PP-10183a Hornchurch Academy Trust Facilities Management Open Framework

2026-11-03

This Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) has been issued by Place Group Limited as Procurement Agent of Hornchurch Academy Trust (“the Client”). You are invited by the Client to tender for a position on an Open Framework for the provision of various Facilities Management requirements in accordance with this ITT, including the following categories: a. Category 1: Catering Services b. Category 2: Cleaning Services c. Category 3: Waste Services d. Category 4: Grounds Maintenance e. Category 5: Security Services f. Category 6: Leisure Management g. Category 7: Furniture and Fit Out h. Category 8: Laundry and Linen Services i. Category 9: Hard Facilities Management Services j. Category 10: Total Facilities Management The Open Framework will act as a scheme of frameworks that provides for the award of successive frameworks on substantially the same terms. The first framework shall be for a period of 2 years, with each successive framework being for a period of 3 years, with the final framework expiring at the end of the period of eight years beginning with the day on which the first framework under the scheme is awarded. The estimated contract value for this framework over the full potential 8-year period of the open framework is £830,000,000 excluding VAT / £996,000,000 including VAT. The framework shall include both mini-competition and direct award without further competition options for undertaking call-offs, as further detailed in the specification and tender documentation. A Framework Levy is to be paid by the Supplier, calculated as a fixed percentage of the contract value for the initial term of each Call-Off Contract (prior to any deductions and exclusive of VAT), with the applicable fixed percentage being determined by the contract value (ranging from 5% to 0.35% dependent on contract value in line with the tender documentation). The anticipated number of Suppliers to be appointed to each category can be found in the ITT documentation. Further information on the framework and its method of operation can be found in the attachments to this ITT, which can be accessed under project reference PP-10183a via the In-Tend portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/placegroup/

United Kingdom (UK)

2026-03-16