How to win: Cambridgeshire County Council Cleaning & Grounds Maintenance Framework

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Cambridgeshire County Council have a combined Cleaning & Grounds Maintenance contract, which has been in place since 2023. This process is a re-procurement of that contract. The current contract is accessed by Fenland District Council for cleaning services, and this new process shall also be accessed by Fenland DC (only for cleaning services). The Authority wishes to appoint one Provider to provide a Cleaning and Grounds Maintenance Service to the organisation across a variety of properties within the geographical boundaries of the County of Cambridgeshire. The Provider shall be expected to undertake a comprehensive cleaning service, including routine daily cleaning of varying types of buildings, deep cleans, periodic cleans, window cleaning, provision of sanitary bins and nappy bins, barrier matting and other requirements usually associated with a contact of this type, including reactive and preventative pest control and also gritting and snow cleaning services, as well as a Grounds Maintenance service.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Cambridgeshire County Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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