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Sapientia Education Trust ~ Cleaning Tender

Sapientia Education Trust · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Cleaning services for ten schools within the trust, six secondary schools and four primaries situated in East Norfolk, centered around Norwich and Northern Suffolk. The Sapientia Education Trust (SET) was established in 2016 with the purpose of bringing like-minded schools together to work in partnership to deliver a world class education to pupils in Norfolk and Suffolk. The term Sapientia comes from the motto of the founding school, Wymondham College, and means wisdom. ‘Our work is cross-phase and involves a strong commitment to staff development and on-going training for all staff in our schools. We believe that collaboration and partnership work helps raise standards and we work with a range of schools within and beyond our Trust.’ Current catering service annual turnover for the nine schools in scope is estimated to be in excess of £1.1million per annum The principal aim of this process will be to realise the benefits of a single specialist service provider. This is a key strategic project that will bring the trust from three existing service providers and two schools that self -deliver into one bundled contract, with an output specification defined that should attract in-form education sector caterers to make confident and commercially attractive bids. The intention of the process is to bring the majority of the trust’s cleaning services under one service provider – with the objective to achieve a higher consistent level of quality in each school, primary or secondary, than is currently being achieved by the mix of service providers and in-house operation. A further aim is for better communication and more evidence of service assurance at both school and at trust level. The ITT process will focus bidders questions to assure that the process has the right mix and weightings of qualitative measurements to demonstrate the Trust’s desire for enduring quality alongside fair and competitive value; which will allow the best fit contractor to succeed. Please see PSQ Document for more information.

Awarded to

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Published award value
£5.5m
Awarded
29 Apr 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 03762020
Location
Luton, Bedfordshire, UKH21, LU1 3LU, 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
ocds-h6vhtk-05f712
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Sapientia Education Trust
Id
GB-PPON-PRCL-6932-LTDD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PRCL-6932-LTDD

Address

Street Address
Sapientia Education Trust, Wymondham College, Wymondham
Locality
Norfolk
Postal Code
NR18 9SZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH17

Contact

Telephone
01276 673896

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Churchill Contract Services Ltd
Id
GB-COH-03762020

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
03762020

Address

Street Address
First floor Cedar House, Parkland Square, 750a Capability Green
Locality
Luton, Bedfordshire
Postal Code
LU1 3LU
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH21

Contact

Name
Howard Allen
Telephone
01276 673896

Roles

supplier
tenderer

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Date
30 Apr 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
30 Apr 2026, 00:00

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
UKH16
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
5,500,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-03762020
Name
Churchill Contract Services Ltd

Standstill Period

Ends
26 May 2026, 23:59

Contract period

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

Renewal

Description
1+1 Please see PSQ Document for more information.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
044540-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
14 May 2026, 16:13
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
26 May 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Norfolk · UKH17 · NR18 9SZ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 044540-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·