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
- The Kemnal Academies Trust · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Pacific Support Services SME, Pendergate Limited
- Value
- £2,475,801.64 across 4 lots
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Cleaning services (CPV 90910000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 088354-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Jun 2026
- Published17 Sep 2026Published 92 days after the contract date
Description
The Kemnal Academies Trust has awarded contracts for the supply of Cleaning Services under the YPO Dynamic Purchasing System 879 Building in Use - Support Services, Lot 2 Cleaning and Caretaking. The procurement was split into four Lots; Lot 1 Smarden Primary School, Lot 2 Portfield Primary Academy, Lot 3 Debden Park High School and Lot 4 King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy. The contract start dates are as follows: Lot 1 - 1st July 2026 Lot 2 - 1st December 2026 Lot 3 - 14th August 2026 Lot 4 - 1st July 2026 All run to 30th June 2029 with the option to extend for a period of up to 2 years to 30th June 2031.
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Cleaning Services | Pacific Support Services SME | £85,341 |
| Cleaning Services | Pacific Support Services SME | £264k |
| Cleaning Services | Pendergate Limited | £1.11m |
| Cleaning Services | Pendergate Limited | £1.01m |
About the suppliers
Pacific Support Services: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09560186).
Pendergate Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02289025).