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title: "2025-791 Purchase data for red meat and dairy"
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# 2025-791 Purchase data for red meat and dairy

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2025-791-purchase-data-for-red-meat-and-dairy-ocds-h6vhtk-06e194). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** AHDB: "2025-791 Purchase data for red meat and dairy". Published status: active. Published Value: £5,416,666. 5 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: defra-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [AHDB](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ahdb-gov-ot204)
- **Published Value:** £5,416,666 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 September 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 5
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Market research services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2025-791-purchase-data-for-red-meat-and-dairy-ocds-h6vhtk-06e194#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06e194`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2025-791-purchase-data-for-red-meat-and-dairy-ocds-h6vhtk-06e194#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2025-791-purchase-data-for-red-meat-and-dairy-ocds-h6vhtk-06e194#participate

## Description
AHDB require purchase data for red meat and dairy and their competitors to understand demand  for our sector products and know about trends and switching within meat and dairy.
This will be one tender with 5 lots covering the following:
Lot 1 – Meat purchase data
Lot 2 – Dairy purchase data
Lot 3 – Segmentation
Lot 4 – Marketing mix models
Lot 5 – Adhoc panel insight
Closing date is NOON 14th September 2026
Use this link to access documents and registering information.
https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Each Lot will be evaluated and awarded independently. The Authority reserves the right to award:
• a single Lot to one supplier;
• multiple Lots to the same supplier; and/or
• different Lots to different suppliers.
There is no restriction on the number of Lots that may be awarded to any one supplier, provided that the supplier submits the most advantageous tender for the relevant Lot(s) and demonstrates the capacity and capability to deliver the requirements.
Estimated contract start date is 26th April 2027, initial contract is for 3 years with 1+1+1 options to extend if required.

## Lots (5)
### Lot 1: Meat purchase data
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,010,000
- **Description:** AHDB needs a selection of core and optional meat data requirements.
• Core equates to reads for Total Grocery, Meat, Fish & Poultry (MFP), Red Meat key categories (e.g. primary & processed) and key cut breakdown, other protein topline.
• Optional ext...
- **Contract Period:** 24/02/2027 to 23/04/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Dairy purchase data
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £833,300
- **Description:** AHDB need a selection of core and optional dairy data requirements.
• Core equates to reads for Total Grocery, Total Dairy, Dairy key categories (e.g. milk, cheese, butter) and splits by products source (e.g. cow, plant-based).
• Optional extra 1 equ...
- **Contract Period:** 24/02/2027 to 23/04/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Segmentation
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £283,330
- **Description:** AHDB uses consumer segmentation to underpin AHDB strategy and inform marketing activities. The segmentation is based on actual purchasing behaviour and attitudes with a focus on red meat and dairy categories. The segmentation allows AHDB to have a co...
- **Contract Period:** 24/02/2027 to 23/04/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: Marketing mix models
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £500,000
- **Description:** AHDB’s marketing team have done a few consumer media measure studies over previous years. They use this information to communicate the success of campaigns to our levy payers and show the return to retail sales our campaigns have for our sector produ...
- **Contract Period:** 24/02/2027 to 23/04/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 5: Adhoc panel insight
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,790,036
- **Description:** AHDB occasionally does ad hoc projects which require panel data. This lot will allow us to be flexible and react to changing markets or differing levy payer needs.
HDB are looking for options for an agency to do bespoke ad hoc analysis using panel da...
- **Contract Period:** 24/02/2027 to 23/04/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F076326-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-11T14:07:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T10:21:38.207Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06e194