Contracts payment guide

Our payment guide

We aim to: 

• agree payment terms at the outset of any contract
• not change payment terms retrospectively
• tell suppliers promptly if there is any reason why an invoice will not be paid to the agreed terms
• ask prime suppliers to adopt the same terms throughout their own supply chains
• provide suppliers with clear guidance on payment procedures.

Invoice address

South Cambridgeshire District Council
Accounts Payable Service
Cambourne Business Park
Cambourne, Cambridge, CB23 6EA.

All invoices for goods or services must include a purchase order (PO) number in the format PO ABCD1234. Invoices which do not include a PO number may be returned or the payment may be delayed.

Payment dates

Once we have received your invoice, we aim to approve invoices within 5 working days.

We run our payments every Tuesday and Friday and require your invoice at least 8 working days before the next payment run. 

For more information on supplier expenditure please visit our contracts and finance webpage.