OG - Facilities Management (East) - PP915
Orbit Group LimitedEstimated Value
Up to £3,750,000
Deadline
22 June 2018
Published
22 May 2018
Type
services
Overview
Orbit, a large Housing Association, is looking to procure Soft Facilities Management services (extensive Cleaning Services and wide-ranging Grounds Maintenance Services) from a high quality provider that will be delivered across our far reaching property portfolio in the East of England. Tenderers are requested to study the tender documentation in detail and ensure that specified requirements can be met, your understanding should therefore be reflected within your tender response.
The contract for the provision of these services is expected to commence in the autumn of 2018, the exact dates to be agreed depending on the agreement between the successful provider and Orbit. The contract will be awarded for an initial period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years (on a 1+1 basis) based on acceptable performance.
This opportunity is being run via the e-procurement portal 'Procontract'. All documents are available to download from the portal at www.housingprocurement.com. Providers will need to register on the website (free) then search for the tender in 'opportunities' under Orbit Housing and register interest to view documents and submit a response.
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
John O'Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 13 Mar 2026£4m
total awarded
- 2
Greentown Environmental Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 13 Mar 2026£315,000
total awarded
- 3
Idverde Limited
1 contract wonlatest 13 Mar 2026£510,000
total awarded
John O'Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Orbit Group LimitedKey Dates
Published
22 May 2018
Submission deadline
22 June 2018
Notice type
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