Who won: Shaw Education Trust Contract for Cleaning Services

About this contract

Shaw Education Trust is a growing multi-academy trust sponsored by Shaw Trust, with schools spanning from Birmingham to Bury. The Trust are seeing a contractor to provide cleaning services to 11 of their schools in the Stoke-on-Trent area in the main. This a mixture of secondary and primary schools. The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 16th February 2026 with an option to extend for a further one, plus one years. The Client values the personnel employed to deliver their services, and by tendering the cleaning contract are seeking to reset expectations for the cleaning provision, improving staff morale and consolidating consistent cleaning standards across the Client.

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