Belfast Royal Academy is seeking a suitably qualified contractor to manage and develop the cleaning services at the school from 1st July 2025.
Founded in 1785 the school is the oldest in the City and has a proud heritage of delivering the highest quality of education in North Belfast for 240 years. Originally situated near St. Anne’s Cathedral in what is now Academy Street, it was transferred to the Cliftonville Road in 1880, when the present, listed Crombie building was erected.
The school is a co-educational day voluntary grammar school. The main school campus, based on the Cliftonville Road site, has approximately 1,480 pupils and 150 staff.
The Board of Governors are seeking to appoint a suitable qualified and resourced cleaning company to provide high quality cleaning services for the main school campus.
The main school campus covers approximately 17,497 square metres of floor space which is spread over 13 buildings on the one site (although with the exclusion of the swimming pool areas and Crombie basement the area for which cleaning services are required amounts to 16,777 square metres).
The school also requires the inclusion of cleaning consumables to the school, which are charged based on actual usage and the provision of a mat rental service.
The school is particularly interested in those organisations that can introduce new technologies as well as sustainable and environmentally sound materials.
It is our understanding that Service Provision Change (Protection of Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 will apply to the above contract.
Providers wishing to express an interest must register by 7th January 2025 and submit a questionnaire that also contains further information on the Tender.
Enquiries via Julian Edwards email: info@gy5.co.uk
Estimated annual turnover: £190,000
Contract Length: 60 months
Expressions of interest must be in by 7th January 2025.
