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DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

central_govNorth WestenglandGB

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Total contracts

96

Known spend

£108m

91 disclosed

Average value

£1m

Per contract

Active suppliers

10

Last 5 years

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Top suppliers

Last 5 years
  1. 1

    WSP UK Ltd

    4 winslatest 27 Aug 2026

    £296,709

  2. 2

    Ricardo-AEA Ltd

    2 winslatest 22 Jun 2026

    £766,066

  3. 3

    The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

    2 winslatest 02 Sept 2026

    £600,000

  4. 4

    University of Manchester

    2 winslatest 28 Jul 2026

    £560,853

  5. 5

    Investigo Limited

    2 winslatest 20 Apr 2026

    £180,238

  6. 6

    RSK ADAS Limited

    2 winslatest 19 Aug 2026

    £149,593

  7. 7

    APEM Limited

    2 winslatest 18 Aug 2026

    £142,916

  8. 8

    AECOM Ltd

    2 winslatest 02 Sept 2026

    £84,840

  9. 9

    Strat-Edgy LLP

    2 winslatest 28 Sept 2026CH OC445838

    £72,000

  10. 10

    Fera Science Ltd

    2 winslatest 21 Sept 2026

    £58,156

What they buy

By CPV category
  • Architectural & engineeringCPV 71

    2 contracts · £25m

  • Business servicesCPV 79

    2 contracts · £320,000

  • IT servicesCPV 72

    2 contracts · £169,978

  • SoftwareCPV 48

    1 contract · £37,438

Renewal radar

Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months

1 forecast
  • Penrith PM Further Design AECOM

    Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (12 months from contract start date → renewal expected by May 2027).

    May 2027

    40% confident

Tender activity

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All contracts (96)

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ocds-h6vhtk-06f444 · award

Digital tool bank - air pollution

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Develop, test, publish and host a Digital Tool Bank supporting Defra's air pollution awareness objectives

£Up to £30,000
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06f3dd · award

ES RDE 092 - health impacts of prolonged air pollution episodes in the UK

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Defra Self-Service Direct Award. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is seeking to commission a health impact assessment (HIA) to quantify the likely human welfa

£Up to £63,038
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06f34d · award

Evidence to support setting new resilience standards for the water sector

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The water industry provides critical services that the public, nature, and our economy depend on every day. Failure to maintain a resilient water supply and wastewater system – bro

£Up to £120,161
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06f1db · award

Defra HR SLT workshop developing and coaching

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The supplier will deliver a structured coaching and development programme, consisting of one-to-one training sessions and group workshops designed to enhance skills, knowledge, and

£Up to £80,900
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06e964 · award

Bycatch monitoring programme (BMP) - 26-27

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The UK Bycatch Monitoring Programme (BMP) delivers the evidence required to meet the UK’s statutory and international obligations for monitoring and reporting the incidental captur

£Up to £492,686
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06f0a7 · award

ES RDE 110 - quantifying winter water capture and storage requirements to addres

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Defra Self-Service Direct Award. The programme builds on a substantial existing evidence base developed through Lowland Peat 3 Work Package 1 (LP3 WP1), the Pump Drained Lowland Pe

£Up to £114,907
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06f0a2 · award

ES RDE 069 - private finance for peat: focused assessment of investment readines

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Defra Self-Service Direct Award. Defra requires targeted evidence to support future policy development and prioritisation. The intention of this project is not to provide a compreh

£Up to £114,320
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06f05c · award

ES RDE 111 - field-scale delivery of water into lowland peat: quantifying contro

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Defra Self-Service Direct Award. This section provides the overarching framework for a pair of complementary research projects designed to improve Defra's understanding of the feas

£Up to £114,503
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06f057 · award

ES RDE 068 - potential impacts of peat rewetting on onsite wastewater systems an

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Defra Self-Service Direct Award. To deliver a national-level screening and conceptual assessment of how peat rewetting may interact with onsite wastewater systems, wider property-l

£Up to £64,840
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06e5df · award

Biosecurity for england - MOA

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Seabird islands are vulnerable to invasive predatory mammals (e.g., rats and mice) which can cause severe impacts on breeding seabird populations. Biosecurity measures to prevent a

£Up to £300,000
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06ed61 · award

ES RDE 130 - socioeconomic research into the impacts of implementing new low POP

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Defra Self-Service Direct Award. This analysis is needed to identify the appropriate low POP content limit (LPCL) value for these chemicals.

£Up to £86,299
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06e90b · award

Oceanwise marine DEM 2026-27

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Data Licence for up to 20 Local Users (x4 multiplier). Comprising the following datasets for UK Waters; 26/08/2026 - 27/08/2027 ow-MTX-DEM, Marine Themes Digital Elevation Model -

£Up to £26,199
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06e876 · award

ES RDE 066 - plug plants and sphagnum supply: market barriers, impacts on peatla

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Defra self-service direct award. This project is designed to be an information gathering exercise around the market structure and dynamics of the peatland restoration planting mate

£Up to £69,850
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06e7fa · award

ES RDE 127 - analysis of integrated pest management IPM planning tool data

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Defra self-service direct award. High-level aim: Support the goals of the Pesticides National Action Plan to increase uptake of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) by maintaining the

£Up to £34,730
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e3 · award

ES RDE 096 - statistical advice for improving marine monitoring and classificat

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

JNCC self-service direct award. JNCC wishes to commission a contract to review and advise on the multivariate statistical method to create biotope clusters from species community d

£Up to £12,612
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e1 · award

ES RDE 085 - 0926S central fladen PSA and macrofauna analysis

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

JNCC Self-Service Direct Award. JNCC is seeking to commission a contract for macrofaunal taxonomic analysis and particle size analysis (PSA) of benthic grab samples collected durin

£Up to £80,617
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05f6e3 · award

SOC out-of-hours protective monitoring service

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
services

This contract is for an Out-of-Hours Security Operations Centre (SOC) protective monitoring service that will work alongside Defra's own SOC to provide 24/7 security monitoring.

£Up to £144,000
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06d38d · planningUpdate

Manned aircraft mounted lidar and camera instrumentation retender

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Defra intend to run an open tender to procure two (2) Airborne Lidar and Camera Systems and are asking for Expressions of Interest. The systems will be used for mapping the terrest

£Up to £3,727,048
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06e114 · award

Oceanwise marine thames vector data 2026-27

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Data Licence for up to 20 Local Users (x4 multiplier). Comprising the following datasets for UK Waters; 04/08/2026 - 03/08/2027 ow-MTX-MTF, 26-01:Marine Themes Vector - Feature Lay

£Up to £23,541
Posted · 2mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06deca · award

Trees: M&E scientific Indicators_FY26-30

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

This contract will be for the procurement of ‘Services’ from Liverpool John Moors University (LJMU), required for the monitoring and evaluation of the FY26-30 Tree Programme. LJMU

£Up to £505,151
Posted · 2mo agoView details →