>2026-09-02T23:59:59+01:00</endDate>
        </awardPeriod>
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          <id>1</id>
          <status>active</status>
          <value>
            <amountGross>1020000</amountGross>
            <amount>850000</amount>
            <currency>AED</currency>
          </value>
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              <type>quality</type>
              <name>Quality</name>
              <description>
                <p>Response to tender - quality</p>
              </description>
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                <number>40</number>
                <weight>percentageExact</weight>
              </numbers>
            </criteria>
            <criteria>
              <type>price</type>
              <name>Pricing</name>
              <description>
                <p>Pricing schedule - commercial</p>
              </description>
              <numbers>
                <number>40</number>
                <weight>percentageExact</weight>
              </numbers>
            </criteria>
            <criteria>
              <type>quality</type>
              <name>Presentation</name>
              <description>
                <p>Presentation</p>
              </description>
              <numbers>
                <number>20</number>
                <weight>percentageExact</weight>
              </numbers>
            </criteria>
          </awardCriteria>
          <contractPeriod>
            <startDate>2026-11-02T00:00:00+00:00</startDate>
            <endDate>2029-11-01T23:59:59+00:00</endDate>
            <maxExtentDate>2031-10-31T23:59:59+00:00</maxExtentDate>
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          <hasRenewal>true</hasRenewal>
          <renewal>
            <description>
              <p>Extension for 2 years (one year at a time) at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.</p>
            </description>
          </renewal>
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          <id>L-1</id>
          <documentType>biddingDocuments</documentType>
          <url>https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sitemarklimited/aspx/ProjectManage/57</url>
        </documents>
        <documents>
          <id>conflictOfInterest</id>
          <documentType>conflictOfInterest</documentType>
          <description>
            <p>Not published</p>
          </description>
          <url>https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/conflictOfInterest</url>
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        </documents>
      </tender>
      <language>en</language>
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