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Published 10 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT

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AHDB Technical Framework · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: AHDB

Framework agreement10 lotsServicesRestricted procedureAccelerated
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)IT Services & Software (72)Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77)
+3 moreBusiness Services & Consultancy (79)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90)Recreational, cultural and sporting services (92)
 Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£15,260,000total for 10 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 10 Mar 2021awarded 23 Sept 2021
Lots 10see the lot list below
Framework period 2 yrsends 3 Jun 2023 · extension options published · starts 4 Jun 2021

What is being bought10 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Framework Agreement to support the technical directorate of AHDB and its activities relating to knowledge exchange, research and development. The aim of this framework is to support those activities with additional expertise and capabilities sourced from consultants, experts and trainers. It is split into 9 Lots covering:

Lot 1 Leadership & Management training

Lot 2 Lean reviews

Lot 3 Health and Safety, Environmental Management, Integrated Pest Management and Grassland Management

Lot 4 Agribusiness/ Finance reviews

Lot 5 HR/ Workforce Planning

Lot 6 Animal Health, Welfare and Biosecurity

Lot 7 Digital Copywriting

Lot 8 Behavioural Insights

Lot 9 Evidence for Farming Initiative.

  • Recurrence: 3 years time

CPV: Agricultural services · Business analysis consultancy services · Environmental services · Health and safety consultancy services · Human resources management consultancy services · Management-related services · Personnel-training services · Technical analysis or consultancy services · Writing agency services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
33 bids received · 58 suppliers appointed
Framework period
2 yrs from 4 Jun 2021

Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure

10 lots · 9 with a published value

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £200,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Leadership and Management Accredited and Non-AccreditedAwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£250,000

The Supplier shall deliver leadership and management development activity to improve business resilience, profitability and empower individuals. The target audience is employers and employees of all AHDB levy paying businesses, with a broad range of experience engaging in this kind of development activity previously. Services shall include:

  • Leadership and management programme/ event planning and delivery
  • Issuing of certification
  • Certification body registration
  • Reporting
  • Event feedback collation
  • CPD registration
  • Programme/ event impact assessments
  • Follow up evaluation session attendance
  • Article/ content creation
  • Digital content creation
  • Provision of one-off speakers
  • Provision of leadership and management consultancy/resources/information
Contract period: 4 Jun 2021 – 3 Jun 2023 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 2 years +1+1 · 2 year initial term with 2 optional extension periods of 12 months (2+1+1)Variant bids: not allowed
79632000 Personnel-training services
Lot #2LeanAwardedLot estimate not published

The Supplier shall deliver LEAN training embedding LEAN principles in levy payer businesses to act as live case studies for the industry. Services shall include:

  • Lead and develop LEAN training through various AHDB programmes across different sectors.
  • Annual start-up meeting/ milestone and KPI setting
  • Initial visit to host business
  • Develop programme content
  • Production of workshop materials
  • Programme/ event impact assessments through collection and analysis of metrics.
  • Provision of additional support to host site
  • Digital content creation
  • Production of case studies
  • Provision of standalone LEAN reviews
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 2 years +1+1
79632000 Personnel-training services
Lot #3Health & Safety, Integrated Pest Management, Grassland and EnvironmentCancelledRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£1,000,000

Services shall include:

  • Provision of training
  • Communications and digital content writing/development including provision of written content for technical resources
  • Speakers at events
  • Coordination and delivery of discussion groups,
  • Engaging in subsequent KE activity
Contract period: 4 Jun 2021 – 3 Jun 2023 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 2 years +1+1 · 2 year initial term with two optional 12 month extension periods (2+1+1)Variant bids: not allowed
71317210 Health and safety consultancy services90700000 Environmental services
Lot #4Agribusiness Appraisals & Data Collection and Group FormationAwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£12,000,000

The Supplier shall provide one or both of the following services :

  • Agribusiness Appraisals, either as a one-off piece of work or to support Monitor or Strategic host farms
  • Farmer recruitment, group formation and data collection, validation and upload into AHDB online business tools, plus 1:1 feedback
Contract period: 4 Jun 2021 – 3 Jun 2023 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 2 years +1+1 · 2 year initial term with two optional 12 month extension periods (2+1+1)Variant bids: not allowed
72221000 Business analysis consultancy services
Lot #5HR Workforce PlanningAwardedRenewal 2 yrsceiling above

The Supplier shall provide services that shall enable AHDB levy payers to strengthen workplace planning processes and training plans, including:

  • Delivery of Workforce Planning Workshops to AHDB levy payers
  • Production of Workshop content and training materials
  • Development of template documentation
  • Production of webinars and podcasts on topics relating to Workforce Planning.
  • Production of “How-to” videos
  • Insight sharing, support and guidance to AHDB on Workforce planning
  • Delivery of on farm workforce planning reviews at specific Farm Excellence host farms
  • Presenting at relevant knowledge exchange events
Contract period: 4 Jun 2021 – 3 Jun 2023 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 2 years +1+1 · 2 year initial term with two optional 12 month extension periods (2+1+1)Variant bids: not allowed
79414000 Human resources management consultancy services
Lot #6Health, Welfare and Biosecurity Training and Guidance, On Farm Assessments and Notifiable Outbreak SupportAwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£160,000

The Supplier shall provide one or more of the following services:

  • On-farm assessment of health, welfare and biosecurity standards of AHDB levy paying businesses involved in KE or R&D activities
  • Technical support, advice and guidance on health, welfare and biosecurity to employees of AHDB
  • Provision of Training to AHDB and third parties
  • Support to AHDB in the event of a PEDv outbreak
Contract period: 4 Jun 2021 – 3 Jun 2023 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 2 years +1+1 · 2 years with two optional extension periods of 12 months (2+1+1)Variant bids: not allowed
77100000 Agricultural services
Lot #7Digital CopywritingAwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£300,000

Services include rewriting of content that was initially written for a printed publication and is currently in PDF format; and provide accurate web addresses, search engine optimised titles and descriptions to images, videos and other digital media.

Contract period: 4 Jun 2021 – 3 Jun 2023 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 2 years +1+1 · 2 years with two optional 12 month extension periods (2+1+1)Variant bids: not allowed
92312211 Writing agency services
Lot #8Behavioural InsightsAwardedRenewal 2 yrsceiling above

The Supplier shall provide the following Behavioural Insights services:

  • Training and mentoring.
  • Consultancy services
  • Research, literature reviews and evidence synthesis on the use of behavioural insights in agriculture, horticulture and related industries.
Contract period: 4 Jun 2021 – 3 Jun 2023 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 2 years +1+1 · 2 year initial term with two optional extensions of 12 months (2+1+1)Variant bids: not allowed
79632000 Personnel-training services
Lot #9Evidence for Farming InitiativeAwardedRenewal 1 yr 9 moPublished value£500,000

The supplier shall provide the following services to support AHDB in the design and development of the Evidence for Farming Initiative (EFI)

  • Rapid Evidence Assessments
  • Agglomerations of research evidence
  • Identification of gaps in the evidence base
  • Identification of future data developments and technologies
  • Curation of data and evidence from EFI
  • Development of oncology and statistical analysis for evidence
  • Development and review of evidence standards
  • Peer review the quality of EFI assessments
  • Establishment or running of field trials/case studies
Contract period: 4 Jun 2021 – 3 Mar 2023 (1 yr 9 mo)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 2 years +1+1 · 2 year initial term with two optional extension periods of 12 months (2+1+1)Variant bids: not allowed
71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services
Lot #10LeanRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£400,000

The Supplier shall deliver LEAN training embedding LEAN principles in levy payer businesses to act as live case studies for the industry.

Contract period: 4 Jun 2021 – 3 Jun 2023 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 2 year initial term with an optional two 12 month extension periods (2+1+1) · 2 year initial term with an optional two 12 month extension periods (2+1+1)Variant bids: not allowed
79420000 Management-related services

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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “AHDB Technical Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · 3 years time
First published
10 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update
10 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028190
Accelerated

Insufficient supplier capacity using AHDB technical framework. AHDB require urgent support from suppliers to fulfil contractual obligations.

Classification (CPV)
Agricultural servicesBusiness analysis consultancy servicesEnvironmental servicesHealth and safety consultancy servicesHuman resources management consultancy servicesManagement-related servicesPersonnel-training servicesTechnical analysis or consultancy servicesWriting agency services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029237 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Appointment period ends
10 Mar 2021, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

defra.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗

Timeline

10 Mar 2021 → 10 Nov 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    10 Mar 2021, 17:00 GMT
  2. Contract starts
    4 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    10 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2021
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Oct 2021, 22:44 BST
  2. Procurement method changed
    12 Oct 2021, 22:44 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    10 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 58admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 33
Contracts signed 10latest 23 Sept 2021

10 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Contract 025526-2021-1

    Signed
    23 Sept 2021
    Value
    £461,000
    Period
    … – 3 Jun 2023
    Status
    active

  • Lot 1 Leadership and Management Accredited and Non-Accredited

    Signed
    23 Jul 2021
    Value
    £500,000
    Period
    … – 3 Jun 2023
    Status
    active

  • Lot 2 Lean

    Signed
    23 Jul 2021
    Value
    £400,000
    Status
    active

  • Lot 3 Health and Safety, Integrated Pest Management, Grassland and Environment

    Signed
    23 Jul 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Lot 4 Agribusiness Appraisals & Data Collection and Group Formation

    Signed
    23 Jul 2021
    Value
    £5,400,000
    Period
    … – 3 Jun 2023
    Status
    active

  • Lot 5 HR Workforce Planning

    Signed
    23 Jul 2021
    Value
    £200,000
    Period
    … – 3 Jun 2023
    Status
    active

  • Lot 6 Health, Welfare and Biosecurity Training and Guidance, On Farm Assessments and Notifiable Outbreak Support

    Signed
    23 Jul 2021
    Value
    £160,000
    Period
    … – 3 Jun 2023
    Status
    active

  • Lot 7 Digital Copywriting

    Signed
    23 Jul 2021
    Value
    £300,000
    Period
    … – 3 Jun 2023
    Status
    active

  • Lot 8 Behavioural Insights

    Signed
    23 Jul 2021
    Value
    £200,000
    Period
    … – 3 Jun 2023
    Status
    active

  • Lot 9 Evidence for Farming Initiative

    Signed
    23 Jul 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Period
    … – 3 Mar 2023
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Leadership and Management Accredited and Non-Accredited24bids———
2 · Lean3bids———
4 · Agribusiness Appraisals & Data Collection and Group Formation34bids———
5 · HR Workforce Planning5bids———
6 · Health, Welfare and Biosecurity Training and Guidance, On Farm Assessments and Notifiable Outbreak Support25bids———
7 · Digital Copywriting6bids———
8 · Behavioural Insights9bids———
9 · Evidence for Farming Initiative9bids———
Whole notice33bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

AHDB

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawAgriculture Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, UK, CV8 2TLContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

62 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awarded

The first 50 of 62 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.

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Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.