Official UK procurement notice
On-Farm Kill & Carcase Collection Open Framework Agreement
Authority: ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a re-procurement of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s existing On-Farm Kill & Carcase Collection Framework Agreement and is expected to be launched in September 2026 with a view to establish an eight (8)-year open framework series. The On-Farm Kill & Carcase Collection framework will seek the appointment of a range of providers who can deliver various services, across different Lots, that include; handling, culling, removal of carcase(s) and provision of post mortem examination facilities (where required), and carcase disposal services for farmed livestock, primarily for TB control purposes. Services may be required to be delivered at very short notice (within six (6) to twelve (12) hours). The resulting framework is to be open for use by: Defra, APHA, Welsh Government & Scottish Government.
CPV: Agricultural services · Animal husbandry services · Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 May 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “On-Farm Kill & Carcase Collection Open Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal) buys Agricultural services (CPV 7710), and who usually turns up
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Agricultural services (CPV 7710) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 47 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “On-Farm Kill and Carcase Collection Services Framework - Retender” of this authority, but none of the 5 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 7710Published estimate£23m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 16 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid31%
2–36%
4–66%
7+56%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Leo Group LtdEarlier contract | On-Farm Kill and Carcase Collection Services Framework - Retendernotice published May 2023 | Lot 2 -Carcase Collection Services | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Peake (GB) LtdEarlier contract | On-Farm Kill and Carcase Collection Services Framework - Retendernotice published May 2023 | Lot 2 -Carcase Collection Services | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| MartlandsEarlier contract | On-Farm Kill and Carcase Collection Services Framework - Retendernotice published May 2023 | Lot 1 - On Farm Kill (All Services) | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Douglas Brothers LimitedEarlier contract | On-Farm Kill and Carcase Collection Services Framework - Retendernotice published May 2023 | Lot 1 - On Farm Kill (All Services) | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Charman AgEarlier contract | On-Farm Kill and Carcase Collection Services Framework - Retendernotice published May 2023 | Lot 1 - On Farm Kill (All Services) | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
54% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
54% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (54% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
On-Farm Kill and Carcase Collection Services Framework - Retender — held by Leo Group Ltd and Douglas Brothers Limited (+1 more); no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Apr 2026, 16:19 BST
- Last source update
- 21 May 2026, 12:54 BST
- Authority reference
P-37893- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047052- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068fa8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
30 Apr 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published175 days ago30 Apr 2026, 16:19 BST
- Latest notice published154 days ago21 May 2026, 12:54 BST
- Market engagement118 days ago26 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise to obtain feedback from the market. This activity is intended to inform APHA’s proposed approach to the forthcoming procurement, support the development of a robust and proportionate specification, and ensure that its requirements reflect current market capability and best practice.
If you wish to participate in this market engagement exercise, you are invited to request a copy of the market engagement pack via email to: [email protected] by 5pm, 29 May 2025. Please use the subject title “OFKCC Framework Agreement Market Engagement” in your request.
The market engagement pack will be issued to interested parties during the week commencing 01 June 2026.
Feedback and any questions concerning the requirement should be returned to the same email address no later than 17:00 on 26 June 2025.
Any future tender exercise will be conducted through the Defra eSourcing portal. If your organisation is not already registered you can create an account at defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗.
This engagement does not constitute a formal notice to tender and there is no guarantee APHA will proceed with an external tendering exercise to create a framework or other form of contract.
- Tender notice expected29 days ago23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 190 days1 May 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Apr 2026- Pipeline notice published30 Apr 2026, 16:19 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 May 2026, 12:54 BSTUK2
- Published value updated to £23,140,00021 May 2026, 12:54 BSTwas £23,000,000
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSProcuring entityDefra group Commercial is running the procurement activity on behalf of the Animal and Plant Health Agency
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender