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Cleaning Contract - Direct Award following mutual contract termination

Southborough Church of England Primary School · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 14:03.

Opportunity overview

Southborough CE Primary school has awarded a direct award contract for cleaning services with a justification of extreme urgency.

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.

Kent Gurkha Company Ltd

Matched by number
Contract value
£212.5k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
2 Mar 2026
Award ID
026470-2026-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 05797901
Location
Maidstone, UKJ, ME14 1BQ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV90919300 — School cleaning services

Lots

  • Southborough CE Primary school has awarded a direct award contract for cleaning services with a justification of extreme urgency.Value not stated

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-0671e9
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Cleaning Services - Direct Award under Regulation 32(2)(c) PCR 2015 Short Description - The School has awarded a contract for the provision of cleaning services through the negotiated procedure without prior publication, in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Description of the Procurement - This contract provides essential daily cleaning services required to maintain statutory health, safety, and hygiene standards across the School site. The previous cleaning contract ended unexpectedly by mutual termination, creating an urgent operational need for immediate continuity of cleaning services. Due to the essential nature of cleaning for the safe functioning of an educational environment, the School was required to secure replacement service provision without delay. Justification for Use of the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication (Reg. 32) - The School relied on Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, which permits a contracting authority to award a contract without prior publication where: The need for services is extremely urgent, The urgency has been brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, The circumstances are not attributable to the contracting authority, and The time limits for a standard procurement procedure cannot be complied with. The previous cleaning contract was mutually terminated, which constitutes an unforeseeable event not caused by the School. This resulted in an immediate and critical requirement to maintain legally compliant hygiene standards to ensure the safety of pupils, staff, and visitors. Government guidance confirms that direct awards made under Regulation 32 require a contract award notice but may be lawfully awarded without prior publication of a contract notice. Given the operational urgency and statutory duties of the School, there was no time to run a competitive tendering process, even on accelerated timescales. Accordingly, the use of Regulation 32(2)(c) was lawful and necessary.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
90919300
Description
School cleaning services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_EXTREME_URGENCY
Description
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Southborough CE Primary school has awarded a direct award contract for cleaning services with a justification of extreme urgency.
Has Options
Yes
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
35
Criterion 2
Name
Delivery and Customer Services
Type
quality
Description
35
Criterion 3
Name
Added value
Type
quality
Description
5
Criterion 4
Type
price
Description
25

Options

Description
1 year plus 1 year

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
90919300
Description
School cleaning services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Entry 9
Region
UKK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Id
GB-FTS-155336

Identifier

Legal Name
Southborough Church of England Primary School
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Broomhill Park Road
Locality
Tunbridge Wells
Region
UKJ46
Postal Code
TN40JY
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Deborah Norman

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
09
Description
Education
Organisation 2
Name
Kent Gurkha Company Ltd
Id
GB-COH-05797901

Identifier

Legal Name
Kent Gurkha Company Ltd
Id
05797901
Scheme
GB-COH

Address

Street Address
7 Clarendon Place
Locality
Maidstone
Region
UKJ
Postal Code
ME14 1BQ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 3
Name
High Court of England and Wales
Id
GB-FTS-136

Identifier

Legal Name
High Court of England and Wales

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
026470-2026-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-05797901
Name
Kent Gurkha Company Ltd

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
026470-2026-1
Award ID
026470-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
2 Mar 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
212,520
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Tunbridge Wells · UKJ46 · TN40JY · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC
  • Delivery location · UKD
  • Delivery location · UKE
  • Delivery location · UKF
  • Delivery location · UKG
  • Delivery location · UKH
  • Delivery location · UKI
  • Delivery location · UKJ
  • Delivery location · UKK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 026470-2026award, contract ·