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Window Cleaning Services

Royal Armouries Museum · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 10:21.

Opportunity overview

PROCUREMENT DESCRIPTION To carry out window cleaning on all glazing and specified building areas at the Royal Armouries Museum and New Dock Hall in Leeds. Complying with all Health & Safety regulations (inc. Working at Height) and following industrial best practices. CURRENT SERVICE SCOPE Fortnightly Visits • Ground floor building entrance areas including auto doors (inside and outside including the fold back glass inner doors) • Dockside Ground floor frontage including the RA shop and Masters Restaurant Windows (Inside and outside) • New Dock Hall: All of frontage glazing inside and outside Quarterly Visits – Jan – Apr – Jul – Oct • Regular windows and glazing – both internal and external surfaces • Slit windows – both internal and external surfaces • Triangular viewing windows – both internal and external surfaces • Regular recessed windows – both internal and external surfaces • Juliette windows (can be fully opened) – both internal and external surfaces • Internal Doors/windows to street from shop and restaurant • Office skylights 5th Floor – both internal and external surfaces • Internal balconies, glazed bridges, window internal balconies and stairwell glazing - both sides • Facia of ‘Street’ – both internal and external surfaces • Hall of Steel’ internal and external surfaces and both sides of all stairway glazing • To include internal glazing of all four galleries Annual and 6 monthly Tasks (Apr/Oct) • Panoramic glass lifts – by appointment and under the direct control of our lift maintenance service provider (internally). (Yearly task) • External canopy over the Tiltyard (Annually- April) • Hall of Steel ground and 1st floor building frontage, including brickwork (6 Monthly Apr/Oct) • Street’ skylights - external surfaces (6 Monthly Apr/Oct) • Craft Court Windows (1st Floor, smoking, shelter canopy, Cycle Storage (6 Monthly April/Oct) • External balcony of ‘Pearl’ Suite’ Both sides ESTIMATED CONTRACT VALUE (INCL. VAT): £400,000 • Initial term: £240,000 • Optional extensions: £160,000

Classification

  • CPV90911300 — Window-cleaning services

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
RA-0213
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 May 2027, 00:00
Ends
30 Apr 2030, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 Apr 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
90911300
Description
Window-cleaning services

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
The key purpose of this notice is to alert the market to the Tender and to flag the new social value criteria and outcomes that are being proposed for it, and thus to obtain feedback from suppliers. The social value outcomes that will form 10% of the quality evaluation criteria will consist of the following: 1.Fair work – Create and retain high quality jobs Suppliers will need to demonstrate that they are providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified 2.Fair work - Fair pay practices Suppliers will need to demonstrate that they provide payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce. Suppliers wishing to participate must email the Estates Team at Kieran.jones@armouries.org.uk to request the supplier questionnaire by 07 August 2026 at 12:00 and return it completed no later than 17 August 2026 at 17:00.
Due
17 Aug 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
072956-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
1 Aug 2026, 09:53
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Royal Armouries Museum
Id
GB-PPON-PCCZ-9656-MDZP

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCCZ-9656-MDZP

Address

Street Address
Armouries Drive
Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS10 1LT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE42

Contact

Name
Procurement Department
Telephone
+441132201946

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Leeds · UKE42 · LS10 1LT · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 072956-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·