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title: "Legacy Grazing"
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# Legacy Grazing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legacy-grazing-ocds-h6vhtk-028dd7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Legacy Grazing". Published status: complete. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Feb 2021, 17:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 February 2021 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services, Forestry and logging products
- **Delivery Location:** UKH, UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £410,530 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legacy-grazing-ocds-h6vhtk-028dd7#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028dd7`

## 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/legacy-grazing-ocds-h6vhtk-028dd7#tl-md)

## Description
Essex County Council undertook a full, open process for a single lead contractor to provide conservation grazing services, using their own livestock, to various sites in Essex, Suffolk, Kent and Hertfordshire.
The requirement will involve the transportation of the livestock to all sites, as well as management of the service and ensuring that the grazing is to an acceptable level.
The winning contractor will work with Essex's principle consultant in countryside management to ensure best practice is maintained throughout the five year contract; and the requirements are fulfilled.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 77000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £500,000
- **Description:** Legacy Grazing is a project that forms a part of Essex County Council's Place Services, providing conservation grazing to 16 sites in Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Kent covering over 425 hectares of land.
From April 2021, Essex County Council wil...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011659-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Red Cow Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-17469`
  - Value: £410,530 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011659-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £410,530
  - Signed Date: 27/02/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011659-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-25T18:06:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T09:38:04.091Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028dd7