Awarded contract

Recommended List Variety Trials

Details

Value
£35,833.33
Duration
1 year
Topic
Agricultural services
Published
29 August 2026

Tender 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. Scope of delivery is running 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. Under the Recommended List programme, AHDB is undertaking a review of the trials to inform future procurement requirements and delivery arrangements. A time-limited extension of services is required to ensure continuity of the existing trials while this review is completed. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published29 August 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date29 August 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date1 November 2027in 12 months

About the buyer

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is the statutory levy board for the cereals and oilseeds, dairy, beef and lamb, and pork sectors. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs sponsors AHDB, a non-departmental public body. Common goods and services are bought through framework agreements arranged by the Government Commercial Agency.

Over the past 5 years, most of AHDB's contract awards have been in agricultural and horticultural services, business services and IT services.

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