Agricultural and horticultural products: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 03100000Supplies · classin Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in agricultural and horticultural products

2 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
YPO - 000985 YPO New Food DealDPS12 lotsYPO27 Oct 2028770d£350,000,000
PRO004864 - Goods - Dynamic Market - Biodiversity Net GainDPS3 lotsUnited Utilities Water Limited23 Dec 20343018d

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 66% (42 notices)
  • Central government 11% (7 notices)
  • Other public bodies 8% (5 notices)
  • Education & universities 2% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 14% (9 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Glasgow City CouncilLocal authorities500
Ipswich Borough CouncilLocal authorities530
Defra Network eTendering Portalnot classified300
Derry City and Strabane District CouncilLocal authorities330
East Ayrshire CouncilLocal authorities300
Lisburn and Castlereagh City councilLocal authorities310
Crown Commercial ServiceCentral government200
Falkirk CouncilLocal authorities200
Forestry and Land ScotlandCentral government210
London Borough of HillingdonLocal authorities200

44 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 48 of 64 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Scotland16 · 33%
East of England9 · 19%
Northern Ireland8 · 17%
North East England5 · 10%
Greater London4 · 8%
Yorkshire and the Humber4 · 8%
Wales (Cymru)3 · 6%
South East England3 · 6%
South West England2 · 4%
East Midlands2 · 4%
North West England2 · 4%
West Midlands1 · 2%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 61% (39 notices)
  • Framework 33% (21 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 6% (4 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 73% (47 notices)
  • Route not published 16% (10 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 6% (4 notices)
  • Selective 3% (2 notices)
  • Direct award 2% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 35% (6 notices)
  • Below threshold 65% (11 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=21median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (27) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=18
  • 1 bid 28% (5)
  • 2–3 56% (10)
  • 4–6 17% (3)
  • 7 or more 0% (0)
Contract value, net
p25 £50,000median £200,000p75 £368,070
interquartile range of 17 awards · p90 £785,851
Typical bids per lot2robust · n=10middle half 1–3
Competed93%robust · n=27open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs78%robust · n=36of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs71%robust · n=17single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally58%robust · n=12winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned7%robust · n=27cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 58 awards to 36 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 48% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 21 of 64 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract5 notices · 24% · 1 open
eTendersNI3 notices · 14%
EU-Supply Complete Tender Management3 notices · 14% · 1 open
Sell2Wales1 notices · 5%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 0310. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 10 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 0310. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.