AHDB Service Delivery under AHDBs Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) Project 2022

AHDB have successfully secured funding as part of the Defra Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) 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). Information about AHDB can be found here http://www.ahdb.org.uk

The tender is split into 2 Lots:

Lot 1 - North and Midlands: Due to an extension to AHDB's contract from 1st March 2022 to 31st August 2022, extra capacity is required, to deliver the AHDB Farm Business Review service, as such a minimum of 200 FBR half day consultations and 40 Agri-Business Appraisals are required from suppliers who can cover Northern England and the Midlands.

Lot 2 - South: Due to an extension to AHDB's contract from 1st March 2022 to 31st August 2022, extra capacity is required, to deliver the AHDB Farm Business Review service, as such a minimum of 800 FBR half day consultations and 160 Agri-Business Appraisals are required from suppliers who can cover Southern England i.e. East of England, South East and the South West.

Suppliers can bid on one or both Lots. It is anticipated that to achieve these figures, contracts will be awarded to more than one supplier. Delivery/activity can take place from 1st March to 30th June 2022, with July and August being used to wind down the project, pay invoices and run final reporting information and evaluation.

Additional information:

NOTE: IF YOU ARE ALREADY REGISTERED ON DEFRA'S E-TENDERING PORTAL PLEASE GO STRAIGHT TO STEP 2 BELOW.

IF UNREGISTERED PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW TO REGISTER

1. Register your company on the e-tendering portal (this is only required once).

Select the 'Login or register to participate' link above and click the 'Register now' link on the home page.

Accept the terms and conditions and click 'Next'

Enter your correct business and user details.

Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete

You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).

2. Respond to the PQQ/ITT

Login to the portal with your username/password.

Click the 'PQQs Open To All Suppliers or ITT's Open To All Suppliers' link.

Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT

Click the 'Express Interest' button on the right-hand side of the page,

This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs or My ITT's page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only).

You can now access any attachments by clicking the Settings and Buyer Attachments under 'PQQ Details' or 'ITT Details'.

3. Responding to the PQQ/ITT

You can now choose to 'Create Response'. If you are declining to respond please click on the three dots and select 'Decline To Respond' (please give a reason if declining).

You must use the Messages function to communicate to the Procurement Officer and seek any clarification.

Note the deadline for completion then follow the onscreen instructions to complete your response to the PQQ/ITT.

You must then publish your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the right hand side of the screen.

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