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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Harehills Primary School · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £588,557.35
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · School cleaning services (CPV 90919300)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 078640-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Jul 2026
- Published18 Aug 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of a fully managed cleaning service for Harehills Primary School, including routine term-time cleaning, periodic and deep cleaning, staffing, supervision, management, equipment, materials and quality assurance. The contract was awarded following a further competition under ESPO Framework 263_25 - Total Cleaning Service Solutions. The initial contract period is three years, with the option to extend for up to a further two years. Additional information: The contract was awarded following a further competition under ESPO Framework 263_25 - Total Cleaning Service Solutions. The initial contract term is three years with the option to extend for up to a further two years.
About the supplier
Lark Cleaning Services Limited trading as Betterclean Services Leeds: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08193203).