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Livestock Management Service

Essex County Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Essex County Council

Buyer Address: County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, UKH36, CM1 1QH, United Kingdom

Contact Email: Amelia.Hickin@essex.gov.uk

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
1200000.0 GBP
Gross: 1440000 GBP
Published
29 Sep 2025, 13:50
Deadline
27 Oct 2025, 12:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
03320000 - Cattle, livestock and small animals
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Place Services Legacy Grazing project provides bespoke habitat management through conservation grazing to clients across Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Kent. This is a chargeable service provided to landowners who require grazing to fulfil objectives and obligations under statutory designations for example, such as SSSI's etc. The contract is a re-procurement of a single supplier to provide native breed livestock and livestock management services, in accordance with a grazing schedule, on behalf of Legacy Grazing. During the course of the contract new clients / sites may be added or removed and the contractor will be required to increase or reduce the herd accordingly with ECC retaining the right to procure additional services to increase capacity if the contractor is unable to meet the requirement.

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060549-2025

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Has Options: Yes

Lot 1 Options: As outlined in the Changes in Scope section within the procurement documents, during the course of the contract there may be an option to add New Sites to the grazing programme as and when new clients approach the Authority with grazing requirements. It is also possible that some clients will reach a point where they no longer require the Services. While this is uncommon, the Authority reserves the right to remove Sites from the Grazing Programme.

Lot 1 Value: GBP 1,200,000

Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 1,440,000

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00

Lot 1 Contract End: 2031-03-31T23:59:59+01:00

Lot 1 SME Suitable: Yes

Lot 1 Award Criterion (price): Commercial (40%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Technical (60%)

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

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