Horticultural services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 77300000Services · classin Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

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 services

10 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

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 42% (135 notices)
  • Central government 27% (88 notices)
  • Other public bodies 15% (47 notices)
  • Housing associations 5% (15 notices)
  • Education & universities 3% (10 notices)
  • Not classified 9% (29 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Forestry and Land ScotlandCentral government67195
Highlands and Islands Enterprisenot classified700
Glasgow City CouncilLocal authorities400
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial ServiceCentral government311
Castle Point Borough CouncilLocal authorities300
Devon County CouncilLocal authorities300
Hertfordshire County CouncilLocal authorities310
London Borough of HillingdonLocal authorities310
Mid Ulster District CouncilLocal authorities310
NHMF (NPC) LIMITEDOther public bodies300

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 292 of 329 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
Scotland114 · 39%287%99%
Greater London49 · 17%462%90%
North West England46 · 16%82%94%
South East England42 · 14%458%79%
East of England42 · 14%682%79%
South West England39 · 13%
East Midlands36 · 12%
West Midlands35 · 12%
North East England33 · 11%
Yorkshire and the Humber32 · 11%
Northern Ireland24 · 8%
Wales (Cymru)14 · 5%

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 73% (240 notices)
  • Framework 21% (70 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 6% (19 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 67% (221 notices)
  • Route not published 16% (53 notices)
  • Selective 13% (43 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 4% (12 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 54% (35 notices)
  • Below threshold 46% (30 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=89median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (140) · 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=129
  • 1 bid 21% (27)
  • 2–3 42% (54)
  • 4–6 22% (29)
  • 7 or more 15% (19)
Contract value, net
p25 £70,000median £349,660p75 £1,619,781
interquartile range of 183 awards · p90 £5,186,211
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=53middle half 2–4
Competed94%robust · n=140open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs81%robust · n=421of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs81%robust · n=135single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally84%robust · n=147winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimateat the estimaterobust · n=6927 below · 12 above
Abandoned4%robust · n=140cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot7robust · n=2169 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 516 awards to 319 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 12% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 126 of 329 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)46 notices · 37% · 5 open
Proactis / ProContract26 notices · 21% · 1 open
In-tend Electronic Procurement24 notices · 19% · 1 open
eTendersNI8 notices · 6%
Sell2Wales4 notices · 3%
Delta eSourcing3 notices · 2% · 1 open

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 7730. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 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 7730. 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.