Official UK procurement notice
Trade Flow Data requirements for AHDB
Authority: AHDB·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOur Economics and Analysis team provides farmers, growers, and food businesses the world-leading intelligence and insight to inform decisions. This might be the latest prices, shifting consumer trends, detailed insight on the big issues or the outlook for supply or demand for agricultural commodities.
As a result, the team needs timely access to relevant, robust, and accurate global trade flow information to support our business objectives.
Further details can be found in the specification documents
- Recurrence: Early 2026
CPV: Data collection and collation services · Data services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AHDB requires information on trade flows between different countries across the globeAwardedRenewalPublished value£280,000
AHDB requires information on trade flows between different countries across the globe. At the most granular level, this “Dataset” includes:
- Trade flows from two- down to ten-digit HS commodity code level.
- Trade flow information for a variety of countries across the globe (both reporter and/or partner country).
- Information on the direction of travel (import, export, total trade, and trade balance).
- Information on the port and mode of transport where possible
- Information on the State where applicable.
- The volume of any trade flow depicted in appropriate units (e.g. kilograms, tonnes, head or litres).
- The value of any trade flow in £s, USDs, €s and the reporting country’s own currency.
- The average unit price of trade flows.
- The latest monthly information as well as historical monthly, quarterly, and annual data (at least 20 years).
AHDB require access, for approximately 50 team members, to a web-based platform which allows users to view and interrogate the “Dataset”
Further details can be found in the specification documents
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).
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 65
- Price: 35
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Early 2026
- First published
- 2 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Jul 2022, 12:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 5 Apr 2022 – …
- Authority reference
2021-485- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-020139- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031d31Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As per specification documentation
Publisher note: Procurement Manager
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 5 Apr 2022, 13:00 BST
Timeline
5 Apr 2022 → 1 Aug 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline5 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened5 Apr 2022, 13:00 BST
- Notice published25 Jul 2022, 12:57 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jul 2022- Status changed to complete25 Jul 2022, 12:57 BST
- Buyer details updated25 Jul 2022, 12:57 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Data MonitorSMEGlobal Trade Data provision | £280,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Global Trade Data provision · Trade Data MonitorSME
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2022
- Value
- £280,000
- Period
- … – 31 Jul 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHDB requires information on trade flows between different countries across the globe | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £70,000 – £280,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- DefraMediation body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Trade Data MonitorAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria