Notice Information
Notice Title
LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Notice Description
Place Services Legacy Grazing project provides bespoke habitat management through conservation grazing to clients across Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Kent. The contract is for the provision of native breed livestock and livestock management services, in accordance with a grazing schedule, on behalf of Legacy Grazing. During the course of the contract new clients / sites may be added or removed and the contractor will be required to increase or reduce the herd accordingly with ECC retaining the right to procure additional services to increase capacity if the contractor is unable to meet the requirement.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: As outlined in the Changes in Scope section within the procurement documents, during the course of the contract there may be an option to add New Sites to the grazing programme as and when new clients approach the Authority with grazing requirements. It is also possible that some clients will reach a point where they no longer require the Services. While this is uncommon, the Authority reserves the right to remove Sites from the Grazing Programme.
Renewal: Option to extend for a further period of 24 months.
Planning Information
The Authority wishes to invite interested parties to complete the market engagement questionnaire which can be accessed through the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/gHnvkphGbg The closing date for responses is 28th March 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e8d7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025707-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
03320000 - Cattle, livestock and small animals
77100000 - Agricultural services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,106,860 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £790,614 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 28 Mar 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 13 Nov 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-10-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHELMSFORD
- Postcode
- CM1 1QH
- Post Town
- Chelmsford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Moulsham and Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chelmsford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025707-2026
20th March 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073766-2025
13th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061959-2025
3rd October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060549-2025
29th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007609-2025
3rd March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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