Cleaning Services Contract Opportunity - Teignbridge District Council

Teignbridge District Council is seeking suppliers for a cleaning services contract covering multiple facilities including corporate offices, leisure centers, sports facilities, and approximately 24 public toilet sites across the district. The contract encompasses cleaning of Forde House, Old Forde House, the Depot and Bulking Station, Newton Abbot Leisure Centre, Broadmeadow Sports Centre, Dawlish Leisure Centre, Teignbridge Business Centre, and Sherborne House. The Council is in preliminary market engagement to gather supplier feedback before formal procurement. Key considerations include: contract lotting options (by site type or geographical area to support small and local businesses), specification approach (frequency-based or output-based), pay rates and indexation (Real Living Wage and National Minimum Wage), TUPE implications, equipment and consumables responsibility, contract length and break clauses, transfer arrangements to successor authorities, and social value contributions. The portfolio may change during the contract term, requiring flexibility to add or remove sites. Window cleaning may be included in the main contract, lotted separately, or procured independently. This engagement is exploratory and does not commit the Council to any specific approach; participation will not affect any supplier's position in future procurement.