Planning

Askham Bryan College - Farm Management

  • Askham Bryan College

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-020459

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0510dc

Published 12 May 2025, 1:20pm



Scope

Reference

CA15822

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.

Total value (estimated)

  • £415,000 excluding VAT
  • £415,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2028
  • Possible extension to 30 November 2030
  • 5 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 77100000 - Agricultural services
  • 77110000 - Services incidental to agricultural production
  • 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Engagement

Engagement deadline

14 June 2025

Engagement process description

Engagement


Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

18 July 2025


Contracting authority

Askham Bryan College

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPBG-8518-ZJJN

Askham Bryan

York

YO23 3FR

United Kingdom

Telephone: 01904 772277

Email: enquiries@askham-bryan.ac.uk

Region: UKE21 - York

Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)