Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 77000000·Services · division·18 classes with notices
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 540 lots from 320 competitions run by 257 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 239 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 301 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 750 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 141 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 86 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Aspire Academy Trust - Provision of Grounds Maintenance Services | Aspire Academy Trust | 16 Dec 2026 | 42d | £1,250,000 |
| Leisure AGP maintenance | Wirral Borough Council | 23 Nov 2026 | 19d | £30,240 |
| NCC202402192 - Tree Surgeon and Tree Consultant Framework | Newport City Council | 2 Dec 2026 | 28d | £3,600,000 ceiling |
Sub-sectors of agricultural, forestry, horticultural
18 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 1,864 of 2,136 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Planting and maintenance services of green areas77310000 | 46 open → | 599 | 4 | 82% | |
Logging services77210000 | 11 open → | 205 | 5 | 87% | |
Forestry services77200000 | 16 open → | 45 | 8 | 86% | |
Horticultural services77300000 | 8 open → | 102 | 4 | 94% | |
Agricultural services77100000 | 2 open → | 32 | 4 | 77% | |
Services incidental to forestry77230000 | 3 open → | 28 | 5 | 85% | |
Tree pruning and hedge trimming77340000 | 9 open → | 27 | 7 | — | |
Sports fields maintenance services77320000 | 5 open → | 18 | 3 | — | |
Services incidental to agricultural production77110000 | 0 | 15 | 2 | — | |
Animal husbandry services77500000 | 1 open → | 12 | 1 | — | |
Floral-display services77330000 | 3 open → | 7 | — | — | |
Aquaculture services77800000 | 2 open → | 2 | 1 | — |
Show 6 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Services incidental to fishing77700000 | 0 | 4 | — | — | |
Composting services77120000 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | |
Zoological services77400000 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | |
Hunting services77600000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Timber-impregnation services77220000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Apiculture services77900000 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities42%(885 notices)
885 of 2,085 notices are Local authorities (42%).Other public bodies20%(426 notices)
426 of 2,085 notices are Other public bodies (20%).Central government12%(247 notices)
247 of 2,085 notices are Central government (12%).Housing associations5%(111 notices)
111 of 2,085 notices are Housing associations (5%).Education & universities4%(74 notices)
74 of 2,085 notices are Education & universities (4%).Not classified16%(342 notices)
342 of 2,085 notices are Not classified (16%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Forestry Commission | Other public bodies | 83 | 48 | 1 |
| Natural Resources Wales | Other public bodies | 73 | 14 | 1 |
| Forestry and Land Scotland | Central government | 65 | 11 | 4 |
| Forestry England | not classified | 37 | 0 | 3 |
| AHDB | not classified | 27 | 13 | 0 |
| Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) | Other public bodies | 20 | 8 | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire County Council | Local authorities | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| Defra Network eTendering Portal | not classified | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) | not classified | 17 | 8 | 0 |
| Kent County Council | Local authorities | 14 | 4 | 0 |
914 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 1,734 of 2,136 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | 5 | 81% | 47% | |
| Greater London | 6 | 79% | 20% | |
| East of England | 6 | 76% | 40% | |
| West Midlands | 4 | 73% | 32% | |
| North West England | 4 | 81% | 37% | |
| South West England | 6 | 84% | 50% | |
| Scotland | 3 | 95% | 96% | |
| East Midlands | 6 | 87% | 48% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 4 | 83% | 23% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 81% | 64% | |
| North East England | 4 | 88% | 32% | |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 96% | 83% |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract78%(1,663 notices)
1,663 of 2,136 notices are Contract (78%).Framework18%(375 notices)
375 of 2,136 notices are Framework (18%).Dynamic purchasing system5%(98 notices)
98 of 2,136 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (5%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open61%(1,305 notices)
1,305 of 2,136 notices are Open (61%).Route not published15%(331 notices)
331 of 2,136 notices are Route not published (15%).Selective12%(249 notices)
249 of 2,136 notices are Selective (12%).Limited / restricted6%(136 notices)
136 of 2,136 notices are Limited / restricted (6%).Direct award5%(115 notices)
115 of 2,136 notices are Direct award (5%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold61%(327 notices)
327 of 532 notices are Above threshold (61%).Below threshold39%(205 notices)
205 of 532 notices are Below threshold (39%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (950) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid15%(81)
81 of 540 lots fall in 1 bid (15%).2–329%(155)
155 of 540 lots fall in 2–3 (29%).4–631%(170)
170 of 540 lots fall in 4–6 (31%).7 or more25%(134)
134 of 540 lots fall in 7 or more (25%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 540 lots from 320 competitions run by 257 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 239 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 301 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
669 of 888 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 62 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
1,725 SME bids out of 2,234, on 469 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
465 of 562 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 303 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
18 of 950 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 304 lots from 102 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 2,443 awards to 1,005 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 10% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| COUNTRYWIDE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LIMITED | 35 | 49 | 16 | 34 |
| idverde Ltd | 33 | 53 | 8 | 33 |
| Glendale Countryside Limited | 30 | 40 | 17 | 27 |
| John O'Conner Grounds Maintenance Ltd | 24 | 27 | 7 | 24 |
| Nurture Landscapes Ltd | 19 | 28 | 9 | 15 |
| Tivoli Group Ltd | 18 | 28 | 0 | 17 |
| Ground Control Limited | 15 | 33 | 3 | 14 |
| Gould Landscapes Ltd | 14 | 17 | 2 | 14 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 977 of 2,136 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in agricultural, forestry, horticultural
86 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 77, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 2 Nov 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.