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Aberystwyth University

Farms - Maintenance and Servicing of Robotic Milking System

AgricultureCPV 03000000
Value£240,000
Deadline19 Oct 2026
Published17 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide

£240,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 17 Sept 202629 days leftCloses 19 Oct 2026
Who to contact
Patrick Daniel
PAD47@ABER.AC.UK

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£240ktotal contract value
median £80k
this tender£0£1.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Agriculture & Farming Products band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 1,611 valued Agriculture & Farming Products tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Aberystwyth University has published 6 Agriculture & Farming Products notices, about every 9 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around June 2027.

49% of Aberystwyth University’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

The University farm is seeking to enter into a servicing and maintainance agreement for its robotic milking machines at Trawsgoed, near Aberystwyth, to improve operation and efficiency.

Due to no bids insufficent bids, we have decided to tender this contract again.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077471
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
088231-2026
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