EPSO Total Cleaning Service Solutions (263_25) is a framework that provides access to a whole host of cleaning providers, from whom organisations can easily set up supply arrangements
A Department for Education-approved ESPO framework, it opened on the 1st January 2025 and will end on 31st December 2026, with the option to extend until the same date in 2028. Customers can go down the direct award route or through further competition.
The framework comprises three lots across different types and depth of cleaning required by the customer.
Lot 1: General cleaning (includes window and external cleaning)
Lot 1 covers the vast majority of general cleaning requirements, which includes but is not limited to: washing, buffing, mopping, sweeping and vacuuming of floors; cleaning and vacuuming mats and matwells; cleaning
of walls including paintwork, doors, door frames, window frames and similar areas; cleaning furniture, fixtures and fittings such as vertical and horizontal surfaces, tables, desks, chairs, filing cabinets, cupboards, lockers, shelves, ledges, skirting boards, radiators, pipes, fire extinguishers, light switches, handrails, balustrades and other similar areas; cleaning any internal glazing such as mirrors, windows, glass doors and partitions; cleaning windows externally; cleaning basins and general fittings such as wash and hand basins, splashbacks, pipes, plugs, sink units, taps, drinking fountains, shower fittings, soap dispensers, towel dispensers and cabinets, hand dryers, toilet roll holders, sanitary towel disposal units, and the like; cleaning toilets including urinal channels and bowls, WC pans, seats, seat hingers, handles, chains, and cubical walls; cleaning the insides and outsides of microwave ovens, refrigerators, cookers, and any other similar related items; emptying and cleaning the waste bin; wiping and sanitising phones and other similar items, and polishing bright metal work.
Lot 1 also includes ad-hoc deep and specialist cleaning services when they form part of a wider general cleaning contract, provided that the majority of cleaning services as part of this contract fall within the scope of general cleaning services.
Lot 2: Deep and specialist cleaning
Lot 2 comprises deep and specialist cleaning on a schedule and reactive (four hour or 24 hour call out).
Services under this Lot include but are not limited to: ambulance deep cleaning and ‘make ready’ services; biohazard cleaning; bird dropping removal; carpet and upholstery cleaning; chewing gum removal; flood damage clean-up; graffiti removal; healthcare cleaning; infection control; kitchen deep cleaning; kitchen ventilation cleaning; odour removal; police and prison cell cleaning; post-viral deep cleaning; sewage clean-up; sharps removal; trauma cleaning; void property cleaning; washroom deep cleaning; as well as other associated deep and specialist cleaning services such as bacteria and hygiene assessments.
Lot 3: Decontamination systems
Lot 3 covers decontamination services and is divided into four Lots, from 3A to 3D, and offers customers Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour or Ultraviolet-C to decontaminate environments or areas.
Lot 3A HPV Decontamination Systems deals with the purchase and/or rental of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour (HPV) systems, whereas Lot 3C HPV Decontamination Services covers the same service on a scheduled and reactive basis.
Lot 3B UVC Decontamination Systems covers the purchase and/or rental of Ultraviolet-C (UVC) decontamination systems, and its partner Lot, Lot 3D Decontamination Services, covers decontamination services on a scheduled and reactive basis using Ultraviolet-C (UVC).
There are 63 suppliers across all three Lots, including AEFM Limited, Carlisle Cleaning Services Limited, Mr Bright’s Ltd, and Solo Service Group Ltd.
This framework serves to benefit your organisation through providing access to a large number of service providers who can accommodate your cleaning specifications, no matter how specialist.
