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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

central_govUKenglandGB

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Total contracts

155

Known spend

£2bn

149 disclosed

Average value

£11m

Per contract

Active suppliers

10

Last 5 years

Open0Awarded126Closed15

Top suppliers

Last 5 years
  1. 1

    Fera Science Ltd

    5 winslatest 07 Jul 2025

    £692m

  2. 2

    The University of Exeter

    5 winslatest 04 Nov 2025

    £1m

  3. 3

    Oceanwise Limited

    4 winslatest 26 Sept 2025

    £97,404

  4. 4

    UKRI as represented by British Geological Survey

    3 winslatest 16 Apr 2025

    £743,995

  5. 5

    PLANTEXPAND LIMITED

    2 winslatest 08 May 2026

    £94m

  6. 6

    Marine Biological Association

    2 winslatest 17 Dec 2025

    £1m

  7. 7

    AEDC Limited

    2 winslatest 20 Oct 2025

    £148,000

  8. 8

    Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)

    2 winslatest 10 Oct 2025

    £146,133

  9. 9

    PA Consulting Services Ltd

    2 winslatest 13 Oct 2025CH 00414220

    £125,200

  10. 10

    Artios Global Limited

    2 winslatest 23 Oct 2025CH 10239087

    £121,322

What they buy

By CPV category
  • IT servicesCPV 72

    13 contracts · £45m

  • Sewage, refuse & cleaningCPV 90

    13 contracts · £23m

  • Business servicesCPV 79

    5 contracts · £5m

  • R&D servicesCPV 73

    4 contracts · £699m

  • Architectural & engineeringCPV 71

    4 contracts · £3m

  • Agricultural servicesCPV 77

    2 contracts · £28m

  • Health & social workCPV 85

    1 contract · £1m

  • SoftwareCPV 48

    1 contract · £1m

Tender activity

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All contracts (155)

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ocds-h6vhtk-056105 · planning

Defra closed pension schemes administration

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Administration and management of two small closed pension schemes.

£Up to £750,000
Posted · 15mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-055d14 · award

Pepr - CE IPA nista associate review

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The overall aim of this review is to provide an independent, objective, and time-sensitive assessment of the digital readiness of the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pE

£Up to £21,000
Posted · 15mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-04e703 · award

ODA - environmental pollution

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
services

Environmental Pollution Control research in Vietnam and Uganda Direct award contract

£Up to £2,700,000
Posted · 15mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-055a97 · award

Food authenticity method standardisation support/harmonisation

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The aim of the research is to ensure UK interests are represented at the CEN TC 460 Food Authenticity, that knowledge sharing occurs and the maintenance of expert links with the CE

£Up to £73,536
Posted · 15mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-055a88 · award

Food authenticity method standardisation support/harmonisation

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The aim of the research is to ensure UK interests are represented at the CEN TC 460 Food Authenticity, that knowledge sharing occurs and the maintenance of expert links with the CE

£Up to £73,536
Posted · 15mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-055a86 · award

Food authenticity method standardisation support/harmonisation

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The aim of the research is to ensure UK interests are represented at the CEN TC 460 Food Authenticity, that knowledge sharing occurs and the maintenance of expert links with the CE

£Up to £73,536
Posted · 15mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-04dc6e · award

Local air quality management (LAQM) support contract

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
services

The Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) Support service exists to support that statutory function and provides technical support to 363 LAs across the UK, so that they can carry ou

£Up to £2,009,495
Posted · 15mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0513dc · award

Tncea - developing resources and infrastructure for citizen science

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

'The Natural Capital & Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) Programme is a transformative programme to understand the extent, condition and change over time of environmental assets across E

£Up to £36,810
⏱ 16 Jun 2025
Posted · 15mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-054812 · award

Increasing the accessibility of plant healthy certification

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

A three-year (25 June 2025 – 31st March 2028) Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to registered, not-for-profit, charity Plant Healthy Limited that aims to promote and enhance plant heal

£Up to £434,683
Posted · 15mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-04d4d3 · award

Cornwall badger vaccination pilot

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
services

Defra requires a three-year project for badger vaccination and research activities in three (3) pilot areas in Cornwall. Defra requires a three-year contract for badger vaccination

£Up to £1,370,231
Posted · 16mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-048abc · award

Defra group - national plant hire framework - 2025-2031

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
services

National Plant Hire Framework with 7 lots covering a managing agent with 6 of those covering specific assets for hire. £95m has been approved but this is not a guaranteed value of

££442,736 — £20,496,659
Posted · 16mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-04ec99 · award

Tncea - unexploded ordnance detailed desk studies for england ecosystem survey

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The overall aim of the contract is to carry out detailed UXO desk studies and risk assessments on selected sites. Two contracts will be awarded each with a requirement to deliver 6

££43,483 — £56,950
⏱ 7 May 2025
Posted · 16mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0543f3 · planning

CBRN remediation services framework

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The Remediation Services Framework is procured, on behalf of UK Government, by the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), Chemical, Biological, Radiation and

£Up to £20,000,000
Posted · 16mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-054341 · planning

Tncea - citizen science integrated survey design

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Natural England, on behalf of Defra and the NCEA programme, are working to design and test Integrated Surveys for monitoring. The goal is to combine a range of accessible survey ap

£Up to £1
Posted · 16mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05287f · award

NBC agreement S278

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

S278 Row Town Access • Engineer services • Provisional Certificate • Final Certificate This agreement may not constitute a public contract under the PA 2023 and therefore publicati

£Up to £61,125
Posted · 16mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-050ce4 · award

NBC planning performance agreement 25-27

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

The Planning Performance Agreement (PPA) is a project plan framework for the Council and the Developer to manage the submission and determination of applications at the site for fo

£Up to £180,000
Posted · 16mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-04b374 · award

Contract for the modelling of ambient air quality (MAAQ)

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
services

Contract for the Modelling of Ambient Air Quality (MAAQ) This procurement is to appoint a contractor for the Modelling of Ambient Air Quality for assessment of air quality and repo

£Up to £6,700,000
Posted · 16mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-052455 · award

Procurement for national river flow archive peak flows dataset maintenance

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
services

Continuation of Dataset maintenance for National River Flow Archive Single Source Procurement with the existing supplier to extend services for one year. This procurement falls bel

£Up to £67,882
Posted · 16mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-051e87 · planning

Future hosting and storage services (FHAS)

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
London

Contract for provision of Future Hosting and Storage Services (FHAS) in support of business applications that will include the provisioning and management of Data Centre based on-p

£Up to £189,000,000
Posted · 16mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-04e686 · award

Tncea england ecosystem survey soil sampling and assessment survey 2025-26

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
services

tNCEA England Ecosystem Survey Soil Sampling and Assessment Survey 2025-26

£Up to £1,588,044
Posted · 16mo agoView details →