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Published 29 Sept 2026, 14:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

St Edmunds College Water Hygiene Services

Official notice

Authority: ST EDMUND'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE (Education)·Procurement run by: SSC Partnership Limited

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 29 Oct 2026
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Oct 2029 · up to 31 Oct 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

SSC Partnership (the Agent) on behalf of St Edmunds College, University of Cambridge are currently out to tender for the provision of Water Hygiene 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. 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 .

What is being bought

Published requirement description

SSC Partnership (the Agent) on behalf of St Edmunds College, University of Cambridge are currently out to tender for the provision of Water Hygiene 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 29th October 2026 at 12 noon.

Arrangements will be made for Companies to visit St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, Mount Pleasant, Cambridge CB3 0BN and view the current facilities to obtain a better understanding of the layout and any other relevant information to help in putting together tender bids. The site visit is planned to take place on Monday 12th October 2026 at 10:15am. Please note that the site visit is not mandatory to submit a bid.

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: Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction · Drinking water · Non-drinking water · Primary water systems · Tank-cleaning services · Technical inspection and testing services · Water tanks · Water-treatment work

Open work like this

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsPublished value£0
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Oct 2031 with extensions
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The Authority will sign a contract with the successful Company for a period of 36 Months (3 Years) with the option to extend it for up to a further 24 Months (2 Years). The maximum contract term is 5 years inclusive of the extension period.

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price Criteria
  • Social Value
  • Technical Ability and Quality

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Sept 2026, 14:46 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 14:46 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Nov 2026
Authority reference
SSC CAM WH 11_26
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091952
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for constructionDrinking waterNon-drinking waterPrimary water systemsTank-cleaning servicesTechnical inspection and testing servicesWater tanksWater-treatment work
Delivery area
East of England (UKH12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077caa Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

29 Sept 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published45 days ago
    29 Sept 2026, 14:46 BST
  2. Clarification questions by22 days ago
    21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Submission deadline15 days ago
    29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts12 days ago
    1 Nov 2026
  5. Award decision expected by11 days ago
    1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 14:46 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

ST EDMUND'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-CHC: 1137454 St Edmund's College, Cambridge, East of England, CB3 0BNContact email

Other public bodies

  • SSC Partnership LimitedProcess contact pointProcuring entityAgentGB-COH: 09976389 Southend-on-Sea, East of EnglandContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender