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Smart Farming Trials · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£299,967published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Water Resources East2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Smart farming is defined by the Environment Agency, as ‘the use of technologies and data-driven systems to improve efficiency and sustainability in agricultural production’. Employing smart farming technologies and the latest developments in data and systems

for water resources in agriculture, would allow the sector to both maximise water availability and efficiency of application. This funding would be used to fund trials of smart farming technologies, giving vital information for farming businesses, and a greater understanding of those setting policy, wider water users and the environment.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
90700000 Environmental services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Oct 2025, 09:58 BST
Last source update
29 Oct 2025, 09:02 GMT
Authority reference
C30696
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069217
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a93a Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

This supplier is uniquely positioned to co-ordinate activity between abstractors in the agriculture sector, gain access to water company data and systems, work with providers of hydrometric equipment and to link up with regulators on policy development in the Cambridgeshire catchment.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

21 Oct 2025 → 29 Oct 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends369 days ago
    21 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published362 days ago
    29 Oct 2025, 09:02 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    7 Oct 2025, 09:58 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    10 Oct 2025, 13:32 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    29 Oct 2025, 09:02 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £299,9671 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Water Resources EastVCSE23 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026Options: No extension criteria built into the contract, however the Short Form Terms and Conditions allow variations£299,967same award published again · counted once6 Oct 2025standstill to 21 Oct 2025Standstill
Water Resources EastVCSE£299,967 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Smart Farming Trials · Water Resources EastVCSE

    Signed
    23 Oct 2025
    Value
    £299,967
    Period
    24 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Dec 2027 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Extensions are allowable within the short form terms and conditions
    1 agreed KPI: KPIs
    • KPIs, - Increase water available for abstraction by agri-businesses from the River Cam catchment using dynamic abstraction management compared to historic trends, whilst ensuring environmental protection. - Increase understanding of catchment dynamics in the River Cam catchment using real-time telemetry, for surface water, farm infrastructure and groundwater interactions and water availability. - Increase understanding of systems and governance required for real-time abstraction management for the agricultural sector.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • Water Resources EastAwarded supplierGB-COH: 12057670GB-PPON: PYVB-3418-ZNYY The Enterprise Centre University Of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom, NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, East of England, NR4 7TJContact email
  • Water Resources EastAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PYVB-3418-ZNYY The Enterprise Centre University Of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom, Norwich, East of England, NR4 7TJContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender