Published date: 17 March 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 12 January 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations - 98110000

Location of contract

CV8 2LZ

Value of contract

£75,000 to £225,000

Procurement reference

tender_337709/1183703

Published date

17 March 2023

Closing date

12 January 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 March 2023

Contract end date

3 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

AHDB Exports is looking for a Dutch/English speaking representative to develop the Dutch/Belgium and Scandinavian markets for British lamb and beef.
The successful representative will have the expertise and experience to identify the right priority markets, and ability to devise the best local strategies to achieve effective market growth for British lamb and beef in the selected markets.
The successful representative must reside or have a commercial office based in the Netherlands.
The AHDB representative requirements for the selected markets include, but not limited to:

- Liaise effectively with the UK-based AHDB Export team by regular telephone, email and face-to-face communication. This may require foreign travel to AHDB Head Office or major food events (e.g. SIAL Paris, Anuga) for meetings. The total number of face-to-face meetings, including at events, is expected to be a minimum of four per year

- Build and maintain effective relationships with beef and lamb exporters, agents, representatives, importers, distributors, food service operators and retailers. As appropriate, work jointly with these contacts to successfully deliver promotional activities
Estimated value is 84,000 EUROS per annum, approx £75k POUNDS STERLING
Initial contract is for 1 year with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months each.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Representation for AHDB in the Netherlands principally covering Beef and Lamb markets

  • Opportunity
  • Published 23 November 2022

Attachments

Additional text

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender and respond to the opportunity

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue'
Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete
You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

2. Express an Interest in the tender
Login to the portal with the username/password
Click the ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant ITT to access the content.
Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page.
This will move the ITT into your 'My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'ITT Details' box

3. Responding to the tender
Click 'My Response' under 'ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining)
You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT
There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help.

Award information

Awarded date

23 February 2023

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£225,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Green Seed Netherlands B.V

Address

Netherlands

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Waters

Address

AHDB, Stoneleigh Park
Kenilworth
CV8 2LZ
England

Email

procurement@ahdb.org.uk