Agriculture Contracts and Tenders

Agriculture procurement covers livestock and animal health work, including veterinary services, disease testing and biosecurity advice, agricultural research and advisory services, and farm equipment and machinery. Land managers also buy fencing, grazing infrastructure, habitat restoration and rewetting, drystone wall repair and livestock handling facilities.

Stotles brings together agriculture tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Scottish and Welsh agriculture and land management notices appear on Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, and Defra and its arm's-length bodies also run self-service direct awards that are published as award notices.

Agriculture tenders are scored on technical expertise, the evidence and methods behind the work, relevant sector experience and price. Research and advisory contracts reward bids that show the team's track record with land management schemes and animal health, while supply and works contracts are scored on specification, delivery and value.

Veterinary work must be done by vets registered with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, and official veterinary roles carry extra approval requirements. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Natural England and the Scottish Government buy livestock equipment, research and animal disease testing, and animal and plant health agencies buy veterinary services and biosecurity advice. Conservation charities, national parks and councils tender grazing, fencing and habitat work, and Irish education and training boards buy agricultural equipment.

Watch land management scheme announcements, animal disease programme plans and preliminary market engagement notices, which show agricultural work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

The core codes are 77000000 (Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services), 03000000 (Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products) and 85200000 (Veterinary services). Research and fencing work carries 73000000 (Research and development services and related consultancy services) and 45342000 (Erection of fencing).