Notice Information
Notice Title
Farm Management
Notice Description
Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college, designated within the Further Education sector, requiring Farm Management Services, at its farm located at the York campus. As an academic institution, all its resources, including the farm, exist to assist in the delivery of high quality learning, teaching and research. The college farm is a commercial enterprise, managed to support a realistic working environment for students to experience and acquire an appropriate range of industrially relevant skills. The farm comprises approximately 240 ha of land and buildings which include a dairy unit comprising of a 20:20 rapid exit parlour, a robotic milking unit, cubicle housing and associated handling areas and infrastructure, a purpose-built calf rearing and beef finishing unit, forage clamps, waste handling facilities and a 22kWh micro anaerobic digester. The proposed contract includes management of the Farming Business specifically the management of the dairy, beef and sheep enterprises and associated forage and arable crop production, working in conjunction with the curriculum provision of agricultural education. The College require the supplier to have experience in such areas as well as in the management of student training requirements, to provide a high quality learning experience.
Planning Information
Engagement
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0510dc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048021-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
03000000 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
77100000 - Agricultural services
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £415,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £415,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 31 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-02-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ASKHAM BRYAN COLLEGE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- enquiries@askham-bryan.ac.uk, procurement@askham-bryan.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01904 772277
Buyer Location
- Locality
- YORK
- Postcode
- YO23 3FR
- Post Town
- York
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE2 North Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE21 York
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- York
- Electoral Ward
- Rural West York
- Westminster Constituency
- York Outer
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048021-2025
12th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048015-2025
12th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044502-2025
30th July 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020459-2025
12th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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