Manchester Enterprise Academy – Building Cleaning Services.

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Manchester Enterprise Academy are looking to appoint an experienced building cleaning services contractor for the School. The School is based in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester.The contract will initially be for a 3 year period commencing the 1.6.2014. The School will retain the right to award extensions to this contact which will consist of 2, 12 month periods thus resulting in a maximum contract term of 5 years. Extensions will be awarded at the School discretion.The School has a total area of 8 196 m2, comprising of a main building which was opened in 2010 and a separate sport hall building on the same grounds.The School has 80 members of staff and 530 learners who occupy the buildings during term time. During non-term time this number significantly reduces to circa 10 members of staff, although in the past the School has held a summer school provision during one week of the summer holiday.The service is currently provided by the local authority and as such TUPE regulations will apply to this contract. Interested contractors will be required to demonstrate their experience in managing the transfer of staff in line with TUPE regulations. At this point in time it is unknown if any of the affected members of staff are members of the local government pension scheme.The procurement exercises will be conducted over two stages: 1. Pre-qualification stage, 2. Invitation to Tender stage. Details of the specification will be provided within the invitation to tender document. The Invitation to tender document will be issued to the companies who are successful in being shortlisted via the pre-qualification stage.Companies who are shortlisted to the Invitation to Tender stage will be required to provide a cost for delivering the service which will be fully inclusive of all costs, including pension costs, were applicable. The School are looking to award a contract on the basis that contract costs are fixed for the initial 3 year terms.In the first instance interested parties should register their company details on: www.tenet4tenders.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the latest opportunities section of the tenet4tenders homepage. A pre-qualification questionnaire will need to be completed and returned (via www.tenet4tenders.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process detail of enrolment on professional or trade registers and details on whether bankruptcy convictions or professional misconduct, non payment relating to social security contributions or taxes applies to the economic operator. Economic operators may be excluded from participation if any of these circumstances applies. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.