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The Norton Knatchbull School Cleaning Tender

THE NORTON KNATCHBULL SCHOOL · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 01:11.

Opportunity overview

The Norton Knatchbull School is a popular and highly regarded selective secondary school for boys in Ashford, Kent. The school admits a growing number of girls into its Sixth Form. It has 1350 students aged between 11 and 18 years of age and is supported by a team of 130 teaching and support staff. The School is tendering its cleaning services with a contract start date of 1st September 2026. The initial term will run for three years, ending on 31st August 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 with Ridge Crest has reached the maximum tenure. The School is 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 five-year contract is expected to be circa £875,000. 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 School needs to be convinced that bidders can deliver their commitments in full, achieve high standards and implement service enhancements as promised. If the School is not convinced of this, it reserves the right to consider an insourced solution or make no award.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Town and Country

Matched by number
Contract value
£602.5k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
13 Jul 2026
Including VAT
£723k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 02482612
Location
Canterbury, UKJ44, CT1 2BJ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
CCL_129
Status
complete
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
THE NORTON KNATCHBULL SCHOOL
Id
GB-COH-07992899

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
07992899

Address

Street Address
The Norton Knatchbull School
Locality
Ashford
Postal Code
TN24 0QJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ45

Contact

Name
Cohesion Procurement Team

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Cohesion Consulting Limited
Id
GB-COH-13682273
Role Details
Cohesion are managing the tender process on behalf of the School

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
13682273

Address

Street Address
16 Mount Pleasant
Locality
Tunbridge Wells
Postal Code
TN1 1QU
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ46

Contact

Roles

procuringEntity
processContactPoint

Details

Organisation 3
Name
Town and Country
Id
GB-COH-02482612

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02482612

Address

Street Address
St Andrews House, Station Road East
Locality
Canterbury
Postal Code
CT1 2BJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ44

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
90919300
Description
School cleaning services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ45
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02482612
Name
Town and Country

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
The Norton Knatchbull School Cleaning Tender
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
14 Jul 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Aug 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Aug 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance.

Value

Including VAT
722,952
Amount
602,460
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
066455-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
14 Jul 2026, 16:55
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Ashford · UKJ45 · TN24 0QJ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 008376-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 053171-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 066455-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·