RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet agreed the Council award to Bidder F (as detailed in the Confidential Appendix to this report) a contract for provision of the school cleaning and ancillary service at a range of schools and other education buildings within the borough for a period of 3 years from 1 August 2022, with an option to extend for up to two further years at the discretion of the council.

B. In accordance with Contract Standing Orders (CSO 24.3) that authority be delegated to the Director of Children, Schools and Families to exercise, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning, the council’s option to grant one or more extensions of the contract term for any period up to two further years beyond the expiry of the initial contract term on 31 July 2025.

The Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning presented the report.

The Head of Contracts and School Organisation advised the Council ran a contract on behalf of the School and were pleased with the outcome.

In response to a question from the Cabinet Member for Civic Pride, the Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning responded that Schools were managing their own budgets however the Council encouraged them and worked with them to find a way that they could pay their staff the London Living Wage.

RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet agreed the Council award to Bidder F (as detailed in the Confidential Appendix to this report) a contract for provision of the school cleaning and ancillary service at a range of schools and other education buildings within the borough for a period of 3 years from 1 August 2022, with an option to extend for up to two further years at the discretion of the council.

B. In accordance with Contract Standing Orders (CSO 24.3) that authority be delegated to the Director of Children, Schools and Families to exercise, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning, the council’s option to grant one or more extensions of the contract term for any period up to two further years beyond the expiry of the initial contract term on 31 July 2025.