Tender: Cleaning Services for Addington and Brookfields Schools – Ascendancy Partnership Trust (Berkshire SEND)

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Ascendancy Partnership Trust is seeking a supplier for cleaning services at Addington and Brookfields schools. The Trust requires a highly responsive, flexible and sensitive cleaning service for its Berkshire specialist SEND schools that maintains consistently high standards of cleanliness, hygiene and infection control across all areas while carrying out work safely, discreetly and with minimal disruption to teaching and learning. The contract places particular emphasis on safeguarding, the appropriate use of cleaning products, enhanced cleaning of welfare and hygiene facilities, effective communication with school leadership teams and the ability to respond promptly to incidents, spillages and changing operational requirements; the successful contractor must demonstrate experience of working within educational environments and an understanding of specialist school settings. Staff on Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) are present in the TUPE. Further information is provided in Attachment 1a Specification, Attachment 1b Cleaning Schedules and Attachment 1c Client Data. The contract period is three years initially, with the option to extend for two further one-year periods at the Client’s discretion.