Top suppliers
Top suppliers to AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal)
Top-five suppliers hold 99% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal) buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
79727790Recent contracts
Latest AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal) contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
2023-683 Interpreting LIDAR Scanning Data to assess Biomass & Carbon stocks
Trinity AgTech Ltd · 2024-12-10
£51K
RM6263 AHDB Digital, Data and Technology upgrade programme – Discovery Phase
Capgemini UK Plc · 2024-09-13
£300K
Consumer Segmentation
A.C. Nielsen Company Limited (t/a NielsenIQ) · 2024-07-31
Pork Cost of Production award notice
AgroVision · 2024-03-15
£240K
AHDB Office and window cleaning requirements - AWARD NOTICE
Hi-spec F · 2024-03-04
£240K
AWARDED CONTRACT 2023-646 AHDB Social Media requirements
Lux Illuminating Brands Ltd · 2024-02-23
£5.0M
2023-650 Consumer Mix Modelling
Kantar UK Limited trading as Kantar Worldpanel · 2023-11-06
£198K
ANUGA 2023 Stand design and build
Event Exhibition Ltd · 2023-07-03
£235K
2022-601 AHDB Education: Experiential learning on-farm and A-Level resources
LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) (Migrated) · 2023-05-22
£334K
2022-573 Social Media
Lux Illuminating Brands · 2022-08-15
£750K
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Market analysis
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Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
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Awards to SMEs
99%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 80% of AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal)’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal)
How much does AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal) spend on procurement?
AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal) awarded 7 contracts totalling £6.0M between 2023-10-17 and 2026-10-17, working with 7 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.0M.
Who are AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal)'s top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal) by total award value are Lux Illuminating Brands Ltd, Capgemini UK Plc, Hi-spec F. The top five suppliers together hold 99% of contract value.
What does AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal) buy from suppliers?
AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal)'s procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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SECTOR
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How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-17
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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