Notice Information
Notice Title
University of Bristol's Wyndhurst Farm Management
Notice Description
The University owns Wyndhurst Farm in North Somerset; a 128 hectare farm with a dairy herd of 200 cattle (plus followers) and a flock of 100 sheep. The current contract for Farm Management expires in July 2023 and following this market consultation, we intend be going out to tender, for a contract to start August 2023.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The University owns Wyndhurst Farm in North Somerset; a 128 hectare farm with a dairy herd of 200 cattle (plus followers) and a flock of 100 sheep. The current contract for Farm Management expires in July 2023 and following this market consultation, we intend be going out to tender, for a contract to start August 2023. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to notify interested parties that the University are seeking market expertise and opinions on the most practical and efficient way to manage Wyndhurst Farm into the future; therefore would like to invite interested parties to present to us at a Market Engagement Session to allow us to understand the best way to achieve that. The session would involve giving a short informal presentation to key staff from the University followed by a general discussion, including any questions etc. Sessions will be held at Langford House, Wyndhurst Farm, Langford Rd, Bristol BS40 5HY on the 5th January from 9am-5pm. For further information or if you would like to be invited for one of these sessions, please respond to this notice with a short statement setting out your relevant experience to olga.nossenko@bristol.ac.uk by Monday 19th December 2022. In the event that we are oversubscribed, we will select the respondents whose experience we deem is most relevant to the University's requirements. The sessions will be used only to inform the future procurement process and your attendance, or non-attendance, at the sessions will not preclude or prejudice future involvement in any subsequent procurement processes.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-038a42
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034210-2022
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
77100000 - Agricultural services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Dec 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 31 May 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
- Contact Name
- Will Smalley
- Contact Email
- will.smalley@bristol.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01179289000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS1 5DS
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK51 Bristol, City of
- Delivery Location
- TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
-
- Local Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Bristol Central
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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