Framework For Cleaning Services At Carlton Academy Trust
Framework Description
Carlton Academy Trust's cleaning services framework appoints a single contractor to clean all seven of the Trust's schools: Oulton Academy, High Park School, Beechcliffe Thackley School, Carlton Mills Primary, Marshfield Primary, Thorpe Primary and Carlton Bolling Academy. It started on 1 September 2026, with Oulton joining on 1 October 2026. The initial term runs to 31 August 2029, with two optional one-year extensions to 31 August 2031.
Context & Use Case
The Trust chose one contractor to cover every school so it can manage cleaning centrally and keep standards consistent across every site. Pricing is on a guaranteed fixed-cost model covering defined labour costs, operational overheads and management fees. Quality and budget will be reviewed after twelve months, giving both sides a formal point to adjust the service.
Scope of Services
Daily cleaning across seven school sites Deep cleaning as required Reactive cleaning call-outs Cleaning staff, management and supervision
Lots
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Who Can Apply
Suits commercial cleaning contractors with experience of multi-site education contracts and fixed-cost pricing. The contract has been awarded to a single contractor and is live, so other suppliers cannot join. The next opportunity is likely around 31 August 2029, or 31 August 2031 if both extensions are used.
Buyer Benefits
One contractor and a fixed cost give the Trust budget certainty and a single point of accountability across seven sites. The twelve-month review lets it check quality against cost. Buyers in academy trusts value reliable staffing in term time, safeguarding awareness, flexible holiday deep cleans and quick responses to problems.
Next Steps
If you hold the contract, prepare for the twelve-month quality and budget review with clear performance records for each school. If not, note the August 2029 and August 2031 dates and look for other multi-academy trust cleaning tenders in the meantime, building education references and fixed-cost pricing models you can reuse.
How Athena Can Help
This Carlton Academy Trust contract is now let, so other cleaning firms should focus on the next trust tender. Athena's school contract bid advice helps you decide which trust opportunities fit your capacity and pricing model.
Our bid writing and pricing support is useful on fixed-cost bids, where cost build-ups and mobilisation plans are scored closely, and our framework search for cleaning contractors identifies education cleaning frameworks open now, with dates.
