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title: "Service Delivery under AHDBs Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) Project"
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# Service Delivery under AHDBs Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) Project

Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3c8b9fa4-51fb-4708-934f-c2d213031db0

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) as the buying organisation, seeking service delivery under the Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) project. This initiative is aimed at providing resilience support to farmers and land managers in England within the agricultural sector. The procurement is at the award stage as of 12th October 2021, with the contract scheduled to start on 27th October 2021 and continue until 28th February 2023. The total value of the awarded contract is £461,000 and was procured through an accelerated open procedure to address insufficient supplier capacity.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in consultancy services, particularly those equipped to assist farmers and land managers navigating the changes associated with the Agricultural Transition. Companies focusing on business analysis consultancy, especially those that can deliver tailored support and consultations, would be well positioned to engage in this contract. The targeted assistance will benefit combinable crop, beef, sheep, and dairy farms, thereby generating opportunities for firms with relevant expertise and capacities to provide impactful consultancy services.

## Notice

AHDB have successfully secured funding as part of the Defra Future Farming Resilience Funding project, second phase (known as the 'Interim Phase'). The funding is to provide resilience support to farmers and land managers in England to help them prepare for the Agricultural Transition period (2021 to 2027). The Interim Phase will take place from 18th August 2021 to 1st March 2022. Information about Defra's Future Farming Resilience Fund can be found here https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2021/03/25/the-future-farming-resilience-fund-supporting-farmers-through-transition/ Defra's key objective for the grant funding is: To provide resilience support to farmers and land managers to help them prepare for, and adjust to, the Agricultural Transition by addressing the opportunities it presents and the impacts it could have. The project will also monitor the impact and value for money of this resilience support. Defra aims for the project to deliver direct benefits to the farmers and land managers who are the beneficiaries of this project by enabling them to: i. Fully understand the changes that are about to happen ii. Identify how, where and when they may need to adapt their business model and resilience as a result iii. Access tailored support to address these changes in a timely fashion Brief description of AHDB's planned intervention: Under the FFRF, AHDBs project will provide a half day consultation to up to 4,000 farmers to help adjustment to direct payment reductions. Targeted at combinable crop, beef, sheep and dairy farms across England it will be available from Aug 2021 through to Feb 2022. The service will provide a Farm Business Review using our online tool, with 1:1 support from an agricultural consultant. This will use our new AHDB Farm Business Review (FBR) tool https://farmbusinessreview.ahdb.org.uk The Supplier shall be responsible for delivering the following activity as part of the AHDB's service under Defra's Future Farming Resilience Fund: Farm Business Review tool (BPS/Resilience assessment/KPI) data collections and associated group meeting.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b87abde4-1a10-474c-b0f3-9ad98393b386 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Accelerated Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Oct 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 15 Sep 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Sep 2021 |
| Contract period | 26 Oct 2021 - 28 Feb 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £461,100 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £461,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL |
| Locality | KENILWORTH |
| Post town | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV8 2TL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG13 Warwickshire CC |
| Local authority | Warwick |
| Electoral ward | Cubbington & Leek Wootton |
| Westminster constituency | Kenilworth and Southam |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 7 |
| Supplier names | CREEDY ASSOCIATES; FARMING AND WILDLIFE ADVISORY GROUP SOUTH WEST; LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING (LEAF; LIZ GENEVER CONSULTING; MIDWEST CONSULTING; SAVILLS (UK; SRH AGRIBUSINESS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services

## Release History

- 12 Oct 2021 at 08:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b87abde4-1a10-474c-b0f3-9ad98393b386

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b87abde4-1a10-474c-b0f3-9ad98393b386
  12th October 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/21afebe6-e5e2-4199-bb5f-8f0278bbbd2a
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/118388b3-0127-45c9-bbac-75bbe0dec4ab
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7d300062-8be8-44ef-bbea-889f5a1cfd1d
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/55f4881a-6a9f-482d-843e-81e8c5dd5143
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f71aab41-372d-4215-b51d-29213c950a2a
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3bc8421b-1890-406e-9cfa-8a1bff8691db
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a854066a-9077-4223-a686-edc95fb83c32
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## Notice URLs

- https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2021/03/25/the-future-farming-resilience-fund-supporting-farmers-through-transition/
- https://farmbusinessreview.ahdb.org.uk

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