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# Ricardo AEA Ltd · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ricardo-aea-ltd-coh-08229264). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** Ricardo AEA Ltd is a Large organisation public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 140 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** Ricardo AEA Ltd
- **Organisation Scale:** Large organisation
- **Companies House number:** `08229264`
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-50070` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 140
- **Primary Sector:** [Pollution tracking and monitoring and rehabilitation](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/pollution-tracking-and-monitoring-and-rehabilitation-90730000)
- **Company Status:** Active

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ricardo-aea-ltd-coh-08229264

## Bidding & Win Rate Record
- **Lots Won:** 1 won, 1 lost, 0 pending
- **Total Bid Activity:** 2 lots bid across 2 procurement procedures

- **Buyer Relationships:** Bid with 2 distinct contracting authorities (1 contested without win)

## Winning Pricing & Discount Benchmarks
- **Median Award Pricing:** 11% below published budget estimate (median of 6 comparable winning awards)

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £102m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £241k
- **Places on approved provider lists and panels:** 1 on 1 procedures; the lists total £233k, shared with other providers (not this supplier's revenue)

## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london), [Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/scotland), [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west), [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321):** 11 procedures (18 awards)
2. **[Department for Energy Security & Net Zero](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-energy-security-net-zero-gov-d1380):** 8 procedures
3. **[Waste & Resources Action Programme](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/waste-resources-action-programme-GB-PPON-PCTJ-5948-ZJZV):** 6 procedures (14 awards)
4. **[Environment Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/environment-agency-gov-ea199):** 5 procedures (7 awards)
5. **[Zero Waste Scotland Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/zero-waste-scotland-ltd-coh-sc436030):** 5 procedures (7 awards)

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[Department for Energy Security & Net Zero](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-energy-security-net-zero-gov-d1380):** £32m · [National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) - Lot 1](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-atmospheric-emissions-inventory-naei-2025-lot-1-ocds-h6vhtk-040cb6)
2. **[Department of Energy and Climate Change](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-energy-and-climate-change-GB-FTS-9308):** £8.9m · [Contract to deliver the UK’s National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-to-deliver-the-uk-s-national-atmospheric-emissions-inventory-ocds-h6vhtk-029cee)
3. **[Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL):** £8.5m · [Second Generation Farm Advisory Service Lot 2 (Component 2) One to One](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/a-second-generation-farm-advisory-service-with-both-one-to-many-and-one-to-one-ocds-h6vhtk-02ec47)
4. **[Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL):** £6.3m · [Farm Advisory Service One to One](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/farm-advisory-service-one-to-many-one-to-one-ocds-h6vhtk-03df6b)
5. **[Department for Energy Security & Net Zero](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-energy-security-net-zero-gov-d1380):** £5.5m · [Climate Services for a Net Zero World (CS-N0W)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/climate-services-for-a-net-zero-world-cs-n0w-ocds-h6vhtk-042bd0)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 29

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete Ricardo AEA Ltd public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ricardo-aea-ltd-coh-08229264#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ricardo-aea-ltd-coh-08229264
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt