Horticultural and nursery products: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 03120000Supplies · 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 horticultural and nursery products

2 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Scottish Government Centres of Expertise x 4 Lots4 lotsScottish Government30 Sept 202612d£37,229,386
YPO - 000881 Ground Maintenance ServicesDPS4 lotsYPO23 Feb 2029889d£500,000,000

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 65% (62 notices)
  • Central government 10% (10 notices)
  • Other public bodies 4% (4 notices)
  • Charities 1% (1 notices)
  • Education & universities 1% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 19% (18 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Forestry and Land ScotlandCentral government610
Ipswich Borough CouncilLocal authorities530
Glasgow City CouncilLocal authorities400
Ashford Borough CouncilLocal authorities300
Derry City and Strabane District CouncilLocal authorities330
East Ayrshire CouncilLocal authorities300
Falkirk CouncilLocal authorities300
Lisburn and Castlereagh City councilLocal authorities300
TRIGGER PRODUCTIONS LTDnot classified300
Scottish Governmentnot classified211

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 78 of 96 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
Scotland28 · 36%
Northern Ireland10 · 13%
East of England9 · 12%
Greater London8 · 10%
Yorkshire and the Humber8 · 10%
West Midlands7 · 9%
North West England6 · 8%
South East England5 · 6%
East Midlands4 · 5%
North East England2 · 3%
Wales (Cymru)1 · 1%
South West England1 · 1%

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 68% (65 notices)
  • Framework 28% (27 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 4% (4 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 69% (66 notices)
  • Route not published 16% (15 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 8% (8 notices)
  • Selective 7% (7 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 31% (8 notices)
  • Below threshold 69% (18 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=27median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (42) · 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=37
  • 1 bid 14% (5)
  • 2–3 41% (15)
  • 4–6 32% (12)
  • 7 or more 14% (5)
Contract value, net
p25 £100,000median £407,834p75 £1,631,335
interquartile range of 41 awards · p90 £7,408,298
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=10middle half 2–5
Competed88%robust · n=42open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs93%robust · n=136of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs77%robust · n=22single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally69%robust · n=26winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned7%robust · n=42cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot2robust · n=917 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 151 awards to 96 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 28% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 31 of 96 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)11 notices · 35% · 1 open
Proactis / ProContract5 notices · 16%
Delta eSourcing3 notices · 10%
eTendersNI3 notices · 10%

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 0312. 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 0312. 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.