School Cleaning Tenders
Local authorities, independent schools and academies regularly release school cleaning tenders. They are often for an individual school, but in some circumstances, a number of schools in a specific geographical area are being tendered for.
What is Normally Involved in a School Cleaning Tender?
School cleaning tenders often involve a site visit so bidders can ascertain the exact cleaning requirements in terms of surface types, surface area, access requirements and any specialist equipment to be used to complete the task to the highest standard. Beyond the site visit, the school cleaning tenders entail a number of questions, including:
- Experience & Contract Examples – details of where you have delivered similar services, any issues/challenges you overcame and any other relevant details.
- Methodology – your approach to meeting the commissioner’s requirements and cleaning the school to the highest standard within the allotted time(s) and other KPIs.
- Equipment & Materials – details of the specialist items that you will use to protect the various surfaces, eradicate bacteria, etc.
- Staffing – your arrangements vetting the staff prior to their allocation on the job, including safer recruitment measures such as a DBS check (formerly CRB), as well as absence management, supervisory arrangements and addressing poor performance.
- TUPE may also apply to school cleaning tenders so you may need to demonstrate your experience of this and/or how you will handle such a situation.
- Approach to Environmental Management – this will include details of the cleaning materials and chemicals you will use in the delivery of window cleaning services and how these are the most environmentally friendly option.
Some documents within a school cleaning tender often include a breakdown of areas to be cleaned and frequencies, pricing document and a TUPE list. All such documents will be provided to you for your information.
Some documents within a school cleaning tender often include a breakdown of areas to be cleaned and frequencies, pricing document and a TUPE list. All such documents will be provided to you for your information.
It is common to see ISO accreditation stipulated for school cleaning tenders. This might be for ISO9001 for Quality or ISO14001 for Environmental Management based on the chemicals used when cleaning. We can help clients with ISO accreditation when it comes to tendering. Click HERE for more information.
How Can Your Tender Team Help with School Cleaning Tender Writing?
When it comes to responding to a school cleaning tender, we have a bid writing team to support you. We can offer a FULL TENDER WRITE or REVIEW & EVALUATION for any school cleaning tender.
School cleaning tender writing is often very labour intensive and only comes with a three or four week response time. Because of this, we have more than adequate resources to write or review any school cleaning tender so you don’t have to.
Need Help with School Cleaning Tender Writing?
We specialise in offering a tailored bid writing service for clients dedicated to their sector. School cleaning tenders are usually awarded to one company so we work exclusively on your behalf to try and help you win that all important tender. Our full tender management service FULL TENDER WRITE includes:
- Dedicated support from an experienced Tender Manager
- Production of a ‘Shopping List’ of additional items required for submission, e.g. financial information
- The full write of your bid with information about your company and your approach gained through conference calls
- An independent evaluation of the finished tender
- Managing clarifications on your behalf, both leading up to and post-submission
- Managing the submission once you have approved all tender responses and supporting documents
To discover more about our Full Tender Write process please click here .
Everybody takes part in a tender to win it, and we are no different. For more info on our tender win rate click HERE.
Want to Write the Tender Response Yourself? No Problem!
We assist a range of clients when they write a tender response themselves. We can help you plan responses, submissions and are also here to act as a second set of experienced eyes when it comes to offering feedback and guidance. Once you have completed your school cleaning tender, we can review it for you and offer feedback. Think of it as a tender writing top trump card! More information can be found on our REVIEW & EVALUATION page.
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A School Cleaning Tender is Out Now, What Are Your Fees For A Tender Write or to Review a Tender?
We can quote quickly for every school cleaning tender via our ‘Get A Quote‘ tab on the right handside of this page. If the tender is live, please provide a link or documents and one of our team will be in touch to discuss your tender writing requirements. Don’t hesitate to contact us!