Buyer profile · Public body
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 11
- About one every 33 days
- Contracts awarded
- 18
- To 29 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £2.96m
- 17 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £75k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £75kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)52%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
- Direct award (no competition)44%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 34 days
- Longer than 66% of other public bodies
- Based on 11 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 52%
- Lower than 63% of other public bodies
- Based on 25 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 52%
- Lower than 56% of other public bodies
- Based on 29 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- Fewer than 64% of other public bodies
- Based on 8 awards
- Split into lots
- 9%
- Lower than 64% of other public bodies
- Based on 11 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 44%
- Higher than 71% of other public bodies
- Based on 25 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most other public bodies
- Based on 11 tenders
Compared with other other public bodies
This buyer: 34 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 3 |
| 20–25 days | 8 |
| 25–30 days | 29 |
| 30–35 days | 38 |
| 35–40 days | 17 |
| 40–45 days | 6 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 1 |
This buyer: 4
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 5 |
| 2–4 bids | 21 |
| 4–6 bids | 34 |
| 6–8 bids | 13 |
| 8–10 bids | 8 |
| 10–12 bids | 9 |
| 12–14 bids | 5 |
| 14–16 bids | 6 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 1 |
| 20+ bids | 6 |
This buyer: 52%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 18 |
| 10–20% | 20 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 15 |
| 40–50% | 14 |
| 50–60% | 16 |
| 60–70% | 20 |
| 70–80% | 18 |
| 80–90% | 20 |
| 90–100% | 78 |
This buyer: 52%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 8 |
| 10–20% | 10 |
| 20–30% | 14 |
| 30–40% | 17 |
| 40–50% | 31 |
| 50–60% | 36 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 24 |
| 80–90% | 23 |
| 90–100% | 12 |
Each column is a group of other public bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIAL Paris 2026 Chef catering services | Monsieur Arnaud Antoni | £41k | 31 Oct 2026 |
| Venue for British Meat Dinner - Paris | InterContinental Paris Le Grand | £49k | 19 Nov 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic impact assessment for an outbreak of African Swine Fever in the UK | London Economics Limited | £30k | 17 Sept 2026 |
| SaaS Project Management Office (PMO) Solution | Tmi Systems Limited | — | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Recommended List Variety Trials | Sruc Innovation Limited | — | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Consumer Trust project | Sparkminds | — | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Recommended List Variety Trials | Naib, RSK Adas Limited | — | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Recommended List Variety Trials | Trials Force | — | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Recommended List Variety Trials | Scottish Agronomy Ltd | — | 10 Jul 2026 |
| Education Partnership Programme | British Nutrition Foundation | — | 9 Jul 2026 |
| Recommended List Variety Trials | Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) | — | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Recommended List Variety Trials | Frontier Agriculture Limited | — | 30 Jun 2026 |