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Tender for the Supply and Maintenance of Floral Containers

Ards and North Down Borough Council

Good for small firms

Estimated value
£300,000
Excluding VAT
Where
Not stated
Buyer in Northern Ireland
Trade
Cleaning and facilities
Planting and maintenance services of green areas
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Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 26 Oct 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.

Time to bid
19 full UK working days before the closing day, Mon 23 Nov 2026 (Northern Ireland bank holidays left out).
Time allowed
The buyer allowed 28 days from publication to the closing day: shorter than the median for open cleaning, grounds and facilities tenders (32 days).
Value
£300,000 is below the median (£630,000) of the 118 open cleaning, grounds and facilities tenders that state a value.
This buyer
2 more open tenders from Ards and North Down Borough Council listed here.

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About this tender

The summary is the start of the buyer’s own description, word for word. The full description and the documents are on the official notice.

Ards and North Down Borough Council has a number of parks and other green spaces in which high-quality floral schemes are provided.

Official notice
Find a Tender, notice 100800-2026
Buyer
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Buyer’s region
Northern Ireland
Where the work is
Not stated on the notice
Listed on Evendraft under
Northern Ireland (the buyer’s region: the notice gives no place of work)
Published
26 Oct 2026
Tender deadline
23 Nov 2026, 12:00 UK time
Estimated value
£300,000 (excluding VAT)
Trade
Cleaning and facilities
CPV codes
  • 77310000 Planting and maintenance services of green areas
  • 03120000 Horticultural and nursery products
  • 03451000 Plants
  • 77330000 Floral-display services
Procedure
Open procedureOne stage: any supplier can send a full tender.
Framework
Not stated on the notice
Lots
Not divided into lots
Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
Not stated on the notice
Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
YesGood for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
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