Official UK procurement notice
2025-768 Representation in the Netherlands principally covering Beef and Lamb markets
Authority: AHDB
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe AHDB representative requirements for the selected markets include, but not limited to:
- Liaise effectively with the UK and French based AHDB Export teams by regular telephone, email and face-to-face communication. This may require foreign travel to AHDB Head Office or major food events (e.g. SIAL Paris, Anuga Cologne) for meetings. The total number of face-to-face meetings, including at events, is expected to be a minimum of three per year
- Establish a detailed understanding of the market opportunity, including a breakdown of sales and marketing potential by channel and product sector, and an identified list of development target customers.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with UK beef and lamb exporters, agents, representatives and in-market importers, distributors, food service operators and retailers. As appropriate, work jointly with these contacts to successfully deliver promotional activities
- Create and expand the commercial platform for AHDB as a British Meat Exporter. This includes close liaison with Dutch retailers and distributors. We expect the engagement of at least one new active importer of British beef and lamb each financial year .
- Development and delivery of a yearly activity plan, following agreement with AHDB assigned Manager. This must show the nature of activity and timings, along with provisional costs.
Contract start date is 1st April 2026 with an initial 2 year, then options to extend by 1+1
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Nov 2029, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£566,666
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical/Quality & Price: 75%
- Price: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical/Quality & Price: Quality/Technical 75% Cost 25%
- Price: 25% Price
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Nov 2029
- First published
- 25 Nov 2025, 15:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Mar 2026, 11:59 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
2025-768- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-076957- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e897Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
25 Nov 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published336 days ago25 Nov 2025, 15:27 GMT
- Clarification questions by288 days ago12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline281 days ago19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by251 days ago17 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent249 days ago20 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends237 days ago3 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published228 days ago13 Mar 2026, 11:59 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Nov 2025- Tender notice published25 Nov 2025, 15:27 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published20 Feb 2026, 10:06 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete20 Feb 2026, 10:06 GMT
- Contract signature expected5 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published13 Mar 2026, 11:59 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Seed NetherlandsNetherlands representative for beef and lamb markets on behalf of AHDB1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 25 Jan 2029Extensions: 1+1 | £425,000same award published again · counted once | 20 Feb 2026standstill to 3 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
| Green Seed Netherlands | £425,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
2025-768 Representation in the Netherlands principally covering beef and lamb markets on behalf of AHDB · Green Seed Netherlands
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2026
- Value
- £425,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1+1
No agreed KPIs: Under £5 million and therefore not required
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Green Seed NetherlandsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender