Published date: 28 July 2020

This notice was replaced on 23 August 2021

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Awarded contract (published 23 August 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services - 77000000

Location of contract

CV8 2TL

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CF2019/71

Published date

28 July 2020

Closing date

4 September 2020

Contract start date

1 November 2020

Contract end date

31 October 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

AHDB are seeking a supplier to validate data entered into the Farmbench benchmarking programme. Farmbench is AHDB's cross sector benchmarking programme, open for use by farmers and their advisers across the UK. The programme allows farmers to enter data and anonymously compare their business performance to regional and national average datasets. The programme covers combinable crop, potato, sugar beet, dairy, beef and lamb enterprises.

Data can be entered by farmers, their advisers (e.g. consultants, agronomists and vets) and AHDB staff. Once complete, the successful supplier will validate datasets for completeness and accuracy. This is important to ensure that datasets are free from errors and omissions. This is important for two main reasons:

1) It provides confidence to farmers that their individual reports are accurate, which is important when business changing decisions could be taken based on Farmbench data.
2) It provides confidence to industry that datasets admitted to form the benchmark averages are robust and reliable.

The awarded supplier will be validating physical and financial data across the enterprises listed above, and a degree of familiarity with agricultural production systems and physical and financial data will be required.

Start date: 1 November 2020
Finish date: 31 October 2022 (24 months, with an option to extend by 12 months to 31 October 2023)

If you are interested in receiving further information regarding this opportunity, please email: derek.carless@ahdb.org.uk


More information

Additional text

If you are interested in receiving the specification pertaining to this opportunity, please email: derek.carless@ahdb.org.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Derek Carless

Address

Stoneleigh Park
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 2TL
England

Email

derek.carless@ahdb.org.uk