Official UK procurement notice
Farm Management · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Askham Bryan College (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAskham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college, designated within the Further Education sector, requiring Farm Management Services, at its farm located at the York campus. As an academic institution, all its resources, including the farm, exist to assist in the delivery of high quality learning, teaching and research. The college farm is a commercial enterprise, managed to support a realistic working environment for students to experience and acquire an appropriate range of industrially relevant skills. The farm comprises approximately 240 ha of land and buildings which include a dairy unit comprising of a 20:20 rapid exit parlour, a robotic milking unit, cubicle housing and associated handling areas and infrastructure, a purpose-built calf rearing and beef finishing unit, forage clamps, waste handling facilities and a 22kWh micro anaerobic digester.
The proposed contract includes management of the Farming Business specifically the management of the dairy, beef and sheep enterprises and associated forage and arable crop production, working in conjunction with the curriculum provision of agricultural education. The College require the supplier to have experience in such areas as well as in the management of student training requirements, to provide a high quality learning experience.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Feb 2030, 23:59 GMT.
- How the procedure runs: A procurement-specific questionnaire will be issued and evaluated upon submission to shortlist suppliers advancing to the next stage. The process will proceed as follows: 1. Mandatory site visit: Suppliers will meet with stakeholders, understand project requirements, and verify information to determine whether to continue participating. 2. Following the site visits, the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage will commence. At this point: - Complete tender documentation will be issued to all participating suppliers - A formal bid submission deadline will be established - Suppliers will prepare and submit their final proposals
CPV: Agricultural services · Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products · Business and management consultancy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£415,000
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Procurement Specific Questionnaire
What 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).
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Procurement Specific Questionnaire
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Feb 2030
- First published
- 12 May 2025, 13:20 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2025, 13:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
CA15822- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048015- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0510dcFind a Tender
- How it runs
A procurement-specific questionnaire will be issued and evaluated upon submission to shortlist suppliers advancing to the next stage. The process will proceed as follows:
- Mandatory site visit: Suppliers will meet with stakeholders, understand project requirements, and verify information to determine whether to continue participating.
- Following the site visits, the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage will commence. At this point:
- Complete tender documentation will be issued to all participating suppliers
- A formal bid submission deadline will be established
- Suppliers will prepare and submit their final proposals
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline
- 15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Reference: CA16277
Timeline
12 May 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 7 dates- Planning notice published12 May 2025, 13:20 BST
- Market engagement14 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Engagement
- Next notice expected31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published12 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by374 days ago17 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts330 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 May 2025, 13:20 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published30 Jul 2025, 18:31 BSTUK3
- Status changed to planned30 Jul 2025, 18:31 BST
- Procurement method changed30 Jul 2025, 18:31 BST
- Buyer details updated30 Jul 2025, 18:31 BST
- Tender notice published12 Aug 2025, 13:00 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active12 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Tender notice published12 Aug 2025, 13:05 BSTUK4
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 12 May 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender