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Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal) is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-09-01 to 2026-09-01Updated 2026-09-01

£5.7M

Total spend

6

Contract awards

6

Unique suppliers

£1.1M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal) has awarded 6 contracts worth £5.7M to 6 suppliers between 2023-09-01 and 2026-09-01, at an average contract value of £1.1M, with the top five suppliers holding 100% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Lux Illuminating Brands Ltd1£5.0M
Hi-spec F1£240K
AgroVision1£240K
Kantar UK Limited trading as Kantar Worldpanel1£198K
Trinity AgTech Ltd1£51K
A.C. Nielsen Company Limited (t/a NielsenIQ)1£0

Procurement categories

What AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal) buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
3 awards£5.2M

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
1 award£240K

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
1 award£240K

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77
1 award£51K

Recent 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

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

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Market analysis

Bidding into AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal) — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

88%

Awards to SMEs

100%

Top-5 supplier share

0%

Framework call-offs

Awards to social enterprises

Around 88% 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 6 contracts totalling £5.7M between 2023-09-01 and 2026-09-01, working with 6 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.1M.

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, Hi-spec F, AgroVision. The top five suppliers together hold 100% 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, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-01

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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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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