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Published 17 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure
Farms - Maintenance and Servicing of Robotic Milking System
Authority:Aberystwyth University(Education)
services
Open procedure
Above threshold
SME suitable
Sectors:
Delivery:
UK
Published estimate
£240,000
Submission deadline
19 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Clarification Cut-Off
16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Contract duration
3 yrs
What is being bought & procurement scope
Procurement Scope & Specification
Executive Summary: Aberystwyth University: "Farms - Maintenance and Servicing of Robotic Milking System". Published status: active. Published value: £240,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com.
Official Requirement Description:
The University farm is seeking to enter into a servicing and maintainance agreement for its robotic milking machines at Trawsgoed, near Aberystwyth, to improve operation and efficiency.
Due to no bids insufficent bids, we have decided to tender this contract again.
Lots and requirements (1)
Procurement Structure
- Lot #1Lot 1activePublished value£240,000The source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract period:2 Nov 2026 — 1 Nov 2029 (3 yrs)Eligibility:SME eligibleTurnover benchmark:~£159,854/yrPre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
- Economic & FinancialPlease see qualification envelope
- Technical CapacityPlease see technical envelope
- Economic & FinancialPlease see qualification envelope
- Technical CapacityPlease see technical envelope
Published award criteria & contract terms
From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Published terms
Contract duration3 yrs
Selection criteria are also published on 1 lot — see the lot list above.Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Aberystwyth University buys Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry (CPV 03) — and who usually turns up
Aberystwyth University’s own published record, next to the Wales (Cymru) market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids.
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How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
This authority
Aberystwyth University
contract notices in 36 months: 2 in division 03 · 13 in all categories
Bids per lot4all categories · 36m · n=28 lots
Single-bid lots7%all categories · 36m · n=28 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=6 pairs
Deadline → award26dall categories · 36m · n=1 notices
Notice updates3.5all categories · 24m · n=10 notices
Awarded without competition0%all categories · 36m · n=13 notices
The market · authority’s region
Wales (Cymru) · Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry (CPV 03)
contract notices delivered in Wales (Cymru) in 36 months: 15 in division 03 (15 contested) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
Bids per lot2division 03 · 36m · n=17 lots
Single-bid lots29%division 03 · 36m · n=17 lots
Award vs estimate11% belowdivision 03 · 36m · n=4 pairs
Deadline → award35ddivision 03 · 36m · n=2 notices
SME bidders86%division 03 · 36m · n=11 lots
Winners based in the region57%division 03 · 36m · n=30 awards
robust · n=6 Awards in Aberystwyth University (all categories, n=6 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £240,000 that is about £240,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Method and what to read with care
- Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
- Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
- Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
| Procedure method | Open procedure | Legal basis | UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023 | Procurement category | services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notice status | Open for tender | Procurement threshold | Above threshold (FTS publication) | Regulatory regime | Standard commercial regime |
| Commercial structure | Stand-alone contract (No framework) | Competition type | Competitive procedure | GPA WTO covered | Unspecified in notice |
| Recurring procurement | No (One-off requirement) | First published | 17 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST | Last source update | 17 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST |
| Award evaluation window | Submission end — 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT | Contract terms summary | Payment: 30 Days | Classification (CPV) | Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products, Repair and maintenance services |
| Delivery area | UK | ||||
| Official Registry OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-077471 | ||||
How to participate & submission route
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Supplier login required
Online submission allowed
Language: EN, CY
Access & Registration note: Free Wales registration; eTenderWales runs on Jaggaer
| Expression of interest (EOI) | — | Tender submission deadline | 19 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST | Clarification deadline | 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission channel | Official e-sourcing portal | Electronic submission | Allowed | Accepted languages | en, cy |
| Participation fee | Free of charge (Open access) | ||||
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
Timeline
- Procedure published
17 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST - Clarification deadline
16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST - Submission deadline
19 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Awards (0)No award published |
Contracts (0)No contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Notice history
1 lines · 1 source events
- Official notice release published
17 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Aberystwyth University
Contracting authority
Education
Official Documents & Specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 17 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
Procedure justification & pre-market engagement
Official Statement
| Preliminary market engagement (PME) rationale | Not applicable |
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