Tender: Cleaning Services Contract – East Surrey College & John Ruskin College (Orbital South Colleges)

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Orbital South Colleges is seeking a flexible, best-value cleaning contractor to provide comprehensive cleaning services across East Surrey College (Redhill) and John Ruskin College (South Croydon). The service includes core term-time cleaning, periodic deep cleaning and some specific external cleaning across approximately 33,380 m², with an expected contract start date of 1 April 2027 for an initial two-year term and the option to extend for up to two further one-year periods. The current annual contract value is approximately £500,000 across both colleges; the contract will be awarded on a fixed-price basis with monthly invoicing. The successful contractor must demonstrate proactive service development and innovation, robust management and assurance of appropriate staffing levels at all times; experience delivering comparable large-scale cleaning services across multiple educational sites is desirable and TUPE will apply.