Cleaning and Washroom Services Cherwell District Council

This tender for cleaning and washroom services is critically incomplete due to the total absence of tender documents and detailed requirements, making it impossible for bidders to prepare comprehensive offers and for the contracting authority to conduct a fair and objective evaluation.

While mandatory exclusion grounds are mentioned, the complete absence of tender documents, detailed terms and conditions, and crucially, evaluation criteria, poses significant legal risks and makes it impossible to ensure full compliance with procurement principles.

The provided description and extracted requirements are extremely vague and lack the necessary detail for bidders to understand the scope, quality expectations, or specific service levels required. This ambiguity will inevitably lead to inconsistent and incomparable bids.

This tender is critically incomplete. Essential information such as detailed service specifications, terms and conditions, contract drafts, pricing schedules, and evaluation criteria are entirely missing, as no documents are attached.

The complete lack of detailed requirements and evaluation criteria creates a significant risk to fairness and equal treatment of bidders. Without clear guidelines, the contracting authority's assessment could be subjective, potentially disadvantaging some bidders and making the process opaque.

From a practical standpoint, this tender is unworkable. Bidders cannot prepare meaningful or competitive offers without any tender documents or detailed specifications. The contracting authority will struggle immensely to evaluate bids based on such minimal information, likely leading to procurement failure.

There is a minor inconsistency in the contract duration (49 months stated vs. '4 Years and initial Period of 3 Years with the option of a further 12 Months' which implies 48 months). However, the primary concern is the lack of any substantial data to check for broader consistency.

The tender information provided does not include any mention of green procurement, social criteria, or innovation focus, indicating a complete absence of sustainability considerations in the tender design.