Contract award · 29 Sep 2025

EPT-68555 - Lot 2 - Hope Wood Academy (Ascent Academies Trust) - Lot 2 -Cleaning and Caretaking Case: 4548

Ascent Academies Trust awarded “EPT-68555 - Lot 2 - Hope Wood Academy (Ascent Academies Trust) - Lot…” to Bulloughs Cleaning Services Ltd for £632k.

No competitionWaste, cleaning & environmentalNorth East

Value £632k

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Ascent Academies Trust · Body governed by public law
Value
£631,767
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Waste, cleaning & environmental · Cleaning and sanitation services (CPV 90900000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date29 Sep 2025
  2. Published30 Sep 2025Published 1 day after the contract date

Description

This procurement is for Cleaning Services to be provided to Hope Wood Academy which is based in Easington Colliery & Horden, County Durham. This procurement is for this school only split over 2 locations. The schools have a capacity of Easington Colliery – 210 and Horden - 60 pupils with an age range from 2 years to 19 years.

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