CS-06 · Cleaning
A leaner, cleaner three-school trust
A cleaning tender for Bay Education Trust's three South Devon academies, saving £11,000 a year and lifting audit scores by 20%.
A leaner, cleaner three-school trust
The challenge
Paignton, Curledge Street and Kings Ash each used separate local contractors, with uneven standards, rising costs and weak oversight.
What we did
- Redesigned the specification after visiting every site
- Found 260+ paid hours a week with uneven pay and duplicated supervision, and built a leaner model
- Ran a framework competition with site visits and cost/quality scoring
- Managed TUPE, staff consultations and mobilisation
Results
£11,000
saved every year
+20%
cleaning audit scores in the first term
−60%
admin, with one monthly invoice
−27 hrs
paid hours a week, same standard
“Having an expert partner managing the whole process saved us hundreds of hours in admin time.”Trust Facilities Manager, Bay Education Trust
The outcome
All three academies now work to the same standards and KPIs under a single supplier, with one monthly invoice for the Trust.
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