DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

GOV.UK register: Ministerial departmentCentral governmentGreater LondonLondonRan 164 procurements for other authorities

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Open notices

2 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

NoticeDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Project to Improve School Food Procurement Practices25 Nov 202610d£2,000,000
Bat Advice Service (2027)procuring entity1 Dec 202616d£748,919

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 253 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract98%(248 notices)
    248 of 253 notices are Contract (98%).
  • Framework2%(5 notices)
    5 of 253 notices are Framework (2%).
Procedure route
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  • Direct award47%(119 notices)
    119 of 253 notices are Direct award (47%).
  • Selective19%(48 notices)
    48 of 253 notices are Selective (19%).
  • Open16%(41 notices)
    41 of 253 notices are Open (16%).
  • Route not published16%(41 notices)
    41 of 253 notices are Route not published (16%).
  • Limited / restricted2%(4 notices)
    4 of 253 notices are Limited / restricted (2%).
Typical bids per lot
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Based on 50 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

3robust · n=5018% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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Based on 21 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

39 daysrobust · n=21
Notice amendments
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Based on 252 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

034 of 252 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Based on 7 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

4.6% above estimaterobust · n=7

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Methods Business & Digital Technology Ltdframework/DPS on 1813.5%42816 Nov 2026
RSK ADAS Limited512.2%235121 Oct 2026
WSP UK Limited451.9%184518 Sept 2026
Ricardo AEA Ltd421.8%204328 May 2026
ICF Consulting Services Limitedframework/DPS on 1401.7%174127 Nov 2025
Jeremy Benn Associates Ltdframework/DPS on 1371.6%14373 Jun 2026
Deloitte LLPframework/DPS on 2361.5%15366 Nov 2026
KPMG LLPframework/DPS on 1331.4%13332 Oct 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 2,334 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 1,009 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£130mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 211 of 211 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 66%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£77k middle valuerobust · n=211Middle half £30k–£147k.

Contracts ending
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2,356 of 2,404 contracts carry an end date, 2 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Soonest 9 of 367 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 284 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Value for Money (VfM) Benchmark of the DEFRA ITAwarded / complete13 Nov 2026—
LinkedIn Contract Renewal 2026Awarded / complete12 Nov 2026—
Peat: ES-RDE 045: Peatland Engagement ContractAwarded / complete12 Nov 2026—
CEO recruitment for CefasAwarded / complete12 Nov 2026—
Midlands - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Servicesprocuring entityAwarded / complete12 Nov 2026—
Midlands - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Servicesprocuring entityAwarded / complete11 Nov 2026—
CEO recruitment for CefasAwarded / complete11 Nov 2026—
Vault Sentinel - Proof of Concept, Minimum Viable OrganisationAwarded / complete11 Nov 2026—
Farm Business Survey: 2027 - 2033AgriculturalPlanning10 Nov 2026£18,000,000
ES RDE 107 - Analysis to Support the Waste Management Plan for England (WMPE) ReAwarded / complete9 Nov 2026—
ES RDE 199 - Defining food supply crisis scenarios, vulnerabilities and intervenAwarded / complete9 Nov 2026—
Thames Vessel (Remove) 07/26procuring entityAwarded / complete9 Nov 2026—
ES RDE 158 - Additional Chemical Analysis of England Ecosystem Survey Soil anAwarded / complete6 Nov 2026—
National - FRAM Lot 9c - CAFM Cost Estimatorprocuring entityAwarded / complete6 Nov 2026—
Nature Recovery Rotherhamprocuring entityAwarded / complete6 Nov 2026—
Nature Recovery Rotherhamprocuring entityAwarded / complete6 Nov 2026—
Functional Scrub and Protected Site Support Framework - Phase OneFrameworkprocuring entityAwarded / complete6 Nov 2026—
ES RDE 193 - Horizon Scanning to identify supply chain vulnerabilities and assoAwarded / complete5 Nov 2026—
Boston Barrier Operation & Maintenanceprocuring entityConstruction consultancy servicesPlanned5 Nov 2026£0
ES RDE 156 - INV011 DgP transition to Circular Economy (CE) - Phase 1Awarded / complete5 Nov 2026—

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Contracts Finder adds 2,417 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.

About this data
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 2,356 of 2,404 published contracts have an end date; 2 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
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