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Tenders awarded by Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Live data from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. 226 awards we have tracked from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, with the suppliers winning the work and how their procurement is shifting.
226
awards tracked
£1190.5m
total contract value
£5.3m
average award size
4.9%
awarded to SMEs
Recent awards
Latest tenders awarded by Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Tooling for Active Directory Back Up/Restore
Awarded to COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED on 29 Apr 2026 · Information technology services
£621k
Defra Group Grants Hub CRA data pilot
Awarded to Experian on 31 Mar 2026 · Data management services
£83k
Tail Spend Solutions
Awarded to Mercateo UK Limited on 30 Mar 2026 · Various office equipment and supplies
Undisclosed
Port Readiness Fund
Awarded to Deloitte LLP on 29 Mar 2026 · General management consultancy services
£280k
Esri Enterprise License Agreement 2026
Awarded to ESRI (UK) Limited on 27 Mar 2026 · IT software package
£7m
Boomi 2026
Awarded to Claria Ltd on 25 Mar 2026 · Information technology services
£279k
Gas supply to DEFRA & EA Buildings
Awarded to TotalEnergies Gas & Power Ltd on 19 Mar 2026 · Mains gas and Mains gas
£3.2m
C33554 Electricity supply (HH & NNH) to DEFRA Sites & EA sites under Corporate Services
Awarded to EDF Energy on 19 Mar 2026 · Energy and related services
£9.8m
Oracle Support 2026
Awarded to Oracle Corporation UK Ltd on 18 Mar 2026 · Information technology services
£2m
Active Directory Management
Awarded to Core Technology Systems Uk Ltd on 9 Mar 2026 · Information technology services
£563k
NBC Programme Business Support Partner
Awarded to KPMG LLP on 9 Mar 2026 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
£3.4m
Martin Down Major Build Professional Services
Awarded to AtkinsRéalis on 5 Mar 2026 · Construction consultancy services and Design consultancy services
£27k
Spend pattern
What Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs buys, and how the spend behaves
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has issued 226 tracked awards worth £1.2bn across the period we monitor. The average award sits at £5.3m. Spend skews towards Research and development consultancy services, Information technology services and IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support. The largest single award we have on record went to Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited for £511m, on a NBC Science Hub Buildings (Main Works Contractor) - B951 notice. Only 4.9% of awards have gone to SMBs, so smaller suppliers are under-represented relative to the wider market. Activity is falling sharply versus the prior month.
Where Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs actually spends
Biggest single award
£511m
NBC Science Hub Buildings (Main Works Contractor) - B951
Won by Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited on 6 May 2025
Busiest month
Oct 25
34 awards published, totalling £5.1m.
Last 30 days vs the prior 30: sharply down.
Top suppliers
Who is winning the work
RSK ADAS Limited
12 awards · £773k total
ICF Consulting Services Limited
11 awards · £743k total
Ricardo-AEA Ltd
9 awards · £722k total
Fera Science Ltd
6 awards · £382k total
WSP UK Ltd
6 awards · £334k total
Bureau Veritas UK Limited
5 awards · £2.1m total
AECOM Ltd
5 awards · £624k total
NIAB
5 awards · £517k total
Related sectors
The categories where Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs concentrates its spend.
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