Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Defra
Top-five suppliers hold 59% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Defra buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Defra contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
DDTS Transformation Baseline, IOM2 Readiness
Deloitte LLP · 2026-10-30
£83K
Hall Place Embankment Erosion Protection
Amelio Group · 2026-10-29
£197K
ETAFFCSFMidlands09 - Catchment Sensitive Farming: One-to-one Advice Programme
RSK ADAS Limited · 2026-10-20
£85K
Repair of Footbridge Lamorbey Flood Storage Reservoir (FSR)
Carnell Support Services · 2026-10-13
£93K
Statutory Casework Service Design
KPMG LLP · 2026-10-01
£342K
EA Restore Rivers Hosting & Support Contract 2026/27
Civica UK Limited · 2026-09-30
£130K
South East - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Services - Competitive Tender - Mott MacDonald Limited
Mott MacDonald Limited · 2026-09-29
£1.5M
Nature Markets Investment Readiness Support Discovery phase
KPMG LLP · 2026-09-24
£285K
South East - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Services - Competitive Tender - Arcadis
Arcadis Tetra Tech · 2026-09-17
£875K
Corporate Eyecare Services
Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd · 2026-09-17
£300K
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Most of it is in architecture & engineering, business services and construction works.
109
contracts ending in 12 months
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3
planned procurements
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3
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22
tender packs read
What it asks bidders for: insurance, certificates, scoring
Market analysis
Bidding into Defra — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
44%
Awards to SMEs
59%
Top-5 supplier share
74%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 44% of Defra’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 74%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Defra
How much does Defra spend on procurement?
Defra awarded 695 contracts totalling £1.2bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 267 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.8M.
Who are Defra's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Defra by total award value are Fera Science Ltd, Equal Experts UK Ltd, Accenture (UK) Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 59% of contract value.
What does Defra buy from suppliers?
Defra's procurement is concentrated in construction work, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
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How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
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