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# LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT SERVICE

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/livestock-management-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04e8d7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT SERVICE". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## 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:** £1,200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 October 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Agricultural services, Cattle, livestock and small animals
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,106,860 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/livestock-management-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04e8d7#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e8d7`

## 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/livestock-management-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04e8d7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2Fregister)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/livestock-management-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04e8d7#participate

## Description
Place Services Legacy Grazing project provides bespoke habitat management through conservation grazing to clients across Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Kent. 
The contract is for the provision of native breed livestock and livestock management services, in accordance with a grazing schedule, on behalf of Legacy Grazing. During the course of the contract new clients / sites may be added or removed and the contractor will be required to increase or reduce the herd accordingly with ECC retaining the right to procure additional services to increase capacity if the contractor is unable to meet the requirement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 03320000, 77100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,200,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

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

  - Supplier(s): **RED COW CONTRACTING LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:16786612`
  - Value: £1,106,860
  - Date: 13/11/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT SERVICE (active)
  - Signed Value: £790,614
  - Signed Date: 17/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060549-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-20T11:58:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T08:30:40.312Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e8d7