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2026-803 Warehousing, mailing fulfilment and distribution services

Buyer: AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD →

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BuyerAGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
StatusClosed
Deadline19 Aug 2026
Value£1,000,000
Published21 Jul 2026

What is being bought

AHDB require a sole supplier to provide warehousing, mailing and fulfilment services. This includes storage of printed matter – from single sheet flyers, multi-page brochures and any marketing aids and tools – which are entered into an inventory according to the ordering AHDB sector. AHDB are a publisher of a wide spectrum of technical, research and marketing resources. The publications and marketing materials are delivered to the warehouse facility either directly from source or via AHDB, entered into inventory and stored. The core services to be covered in this upcoming contract are: Ordering and stock control – Portal requirement Ordering and stock control – client to Warehouse Warehousing, mailing fulfilment and distribution The warehouse may also be required to assemble marketing, promotional and educational kits for campaigns. Mailing data is provided via a secure file transfer site to the warehouse facility from the AHDB Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Team for all warehouse mailing activities. AHDB are currently in contract until the 29th April 2027, the new contract will start on the 30th April 2027 and will run for an initial 2 years, with the option to extend for a further 1+1 options. Tender documents can be accessed via the following link https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome Closing date is NOON 19th August 2026

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Storage and warehousing services 63120000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£1,000,000
Contract periodFrom 30 Apr 2027 to 29 Apr 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price/Cost — 30% available for Price/Cost (30%)
Technical/Quality — 70% available for Technical/Quality (70%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Storage and warehousing servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 63. The category anchor is Storage and warehousing services (63120000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 636082.5 median · 9.4 average (140 of 608 with a bid count)3.2 average (167 of 608 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1593 median · 16.9 average (40 of 159 with a bid count)3.6 average (48 of 159 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)503 median · 3 average (1 of 50 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 50 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06cf4f
Latest release ID068472-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jul 21 2026 06:42:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068472-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-19T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-12T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-01T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 Jul 2026tender068472-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
21 Jul 2026 · 068472-2026 · tender
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