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DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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Total contracts
96
Known spend
£108m
91 disclosed
Average value
£1m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
WSP UK Ltd
4 winslatest 27 Aug 2026£296,709
- 2
Ricardo-AEA Ltd
2 winslatest 22 Jun 2026£766,066
- 3
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
2 winslatest 02 Sept 2026£600,000
- 4
University of Manchester
2 winslatest 28 Jul 2026£560,853
- 5
Investigo Limited
2 winslatest 20 Apr 2026£180,238
- 6
RSK ADAS Limited
2 winslatest 19 Aug 2026£149,593
- 7
APEM Limited
2 winslatest 18 Aug 2026£142,916
- 8
AECOM Ltd
2 winslatest 02 Sept 2026£84,840
- 9
Strat-Edgy LLP
£72,000
- 10
Fera Science Ltd
2 winslatest 21 Sept 2026£58,156
What they buy
By CPV categoryArchitectural & 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
- 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
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (96)
Digital tool bank - air pollution
Develop, test, publish and host a Digital Tool Bank supporting Defra's air pollution awareness objectives
ES RDE 092 - health impacts of prolonged air pollution episodes in the UK
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
Evidence to support setting new resilience standards for the water sector
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
Defra HR SLT workshop developing and coaching
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
Bycatch monitoring programme (BMP) - 26-27
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
ES RDE 110 - quantifying winter water capture and storage requirements to addres
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
ES RDE 069 - private finance for peat: focused assessment of investment readines
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
ES RDE 111 - field-scale delivery of water into lowland peat: quantifying contro
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
ES RDE 068 - potential impacts of peat rewetting on onsite wastewater systems an
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
Biosecurity for england - MOA
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
ES RDE 130 - socioeconomic research into the impacts of implementing new low POP
Defra Self-Service Direct Award. This analysis is needed to identify the appropriate low POP content limit (LPCL) value for these chemicals.
Oceanwise marine DEM 2026-27
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 -
ES RDE 066 - plug plants and sphagnum supply: market barriers, impacts on peatla
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
ES RDE 127 - analysis of integrated pest management IPM planning tool data
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
ES RDE 096 - statistical advice for improving marine monitoring and classificat
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
ES RDE 085 - 0926S central fladen PSA and macrofauna analysis
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
SOC out-of-hours protective monitoring service
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.
Manned aircraft mounted lidar and camera instrumentation retender
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
Oceanwise marine thames vector data 2026-27
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
Trees: M&E scientific Indicators_FY26-30
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