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title: "British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP"
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# British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/british-survey-of-fertiliser-practice-bsfp-ocds-h6vhtk-02c20c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Network eTendering Portal: "British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Environmental services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,095,964 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c20c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/british-survey-of-fertiliser-practice-bsfp-ocds-h6vhtk-02c20c#tl-md)

## Description
To collect and produce information on the use of fertilisers and manures in Great Britain. Work on this activity is directed by the Authority in liaison with the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government. The aim of the survey is to provide details of: a) application rates and timings of nitrogen (N), phosphate (P2O5), potash (K2O) and sulphur (SO3) fertilisers, lime (CaO) and the use of organic manures on grassland and individual crops and crop groups; b) Applications should be estimated on the basis of each of application rates, dressing cover and overall field rates c) trends in fertiliser and organic manure use by ensuring that key series are maintained; d) breakdowns of the pattern of fertiliser usage split by Government Office Region for England and for the whole of Wales and Scotland; breakdown of Scottish data by land use region is not one of the standard output tabulations but the design of the survey should allow reliable reporting of data to this level if requested; e) use of fertilisers by farm type; f) different fertiliser produce types used, broken down by major crop groups e.g. cereals, oilseeds, pulses, grassland, month of application and application rate; g) fertiliser use on major arable tillage crops and grassland; h) Information on the drivers of changing fertiliser use.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Contractor will:
a)	Provide an annual report with standard tabulations for the key data series that ensure continuity and consistency with previous years, including survey standard error estimates.  All tabular data from the report should also be...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP) (active)
  - Award id: `015000-2021-ECM52051-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Kynetec UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-73298`
  - Value: £1,095,964 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP) (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,095,964
  - Signed Date: 19/04/2018

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015000-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-30T21:44:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:57:33.459Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c20c