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Royal Armouries Museum · Local or regional public body

In brief

Royal Armouries Museum has announced plans to buy cleaning work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £400,000 including VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 1 May 2027.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Usually high: a median of 7 bids per contract for cleaning contracts in this region (from 21 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

PROCUREMENT DESCRIPTION To carry out window cleaning on all glazing and specified building areas at the Royal Armouries Museum and New Dock Hall in Leeds. Complying with all Health & Safety regulations (inc. Working at Height) and following industrial best practices. CURRENT SERVICE SCOPE Fortnightly Visits • Ground floor building entrance areas including auto doors (inside and outside including the fold back glass inner doors) • Dockside Ground floor frontage including the RA shop and Masters Restaurant Windows (Inside and outside) • New Dock Hall: All of frontage glazing inside and outside Quarterly Visits – Jan – Apr – Jul – Oct • Regular windows and glazing – both internal and…Read the full description
PROCUREMENT DESCRIPTION To carry out window cleaning on all glazing and specified building areas at the Royal Armouries Museum and New Dock Hall in Leeds. Complying with all Health & Safety regulations (inc. Working at Height) and following industrial best practices. CURRENT SERVICE SCOPE Fortnightly Visits • Ground floor building entrance areas including auto doors (inside and outside including the fold back glass inner doors) • Dockside Ground floor frontage including the RA shop and Masters Restaurant Windows (Inside and outside) • New Dock Hall: All of frontage glazing inside and outside Quarterly Visits – Jan – Apr – Jul – Oct • Regular windows and glazing – both internal and external surfaces • Slit windows – both internal and external surfaces • Triangular viewing windows – both internal and external surfaces • Regular recessed windows – both internal and external surfaces • Juliette windows (can be fully opened) – both internal and external surfaces • Internal Doors/windows to street from shop and restaurant • Office skylights 5th Floor – both internal and external surfaces • Internal balconies, glazed bridges, window internal balconies and stairwell glazing - both sides • Facia of ‘Street’ – both internal and external surfaces • Hall of Steel’ internal and external surfaces and both sides of all stairway glazing • To include internal glazing of all four galleries Annual and 6 monthly Tasks (Apr/Oct) • Panoramic glass lifts – by appointment and under the direct control of our lift maintenance service provider (internally). (Yearly task) • External canopy over the Tiltyard (Annually- April) • Hall of Steel ground and 1st floor building frontage, including brickwork (6 Monthly Apr/Oct) • Street’ skylights - external surfaces (6 Monthly Apr/Oct) • Craft Court Windows (1st Floor, smoking, shelter canopy, Cycle Storage (6 Monthly April/Oct) • External balcony of ‘Pearl’ Suite’ Both sides ESTIMATED CONTRACT VALUE (INCL. VAT): £400,000 • Initial term: £240,000 • Optional extensions: £160,000

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 072956-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

50

Awards

41

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From notice 072956-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 1 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.