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Supply of Hive Side Education Training (1 Year Pilot)
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- Fri 28 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Fri 28 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT, which is not an open deadline.
- Published
- 20 Mar 2025
- Region
- East Midlands, East of England, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
An aspect of our Healthy Bee Plan includes seeking to pilot hive side training across England and Wales for the purpose of reducing problem pests and diseases affecting the UK bee population.
The pilot will cover the 2025 beekeeping season (April - September). In this context, "hive side training" means the provision of face-to-face and practical training inside bee hives, as opposed to classroom based or online training.
We are planning to appoint a supplier to deliver the pilot training on our behalf. Prior to requesting quotes, we are asking potential suppliers and interested parties to review the draft specification (the document that sets out how the pilot will work) and provide feedback to us.
If you are interested in providing feedback on our draft specification, and help shape our approach to the pilot, please find the attached: (1) draft specification and (2) engagement letter, with a questionnaire overleaf.
Please email your returned questionnaire, questions and other comments to: tom.redfearn@defra.gov.uk
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 16640000 77100000 77110000 77000000 80540000 80530000 80531200 80531000 80510000
- 16000000 16600000 77000000 77100000 80000000 80500000 80530000 80531000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 20 Mar 2025Notice
Notice published 20 March 2025.
Release b26ba9b3-3d8b-43bd-b3d3-21d60541b6f8
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- b26ba9b3-3d8b-43bd-b3d3-21d60541b6f8
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Stage
- preprocurement · Closed
- Last verified
- Sun 5 Apr 2026, 15:55 BST
- Read at
- Fri 16 Oct 2026, 20:49 BST
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