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Sale on BNG units at Lower Valley Farm, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire

Buyer: Cambridgeshire County Council →

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BuyerCambridgeshire County Council
StatusClosed
Deadline28 Jul 2026
Value£72,000
Published16 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Cambridgeshire County Council's farm estate is 34,000 acres (13,400 ha) with 160 farm tenants it is the largest of its kind in England and Wales. Sale on BNG units at Lower Valley Farm, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products 03000000Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services 77000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£72,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Aug 2026 to 3 Aug 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — 30% quality (30%)
Price — 70% cost (70%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services, Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related productsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 03. The category anchor is Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products (03000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 033306 median · 26 average (138 of 330 with a bid count)5.9 average (143 of 330 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer5Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK7518 median · 31.1 average (26 of 75 with a bid count)10.7 average (27 of 75 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)28Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b65d
Latest release ID056835-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 16 2026 16:26:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056835-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-07-28T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-21T02:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://procontract.due-north.com
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£72,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Jun 2026tender056835-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
16 Jun 2026 · 056835-2026 · tender
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