Top suppliers
Top suppliers to AHDB
Top-five suppliers hold 67% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What AHDB buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
7977724490Recent contracts
Latest AHDB contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
2025-760 Strategic PR partner services requirement for AHDB
Fight or Flight Limited · 2025-12-01
£400K
2024-741 Monitoring of Contaminants in UK cereals
Fera Science Ltd · 2025-07-23
£522K
2024-736 Satisfaction surveys of AHDB customers and stakeholders
QA Research Ltd · 2025-06-23
£240K
2024 -727 Behavioural Change Assessment for the Environment Baselining Pilot
Harper Adams University · 2025-05-14
£100K
2024-732 Social Media services USA, Canada & Mexico covering (beef, lamb & pork)
Llibertat · 2025-04-10
£368K
2024-706 Internal Audit Services
RSM Risk Assurance Services LLP · 2025-03-31
£318K
2024-721 German Representative for beef and lamb trade development
AllPro Management Company s. r. o. · 2025-03-21
£435K
2024-713 PR and Event agency in the food sector (Paris region)
AUGUSTE & LOUISE · 2025-02-18
£177K
2024-729 AHDB France requirements for graphic design and communications
AGENCE IF · 2025-02-17
£350K
2024-715 Soil sampling & analysis for the Environmental Baselining Pilot
Agricarbon UK Ltd · 2024-11-15
£2.0M
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Market analysis
Bidding into AHDB — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
96%
Awards to SMEs
67%
Top-5 supplier share
9%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 96% of AHDB’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to AHDB
How much does AHDB spend on procurement?
AHDB awarded 28 contracts totalling £16.0M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 26 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £594K.
Who are AHDB's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to AHDB by total award value are Lux Illuminating Brands, Agricarbon UK Ltd, SOPEXA JAPON K.K.. The top five suppliers together hold 67% of contract value.
What does AHDB buy from suppliers?
AHDB's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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GUIDE
PQQ & Selection Questionnaire — Procurement Act 2023
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GUIDE
Cyber Essentials — for government contracts
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SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
- · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder
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