Recommended List Variety Trials

Official notice

Authority: AHDB

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£35,833published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 30 Jun 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Frontier Agriculture Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Recommended Lists (RLs) provide levy payers and the wider industry with independent information on the characteristics and market options for new cereal and oilseed varieties. The information provided by the RLs enables levy payers to select variety's that are optimal for their cropping system and meet the requirements of their local market, maximising productivity and ensuring a reliable supply of grain into the supply chain. Scope of delivery is running cereal and oilseed variety testing trials for the purposes of providing data to facilitate the selection of crop varieties into recommended and described variety lists.

Under the Recommended List programme, AHDB is undertaking a review of the trials to inform future procurement requirements and delivery arrangements. A time-limited extension of services is required to ensure continuity of the existing trials while this review is completed.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

77100000 Agricultural services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 29 Aug 2026, 13:45 BST
Last source update: 29 Aug 2026, 13:45 BST
Authority reference: STA10267
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-082391
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ef03 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
29 Aug 2026, 13:45 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £35,8331 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jun 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Frontier Agriculture LtdSME	£35,833 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Recommended List Variety trials · Frontier Agriculture LtdSME
Signed
30 Jun 2026
Value
£35,833
Period
1 Aug 2026 – 1 Nov 2027
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBHX-8363-MBBV Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Parkway East, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 4PEContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

FRONTIER AGRICULTURE LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05288567GB-PPON: PTCQ-1497-DNXM Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, London, W1K 4QYContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender29 Aug 2026, 13:45 BST