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# Main Contractor, Dairy Nexus

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/main-contractor-dairy-nexus-ocds-h6vhtk-032e4e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** SRUC: "Main Contractor, Dairy Nexus". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £5,400,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [SRUC](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sruc-GB-FTS-1198)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £5,400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Building construction work, Construction work for buildings relating to education and research
- **Delivery Location:** UKM92
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032e4e`

## 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/main-contractor-dairy-nexus-ocds-h6vhtk-032e4e#tl-md)

## Description
The Dairy Nexus will provide a net zero carbon flagship facility that re-positions the Borderlands at the forefront of industry-focused, rural co-innovation and knowledge exchange. It will drive transformational research and innovation to decarbonise the dairy sector and move it towards a circular bioeconomy. In doing so, Dairy Nexus will deliver significant and inclusive regional growth to underpin the rural communities that are so important to the Borderlands economy and its regional identity. Aligned with the aims of the research hosted by the Dairy Nexus, the construction project is embracing ambitious sustainability targets and is focused on reducing carbon in both the build and operation of the facility, utilising the raw materials available on a live farm site to subsidise the buildings energy strategy. The project is located adjacent to a live farm at SRUC’s Barony Campus in Dumfries.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 45210000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Dairying (dairy farming, milk processing and attendant supply industries) has been a major activity in the Borderlands for centuries, producing food, providing employment, creating wealth, sustaining communities, and shaping the physical environment....

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010162-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-04-19T08:25:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T06:30:44.809Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032e4e