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title: "Legacy Grazing"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-028dd7"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL"
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# Legacy Grazing

Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-028dd7

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## Summary

Essex County Council is conducting a public procurement process titled "Legacy Grazing," focusing on conservation grazing services across various sites in Essex, Suffolk, Kent, and Hertfordshire. This five-year contract, valued at £500,000, involves providing native breed livestock and associated management to ensure adequate grazing practices. The procurement has moved from the planning stage to the active tender stage, with submissions accepted until 27 February 2021. The process follows an open procurement method, allowing wider participation from interested parties.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in livestock management, agricultural services, or environmental conservation. Companies equipped to transport and manage livestock, engage in pasture management, or provide training and consultancy on animal welfare would be well-positioned to compete. With established operational standards and a strong focus on best practices, the successful contractor will gain valuable experience working collaboratively with Essex County Council, potentially leading to further engagements in similar contracts.

## Notice

Essex County Council undertook a full, open process for a single lead contractor to provide conservation grazing services, using their own livestock, to various sites in Essex, Suffolk, Kent and Hertfordshire. The requirement will involve the transportation of the livestock to all sites, as well as management of the service and ensuring that the grazing is to an acceptable level. The winning contractor will work with Essex's principle consultant in countryside management to ensure best practice is maintained throughout the five year contract; and the requirements are fulfilled.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Legacy Grazing is a project that forms a part of Essex County Council's Place Services, providing conservation grazing to 16 sites in Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Kent covering over 425 hectares of land. From April 2021, Essex County Council will appoint a single 'lead' contractor to provide native breed livestock (cattle, sheep and goat) and associated livestock management for Legacy Grazing. The following activities will be required by the lead contractor: Manage their livestock in accordance with relevant best-practice, legislation and Legacy Grazing standards. Inspect grazing sites at least once every two weeks when livestock are present (site information available on proactis). Ensure a rota of daily welfare checks is in place at each site when livestock are present in accordance with the guidance. See Annex 1 for details of current arrangements for each site. Deliver two training workshops each year to provide basic training for client staff and volunteer stock checkers. The locations may vary each year, but these will take place at one of Legacy Grazing's sites. Act as the first point of contact (including weekends & evenings) for client staff and volunteers who undertake daily checks with regard enquires about livestock health or welfare. At sites (three in total), where client staff or volunteers are not available to undertake daily checks, provide the necessary labour to ensure welfare checks are conducted in accordance with the relevant publications. Be responsible for dealing with emergency and out-of-hour (evening and weekends) incidents associated with your livestock whilst present on Legacy Grazing sites. Such as, but not limited to, injured, ill or escaped livestock. Ensure grazing is carried out in accordance with the Grazing Programme and Grazing Plans (available on proactis). Coordinate all movements of cattle between sites and to do so in accordance with the Grazing Programme and underpinning Grazing Plans. Assist the Contract Manager by maintaining an up-to-date Grazing Programme and Plans that identify the proposed duration and number of livestock at each site. Maintain an up-to-date record of livestock type and numbers by Rural Land Register parcel in accordance with Countryside Stewardship obligations for 'Parcel level record keeping' Maintain an electronic record of site visits and incidents. Format to be agreed between the Contract Manager and the contractor prior to the commencement of the contract. In case of emergency, assist, where appropriate, Essex County Council staff, client staff, volunteers or sub-contractors with the repair of grazing infrastructure (fencing, gates, handling facilities & water etc.). Complete and maintain risk assessments (and method statements where applicable) for each site in relation to livestock management and checking. These should be developed with reference to the following publication: Cattle and public access in England and Wales. Advice for farmers, landowners and other livestock keepers . Meet (at least weekly by phone or on site) with the Contract Manager, and attend site meetings with existing clients (at least once per site per year). Assist the Contract Manager to promote Legacy Grazing to seek new clients and sites.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011659-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 May 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 27 Feb 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Feb 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £500,000 |
| Lots value | £500,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £410,530 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | CHELMSFORD |
| Post town | Chelmsford |
| Postcode | CM1 1QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex |
| Local authority | Chelmsford |
| Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central |
| Westminster constituency | Chelmsford |
| Delivery location | TLH East (England), TLJ4 Kent |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | RED COW |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

### Codes

- 03400000 - Forestry and logging products
- 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

## Release History

- 25 May 2021 at 18:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011659-2021
- 27 Jan 2021 at 16:31 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001665-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
- https://www.essex.gov.uk/
- https://www.essex.gov.uk/supply-the-council

## Provenance

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