Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Defra Commercial
Top-five suppliers hold 97% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Defra Commercial buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
8079758571387298Recent contracts
Latest Defra Commercial contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Child Care Voucher Scheme
Reward Gateway (UK) Ltd · 2026-10-21
£854K
Professional Economist Apprenticeship Standard x 2
University of Kent · 2026-10-06
£46K
Call-off contract for Non-Executive Recruitment Services, 3x Environment Agency
Saxton · 2026-09-27
£60K
Chartered Surveyor Degree Level 6 ST0331 x 1
UCEM trading as University of the Built Environment · 2026-09-09
£27K
Level 6 Civil Engineer ST0417 X 5
University of Exeter · 2026-09-09
£135K
Associate Project Manager Level 4 ST0310 X 20
BPP Professional Education Limited · 2026-09-09
£140K
Cyber Security Technical Professional Level 6 ST0409 X 4
Cranfield University · 2026-09-09
£96K
Asset Manager Level 4 ST0861 X 20
Teesside University · 2026-09-09
£180K
T520: Fundamentals of Groundwater Modelling
Groundwater Science Ltd · 2026-09-01
£13K
T504: Borehole Construction
Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd · 2026-09-01
£15K
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Market analysis
Bidding into Defra Commercial — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
55%
Awards to SMEs
97%
Top-5 supplier share
12%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 55% of Defra Commercial’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Defra Commercial
How much does Defra Commercial spend on procurement?
Defra Commercial awarded 234 contracts totalling £776.3M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 96 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £3.4M.
Who are Defra Commercial's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Defra Commercial by total award value are Alexander Mann Solutions, PeopleScout Limited, Cambridge Spark Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 97% of contract value.
What does Defra Commercial buy from suppliers?
Defra Commercial's procurement is concentrated in education and training services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, administration, defence and social security services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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GUIDE
PQQ & Selection Questionnaire — Procurement Act 2023
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GUIDE
Cyber Essentials — for government contracts
Most central-government contracts handling personal data require this certification.
SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
G-Cloud, DOS, Crown Commercial frameworks. Software + consultancy is Defra Commercial's largest spend area.
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Sources & methodology
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.
Source portals
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- · Contracts Finder
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