Buyer profile · Central government
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 13
- About one every 28 days
- Contracts awarded
- 42
- To 52 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £7.57m
- 39 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £83k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 7 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board has no tenders open right now.
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 9 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)35%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
- Direct award (no competition)60%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- Shorter than 53% of central government buyers
- Based on 13 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 35%
- Higher than 56% of central government buyers
- Based on 48 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 51%
- Higher than 53% of central government buyers
- Based on 55 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 15 awards
- Split into lots
- 8%
- Higher than 55% of central government buyers
- Based on 13 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 60%
- Higher than 70% of central government buyers
- Based on 48 procurements
- Cancelled
- 8%
- Higher than 81% of central government buyers
- Based on 13 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
This buyer: 30 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 4
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
This buyer: 35%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
This buyer: 51%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venue for British Meat Dinner - Paris | InterContinental Paris Le Grand | £49k | 19 Nov 2026 |
| CEVAS training for farmers Open Farm Sunday | Leaf | £29k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| (Workspace) platform licences | Refinitiv Limited | £36k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| SIAL Paris'26 stand design and build requirements for AHDB | Event Exhibition Ltd | £667k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Interim cover for Social Media management provision for US | Agence IF | £76k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Economic impact assessment for an outbreak of African Swine Fever in the UK | London Economics Limited | £30k | 25 Jan 2027 |
| 2025-778 Sheep Genotyping Services | Neogen Europe Limited, Weatherbys Ireland Ltd | £313k | 26 Jan 2027 |