The provision of building cleaning services will be to Commissioners locations which are within the county of Cumbria. (The West Basic Command Unit Headquarters at Workington is excluded, as this is subject to Facilities Management under a PFI Contract). For management purposes, the building cleaning service is currently split into the Headquarters and 3 geographic areas (number and locations of stations subject to continual reviews may reduce over time): West Area, North Area and South Area. Please see following plan. There are also specialised buildings, e.g. Custody Suites and Dog Training Unit, etc. The Commissioner will not consider bids for individual locations/buildings or cleaning tasks, however a sub-contracting approach will be considered, subject to the bidder providing satisfactory evidence of performance control arrangements.

Building cleaning services will be required to cover the following:

1. General office accommodation and public areas;

2. Toilets, bathrooms, showers and drying rooms;

3. Kitchens, meal rooms, brew stations;

4. Custody Suites including medical rooms;

5. Sports hall, multi-gym, fitness rooms;

6. Firing range offices;

7. Internal and external window cleaning;

8. Periodic deep cleaning, e.g. kitchens, carpets.

The contract will include:

1. Cleaning materials and equipment;

2. Wash room, i.e. toilet rolls, soap and dispensers (excluding hand towels) and kitchen cleaning consumables, i.e. washing up liquid, cloths, soap dispensers and paper towels.

A service will be required 365/366 days of the year. This will mainly be to cover services required for Custody Suites although other areas may be involved.