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Open Access LandIS Portal

Environmental information systems
Maintenance of information technology software
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: "Open Access LandIS Portal". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
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Coverage: 71 active published awards; 69 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published17 Oct 2025, 09:49 BST
Last source update17 Oct 2025, 09:49 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationEnvironmental information systems, Maintenance of information technology software
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04e30b
What is being bought
The existing LandIS agreement between Cranfield University (CU) and Defra sets out the conditions under which Defra can access:<br/><br/>• The platform which is owned and hosted by Cranfield for the provision of National Soil Map (NATMAP)<br/>• National Soil Inventory (NSI) and soil attribute data (SOILSERIES & HORIZON), and its supplementary data bases (broadly: the LandIS platform data).<br/><br/>All Crown bodies currently enjoy full royalty-free access to LandIS, and this available to charities and research institutions. Non-crown bodies such as the Environment Agency or Natural England, and other public sector bodies, private individuals, consultants, and businesses do not have royalty-free access to this data.<br/>Defra and Cranfield University are working towards reducing or removing some of the licencing restrictions pertaining to the afore mentioned datasets.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Oct 2025, 09:49 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    17 Oct 2025, 09:49 BST
  3. Status changed to published status
    28 Feb 2025, 12:02 GMT
  4. Official notice release published
    28 Feb 2025, 12:02 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    28 Feb 2025, 12:02 GMT
  6. tender value changed
    19 Feb 2025, 11:31 GMT
  7. Status changed to complete
    19 Feb 2025, 11:31 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    19 Feb 2025, 11:31 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    19 Feb 2025, 11:31 GMT
  10. Published value updated to £6,500,000
    18 Feb 2025, 09:01 GMT
  11. Status changed to planning
    18 Feb 2025, 09:01 GMT
  12. Official notice release published
    18 Feb 2025, 09:01 GMT
  13. Buyer information updated
    18 Feb 2025, 09:01 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The existing LandIS agreement between Cranfield University (CU) and Defra sets out the conditions under which Defra can access:<br/><br/>• The platform which is owned and hosted by Cranfield for the provision of National Soil Map (NATMAP)<br/>• National Soil Inventory (NSI) and soil attribute data (SOILSERIES & HORIZON), and its supplementary data bases (broadly: the LandIS platform data).<br/><br/>All Crown bodies currently enjoy full royalty-free access to LandIS, and this available to charities and research institutions. Non-crown bodies such as the Environment Agency or Natural England, and other public sector bodies, private individuals, consultants, and businesses do not have royalty-free access to this data.<br/>Defra and Cranfield University are working towards reducing or removing some of the licencing restrictions pertaining to the afore mentioned datasets.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Oct 2025, 09:49 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 29 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST · £14,184,518
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Cranfield University
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£14,184,518 · signed 29 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authority GB-FTS-139505
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  • DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
    buyer

    Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UK, SW1P 4DF
    procurement@defra.gov.uk

  • Cranfield University
    supplier

    N/A
    Cranfield, Bedfordshire,, Cranfield, UK, MK43 0AL
    +44 1234750111

  • Public Procurement Review Body
    mediationBody
    reviewBody
    reviewContactPoint

    N/A, N/A, N/A
    publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleCranfield University and Defra own separate and joint Intellectual Property in the NATMAP, NSI and other associated supplementary Databases. This project will allow for the majority of the databases to be accessed via the Open or Restricted License by removing the current licencing requirements, whilst allowing the IP rights to be retained. This is a compliant Single Tender Action under Regulation 32 Public Contracts Regulations 2015, as we are protecting the exclusive rights held by both Defra and Cranfield University.