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# DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS is a Central government based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 270 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PNBD-3289-CDGX` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 270
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £124m (median award: £74k) across 191 of 191 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (median of 50 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 18% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 5% above the published estimate (median of 7 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 229 (98%), Framework: 5 (2%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 112 (48%), Open: 40 (17%), Selective: 39 (17%), Route not published: 39 (17%), Limited / restricted: 4 (2%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Research and development services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/research-development-r-d-73000000) (CPV 73):** 18 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)
2. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 15 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
3. **[Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/cleaning-environmental-services-90000000) (CPV 90):** 14 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
4. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 12 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
5. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 7 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[WSP UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/wsp-uk-limited-coh-01383511):** 9 procedures
2. **[RSK ADAS Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/rsk-adas-limited-coh-10486936):** 6 procedures
3. **[OceanWise Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/oceanwise-ltd-coh-07206926):** 5 procedures (7 awards)
4. **[Air Quality Consultants Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/air-quality-consultants-ltd-coh-02814570):** 5 procedures (6 awards)
5. **[Ricardo AEA Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ricardo-aea-ltd-coh-08229264):** 5 procedures (6 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Capgemini](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/capgemini-coh-00943935):** £34m · [Application, Development and Maintenance Services (ADMS) for Trade Application Estate](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adms-for-current-trade-applications-ocds-h6vhtk-077c6b) · Awarded: 15 Sept 2026
2. **[MERRICK and COMPANY UK LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/merrick-and-company-uk-limited-coh-07681401):** £18m · [NBC Technical Quality Assurance Partner](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nbc-technical-quality-assurance-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-06b206)
3. **[Farmcare Solutions Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/farmcare-solutions-limited-coh-07958276):** £15m · [National Co-ordinator & Delivery Lead for a Badger Vaccination Field Force](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-co-ordinator-delivery-lead-for-a-badger-vaccination-field-force-ocds-h6vhtk-050585)
4. **[Noise Consultants Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/noise-consultants-limited-coh-10853764):** £12m · [Noise modelling system (NMS)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/noise-modelling-system-nms-ocds-h6vhtk-064d12)
5. **[MERRICK and COMPANY UK LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/merrick-and-company-uk-limited-coh-07681401):** £7.0m · [Weybridge  Technical Assurance and High Containment Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/weybridge-technical-assurance-and-high-containment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06b21d)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 51
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 76
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt