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# 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 varie

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-ahdb-cereals-and-oilseeds-recommended-lists-rls-provide-levy-payers-and-the-wider-indu-ocds-h6vhtk-028d34). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** AHDB: "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 varie". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,294,215. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: defra.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [AHDB](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ahdb-gov-ot204)
- **Published Value:** £3,294,215 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 March 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Agricultural services, Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products, Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services, Cereals
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £4,159,846 (exc. VAT, 17 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028d34`

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## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra.bravosolution.co.uk)
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## 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. For further information see the AHDB website.
The RL is run as a series of consecutive five year projects. The current five-year program of crop trials for yield and crop quality ends at harvest 2021. This specification is for the procurement of new contracts to run trials for harvest 2022 to harvest 2026. 
AHDB is seeking to procure the running of 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. We are looking for

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 03000000, 03211000, 77100000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **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 ...
- **Contract Period:** 20/06/2021 to 31/10/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (18)
- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24566`
  - Value: £194,150 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-10`
  - Supplier(s): **NIAB**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-169294`
  - Value: £2,022,140 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-11`
  - Supplier(s): **RAGT Seeds**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24576`
  - Value: £5,250 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-12`
  - Supplier(s): **RSK ADAS Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-94222`
  - Value: £216,045 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-13`
  - Supplier(s): **Saaten Union (UK) Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24578`
  - Value: £66,780 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-14`
  - Supplier(s): **SAC Commercial Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-118042`
  - Value: BWP 472,290 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-15`
  - Supplier(s): **Scottish Agronomy**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-82964`
  - Value: £535,185 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-16`
  - Supplier(s): **STC Research Foundation**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24581`
  - Value: £129,030 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-17`
  - Supplier(s): **Syngenta UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24582`
  - Value: £8,750 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 018696-2021-2019-424-18 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Trials Force**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24583`
  - Value: £201,475 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Agrii**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24567`
  - Value: £7,350 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Elsoms Wheat Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24568`
  - Value: £102,150 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Elsoms Seeds Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24569`
  - Value: £46,020 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Frontier Agriculture Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24570`
  - Value: £167,480 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Envirofield Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24571`
  - Value: £71,530 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-7`
  - Supplier(s): **Harper Adams University**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-93676`
  - Value: £110,831 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-8`
  - Supplier(s): **KWS UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24573`
  - Value: £262,120 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Award id: `018696-2021-2019-424-9`
  - Supplier(s): **Limagrain UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24574`
  - Value: £13,560 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (18)
- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,350
  - Signed Date: 02/08/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,022,140
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,250
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £216,045
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £66,780
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: BWP 472,290
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £535,185
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £129,030
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,750
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** 018696-2021-2019-424-18 (active)
  - Signed Value: £201,475
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £102,150
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £46,020
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £167,480
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £71,530
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £110,831
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £262,120
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £13,560
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2021

- **Contract:** Provision of Recommended List Trials (active)
  - Signed Value: £194,150
  - Signed Date: 08/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018696-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-03T21:45:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T02:31:58.913Z
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