The Authority wishes to procure cleaning and ground maintenance services for

itself and other eligible bodies by establishing a Framework Agreement.

The Framework Agreement will have a term of four years under which individual

requirements for each Authority site will be specified and priced according to a schedule of

rates agreed as a result of this tender process The individual call-off contracts entered into

under the Framework Agreement will have a maximum term of four years.

This requirement is not split into Lots, as the Authorities require one single provider to

service this requirement, for ease of management and to drive efficiencies

The Cleaning requirement covers the provision of (but is not limited to) the following

cleaning services:-

• Daily supervision and management of the cleaning activities to ensure the delivery of a high

quality service.

• Overall management and self-auditing of the cleaning standards within each establishment

to ensure they

• meet the set standard.

• Employment and initial and then ongoing training of all cleaning management and staff to

meet cleaning

• industry and health and safety standards.

• Supply of all equipment, materials and products required to clean, the establishments to

the set standard

• Supply of all consumables to include the provision of all waste receptacle (bin) bags for the

removal of general

• waste and dry mixed recycling waste, hand soap, centre-feed towel and toilet rolls.

• Provision of washroom services, including sanitary / nappy bins at each building, as

required.

• Window cleaning services at all establishments.

• Litter picking and external litter bin management.

• Gritting services.

The term Grounds Maintenance covers the provision (but not limited to) the following

grounds maintenance services:-

• Cutting and maintenance of grassed areas

• Weed control (hard and soft landscaped areas)

• Shrub, hedge and bush maintenance

• Management of trees, including day to day management, tree surveys and major tree works

• Any other related services agreed by Contracting authority or an eligible body and the

provider

This requirement is not split into Lots, as the Authorities require one single provider to

service this requirement, for ease of management and to drive efficiencies.