How to win: The Dean Trust Tender for Cleaning Services

About this contract

The Dean Trust is a multi-academy trust established in 2012 and comprises schools located across, Manchester, Trafford, Knowsley and Wigan; across four local authorities. The Trust are seeking a contractor to provide cleaning of a regular and routine nature, together with more specific periodical cleaning outside of the term-time operation across 11 of its schools. The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 1st September 2027.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — The Dean Trust scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £4,648,437, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 4 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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