Buyer · UK public sector
Tenders awarded by Defra group Commercial
Live data from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. 20 awards we have tracked from Defra group Commercial, with the suppliers winning the work and how their procurement is shifting.
20
awards tracked
£14.8m
total contract value
£738k
average award size
40%
awarded to SMEs
Recent awards
Latest tenders awarded by Defra group Commercial
Aurora Transformation - Atkins Role Development
Awarded to AtkinsRéalis PPS Limited on 17 Mar 2026 · Infrastructure works consultancy services
£84k
Lower Risk Debris Screens - Design Authority - Herts and North London
Awarded to Jacobs UK Ltd on 17 Mar 2026 · Construction consultancy services
£100k
EAN - CDF - Great Yarmouth Flood Defences - Epoch 3 - OBC-FBC - Design
Awarded to Jacobs UK Ltd on 9 Mar 2026 · Infrastructure works consultancy services
£1.1m
National - Aurora Transformation Programme - Professional Support
Awarded to WSP UK Limited on 6 Mar 2026 · Construction consultancy services
£179k
National - Aurora Transformation Programme - Asset Type Plans
Awarded to AtkinsRéalis PPS Limited on 2 Mar 2026 · Technical analysis or consultancy services
£80k
Thames - AOMR Lot 2 - Amerden Pumping Station
Awarded to Fairfield Control Systems on 2 Mar 2026 · Engineering works and construction works
£132k
Enhancing the Lincolnshire Coastline - Project Data Coordinator
Awarded to AECOM Ltd on 24 Feb 2026 · Data management services
£56k
Herts & North London - Lower Risk Debris Screens - Design
Awarded to JBA Bentley Ltd. on 16 Feb 2026 · Design consultancy services
£38k
Beam Tidal Sluices - Detailed Design
Awarded to Jacobs UK Ltd on 20 Jan 2026 · Infrastructure works consultancy services
£352k
National - Aurora - MEICA Assets Reliability
Awarded to AtkinsRéalis PPS Limited on 19 Jan 2026 · Infrastructure works consultancy services
£178k
Aurora Transformation Programme - Workstream 4 - Project Management & Support
Awarded to Turner & Townsend Cost Management Limited on 24 Dec 2025 · Project management consultancy services
£21k
Staples Road MIOS Design & Thames Capital Reconditioning Civils Package
Awarded to Jacobs UK Ltd on 18 Dec 2025 · Design consultancy services
£131k
Spend pattern
What Defra group Commercial buys, and how the spend behaves
Defra group Commercial has issued 20 tracked awards worth £14.8m across the period we monitor. The average award sits at £738k. Spend skews towards Infrastructure works consultancy services, Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works and Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work and Construction consultancy services. The largest single award we have on record went to Energy, Safety and Risk Consultants (UK) Limited for £8.7m, on a Nuclear Energy Regulatory Justification Services Framework notice. SMBs hold 40% of recorded awards, well above the public-sector average, so smaller bidders genuinely win here. Activity is accelerating sharply month on month.
Where Defra group Commercial actually spends
Infrastructure works consultancy services
4 awards · £1.7m
Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works and Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
2 awards · £2m
Construction consultancy services
2 awards · £279k
Civil engineering consultancy services
2 awards · £266k
Design consultancy services
2 awards · £170k
Biggest single award
£8.7m
Nuclear Energy Regulatory Justification Services Framework
Won by Energy, Safety and Risk Consultants (UK) Limited on 31 Aug 2025
Busiest month
Mar 26
6 awards published, totalling £1.7m.
Last 30 days vs the prior 30: sharply up.
Top suppliers
Who is winning the work
Jacobs UK Ltd
6 awards · £2m total
BAM Nuttall Ltd
3 awards · £2.9m total
AtkinsRéalis PPS Limited
3 awards · £342k total
Energy, Safety and Risk Consultants (UK) Limited
1 award · £8.7m total
Jeremy Benn Associates Limited (t/a JBA Consulting)
1 award · £323k total
Land & Water
1 award · £194k total
WSP UK Limited
1 award · £179k total
Fairfield Control Systems
1 award · £132k total
Related sectors
The categories where Defra group Commercial concentrates its spend.
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