AHDB Funds Scheme: Bid Submissions

All bids must be focused on the ornamentals sector, and must provide a collective benefit to UK growers (bids should not be exclusively for a single grower, or co-operative, or a narrow consortium). Bids must be for at least one of the following purposes, and cannot be used to fund political or lobbying activity:

• Research
• Innovation
• Development
• Dissemination (including knowledge transfer)
• Grower or stakeholder events
• Communications
• Market development (domestic or export)

Under the terms of the scheme, HTA and/or BOA assume liability for ensuring that any bids they sponsor through scheme are likely to be delivered and provide value for growers.  HTA and BOA will assess bids to determine whether they are likely to provide good value for money and benefit for growers.

Download the evaluation criteria HTA and BOA will work to in assessing bids to be put forward to AHDB.

Required content for bids

Bids are required to include at least all of the following information.

• The bid’s SMART objective(s)
• How and to what extent the bid will benefit growers collectively in Great Britain
• The planned activities in the bid and timetable for delivery
• A budget breakdown identifying the nature and amount of each substantive cost
• The bidder’s named project lead and contact details
• Any known risks and proposed mitigations (proportionate to the scale of the bid)
• Any proposed use of contractors or collaborators and a summary of how these will be appointed and best value assured
• Proposed outputs from the bid and knowledge-transfer or dissemination approach

However, the content of the bid should be proportionate to the value of funds being requested – in short, the more funds being requested, the more information and detail you should expect to provide.  Whilst not mandatory, we have prepared this pro-forma to help organisations prepare bids for funding.  HTA and BOA are happy to provide clarifications and to answer questions to organisations preparing bids, but reserve the right to charge non-member organisations for any time spent on the preparation of bids.