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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

Open0Awarded81Closed2

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-06b401 · award

Support services for UK vessel monitoring system (VMS) device - 2026

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The UK is required to collect position information from UK administered commercial fishing vessels over 12m in length, and where said vessels are fishing in EU states and other 3rd

£Up to £78,474
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06b2c9 · award

Spida and ibtb - support & maintainance (26/27)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Standard break/fix support and essential maintenance services for APHA's bespoke web-based web-based GIS applications (ibTB and SPIDA)

£Up to £69,120
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06b21d · award

Weybridge technical assurance and high containment services

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
services

The UK government (Defra) is looking for specialist consultants to provide technical oversight and expert advice on containment laboratory projects—including building new labs, refurbishing existing ones, and maintaining them. This is a long-term partnership to ensure labs meet strict safety and containment standards. There are two separate contracts (Lots) available, worth £18.3 million and £7 million respectively.

£Up to £7,000,000
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06b206 · award

NBC technical quality assurance partner

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
services

NBC Technical Quality Assurance Partner This is a key strategic NBC Partner contract to : Provide Commissioning, Verification and Validation (CVV) services to the NBC Programme. Pr

£Up to £18,300,000
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06b085 · award

Executive master of public policy

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

a. The Executive Master of Public Policy (EMPP) is designed to equip Civil Servants with the cutting-edge analytical skills required to deliver effective policy in an increasingly

£Up to £30,472
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06b046 · award

The future rural payment service (FRPS)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Background The Farming and Countryside Programme (FCP) was created to replace the EU’s farming support system with a new approach that rewards land managers and food producers for

£Up to £26,400
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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401b8d86-fe13-4cf9-b096-f81edcb12366 · Contract

Penrith PM further design aecom

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
servicesNorth WestSME friendly

Provision of Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP), BREEAM specialists services, Civil and Structural Engineering Services design services for the Penrith Regional Laborat

£Up to £20,000
⏱ 26 May 2026
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06ae63 · award

Permanent recruitment advertising services for the defra group

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The contract covers Permanent Recruitment Campaigns for Defra group. The service includes: Campaign Attraction • Provide day to day recruitment advertising solutions for Defra Stra

£Up to £4,500,000
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06ad9f · award

ES RDE 025 - conventional crop responses to higher water table levels

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Defra self-service direct award. The purpose of this work is to determine which conventional horticultural crops and cultivars can tolerate higher water tables and to generate the

£Up to £114,863
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06aa52 · award

ES RDE 023 - pepr local authority cost modelling validation

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The Defra Fees and Payments Calculator (FPC) team would like to procure some work to enhance validation of LAPCAP model outputs and support further model development.

£Up to £28,080
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06a72f · award

ES RDE 030 - scoping review of scientific approaches for origin verification of

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

To identify and review methods for verifying the origin of priority non‑timber commodities (cocoa, soy, palm oil, coffee, rubber and cattle), assessing where and how they add the m

£Up to £114,995
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06a572 · planning

NMI: GF centre of excellence & NM standards adoption

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The tender seeks a delivery partner to design, deliver, and operate a national Centre of Excellence that strengthens the UK’s nature markets over a three‑year period.

£Up to £2,200,000
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06a298 · award

ES RDE 019 - requirements for the storage of sodium hypochlorite

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

This proposal is provided in response to a request to tender under the RDE framework for a study related to the storage requirements of sodium hypochlorite within drinking water sy

£Up to £68,330
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06923d · award

ODA - regional pollution forum in sub-saharan africa

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Forum to be held in Sub-Saharan Africa hosted by GAHP to present the findings from the work they carried out in Vietnam and Uganda

£Up to £40,000
Posted · 5mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0690fb · planning

Defra agency planning dashboard - early market engagement

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The Planning Dashboard is a core tool used by the Business Planning Team to coordinate and monitor operational and business delivery across the agency. It captures and manages plan

£On request
Posted · 5mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-067a4c · planningUpdate

Flood risk assessment tool - request for information

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The Environment Agency (EA) require a tool to assess the additional flood risk caused when a flood risk management asset falls below required condition (BRC). Understanding the inc

£On request
Posted · 5mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-068dc4 · award

Provision of an economic analysis to assess canal & river trust grants

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The Supplier are uniquely placed to assist DEFRA with this assessment, as we are the leading economics and finance consultancy in the area of subsidy control and state aid. Over th

£Up to £50,000
Posted · 5mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0686f6 · award

Global PMI data

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

To obtain a bespoke PMI dataset produced by S&P Global, ensuring continuity, accuracy, and reliability of economic indicators for bespoke Defra sectors that cannot be sourced from

£Up to £30,000
Posted · 5mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-068667 · award

SIO commercial support service

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Provision of commercial support services through mobilisation and into early transition to Service Infrastructure and Operations

£Up to £90,830
Posted · 5mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0685b4 · award

Project leadership programme PLP

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

There is the need to build project leadership capability across Government and those that work within major change programmes. Through NISTA (Cabinet Office), Crown Commercial Serv

£Up to £164,800
Posted · 6mo agoView details →