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Quick answer — CAFRE, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural EnterpriseLast refreshed 20 May 2026

At a glance

CAFRE, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise has awarded £43.7m across 15 suppliers, with 39 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 26% · 12 open notices now · 8 awards in last 90 d (£381k) · SME share 83% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration26%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share83%
Pipeline · open now12
Awards · 90 d8
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

CAFRE, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 29 published notices and 35 awards on PublicSupply.

29
Notices published
35
Awards
15
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£11.3m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
—
YoY change
£405k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
CAFRE, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£3m£4m£6mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

12

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

8

£381k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services11 · £16.7m
Unspecified8 · £5.8m
goods10 · £3.6m

Instrument type

contract29 · £26.1m
Source:Find a Tender: 29

Awarded contracts · 39 live

All contracts with a published award notice where CAFRE, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
DAERA – CAFRE – Lease of 5 Agricultural Tractors and 3 Material HandlersCowan Bros. NI Ltd£52k20 May 2026pending
DAERA – CAFRE – Lease of 5 Agricultural Tractors and 3 Material HandlersCowan Bros. NI Ltd£62k20 May 2026pending
DAERA – CAFRE – Lease of 5 Agricultural Tractors and 3 Material HandlersWilliam Bell Tractors Ltd£41k20 May 2026pending
DAERA – CAFRE – Lease of 5 Agricultural Tractors and 3 Material HandlersWilliam Bell Tractors Ltd£41k20 May 2026pending
DAERA – CAFRE – Lease of 5 Agricultural Tractors and 3 Material HandlersStephen W Moore Limited£35k20 May 2026pending
DAERA – CAFRE – Lease of 5 Agricultural Tractors and 3 Material HandlersNorthern Lift Trucks(N.I.) Ltd£53k20 May 2026pending
DAERA – CAFRE – Lease of 5 Agricultural Tractors and 3 Material HandlersNorthern Lift Trucks(N.I.) Ltd£45k20 May 2026pending
DAERA – CAFRE – Lease of 5 Agricultural Tractors and 3 Material HandlersNorthern Lift Trucks(N.I.) Ltd£50k20 May 2026pending
ID 6020932 DAERA - CAFRE - Horticulture Pilot SchemeRSK ADAS Limited£5.0mest.—active
ID 6020932 DAERA - CAFRE - Horticulture Pilot SchemeRSK ADAS Limited£5.0m09 Feb 2026pending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
UF
United Feeds Limited
8 contracts · SME · 22 Sept
£11.2mest.
26% of total
New
2
CS
Countryside Services Limited
4 contracts · SME · 12 Dec
£10.5mest.
24% of total
New
3
RA
RSK ADAS Limited
2 contracts · 09 Feb
£10.0mest.
23% of total
New
4
TM
THE MOUNT CHARLES GROUP LTD
1 contract
£3.0mest.
7% of total
—
5
FV
Fane Valley Feeds Limited
2 contracts · SME · 22 Sept
£2.7mest.
6% of total
New
6
JT
JOHN THOMPSON & SONS, LIMITED
2 contracts · SME · 22 Sept
£2.4mest.
6% of total
New
7
BR
BRITMILK
2 contracts · SME · 22 Sept
£2.4mest.
6% of total
New
8
RS
RURAL SUPPORT
1 contract · SME
£721kest.
2% of total
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9–15
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7 other suppliers
long tail · 6 SMEs
£668k
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
31 contracts
£39.8m
82%
Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£4.3m
9%
Business, legal, advisory
1 contract
£3.0m
6%
Transport equipment, vehicles
7 contracts
£770k
2%
Agriculture, forestry services
1 contract
£721k
1%
Agricultural machinery
1 contract
£150k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
2
0
4
5
0
Architecture, engineering
Business, legal, advisory
Transport equipment, vehicles
Agriculture, forestry services
Agricultural machinery
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

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Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

CAFRE, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

83%
SME supplier share
target 33%
29
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
15
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
Email
ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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