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# Defra Special Project - Stakeholder Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/defra-special-project-stakeholder-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-05e289). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: "Defra Special Project - Stakeholder Engagement". Published status: active. Published Value: £170,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: atamis-9529.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7)
- **Published Value:** £170,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 February 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Management-related services, Miscellaneous business and business-related services, Public relations consultancy services, Public relations management services, Public relations services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/defra-special-project-stakeholder-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-05e289#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e289`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/defra-special-project-stakeholder-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-05e289#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-9529.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-9529.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/defra-special-project-stakeholder-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-05e289#participate

## Description
Defra is responsible for managing a confidential and sensitive project that is exploring options to deliver organisational change to support a long-term strategic objective. The project is complex, multi-year, and involves stakeholders who are accustomed to current arrangements and may be resistant even to the discussion of change.
We require an experienced Stakeholder Engagement Adviser to provide strategic advice and support in shaping and delivering an engagement approach that helps to build trust, address concerns, and guide stakeholders through a common-sense discussion of the options and their benefits/disbenefits, and potentially also a sensitive transition process. Defra has already completed stakeholder mapping but requires support in engagement planning, advisory services, and risk management.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79112100, 79416000, 79416100, 79416200, 79420000, 79900000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £170,000

- **Contract Period:** 15/07/2026 to 15/03/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006768-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-27T16:18:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T00:21:42.406Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e289