Official UK procurement notice
St Edmunds College Florist Services
Authority: ST EDMUND'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE (Charity / VCSE)·On behalf of: SSC Partnership Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSSC Partnership (the Agent) on behalf of St Edmunds College, University of Cambridge are currently out to tender for the provision of Florist Services.
This procurement is being run under the open procedure, which is a formal bidding procedure, under which the contract is advertised, and all interested organisation/consortium can bid. This ITT provides further details of the proposal and process for submitting bids.
All Bidders are required to complete the ITT document in order to submit their completed Bid. Bids must comprise both the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and ITT response documents . All aspects of the ITT should be completed in full and submitted as part of a Bid.
The ITT aims to:
Provide information to Bidders on the Procurement and the opportunities available;
Set out clearly the Authority’s requirements;
Provide information on the Authority’s approach to the open procedure process;
Set out the deliverables required from Bidders; and
Set out the evaluation criteria and weightings that the Authority will use to assess Bids.
Following the submission of Bids, the Authority expects to undertake an evaluation process to identify which Bid is the most advantageous tender (MAT) and will be put forward for consideration to be awarded the Contract.
The Agent on behalf of the Authority is using the In-Tend portal for the Procurement Process. in-tendhost.co.uk/sscpartnership ↗ (“the Procurement Portal”).
Suppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to "Express Interest" upon which the will be given access to the full tender documentation delivery through this e-tendering system.
When the tender documents have been made available involved suppliers will receive notification via email and the tender documents can be accessed from the "My Tenders" area of this website and selecting the "View Details" button of this project.
The deadline for submissions of the tender will be 19th August at 12 noon.
Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted.
Any questions relating to this tender should be made via correspondence on the website and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.
CPV: Cut flowers · Floral arrangements · Floral-display services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£0
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: The contract award decision will be made on the basis of the most advantageous Bid (MAT), based on the application of the detailed evaluation criteria within the ITT documents.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Jul 2026, 13:48 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jul 2026, 13:48 BST
- Authority reference
SSC CAM FTS 09_26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-068716- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cfe3Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
21 Jul 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 3 dates- Tender notice published92 days ago21 Jul 2026, 13:48 BST
- Submission deadline63 days ago19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Jul 2026, 13:48 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- SSC Partnership LimitedProcess contact pointProcuring entityAgent
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender