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Defra group Commercial

Defra group Commercial is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£33.4M

Total spend

101

Contract awards

32

Unique suppliers

£334K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Defra group Commercial has awarded 101 contracts worth £33.4M to 32 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £334K, with the top five suppliers holding 63% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Defra group Commercial

Top-five suppliers hold 63% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Jackson Civil Engineering Group Limited6£9.8M
BAM Nuttall Ltd7£3.8M
Jackson Civil Engineering Limited5£2.9M
Jacobs UK Ltd12£2.4M
Ove Arup & Partners Limited5£2.1M
Dalcour Maclaren Ltd1£2.1M
Breheny Civil Engineering13£2.1M
Jeremy Benn Associates Limited (t/a JBA Consulting)6£1.6M
John Graham Construction Ltd, Trading as GRAHAM1£1.5M
Stonbury Limited2£554K
Ground Control Limited3£492K
Land & Water4£440K
Whitehouse Construction Co. Ltd1£431K
AtkinsRéalis PPS Limited3£342K
AECOM Ltd2£336K
Mott MacDonald Ltd1£333K
ECS Engineering Services Ltd4£331K
WSP UK Limited4£317K
JT Mackley & Co. Ltd1£300K
Fairfield Control Systems3£278K

Procurement categories

What Defra group Commercial buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Construction work

45
34 awards£15.5M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
34 awards£10.8M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
11 awards£2.1M

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
9 awards£1.6M

Repair and maintenance services

50
5 awards£369K

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
3 awards£184K

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77
2 awards£387K

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44
1 award£132K

Real estate services

70
1 award£2.1M

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
1 award£117K

Recent contracts

Latest Defra group Commercial contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Lincolnshire & Northamptonshire (LNA) - Collaborative Delivery Framework (CDF) Lot 1 - Saltfleet to Gibraltar Point Coastal Asset Management - Consultancy

Ove Arup & Partners Limited · 2026-10-13

£726K

Decarbonisation Studies

WSP UK Limited · 2026-08-17

£24K

East Anglia Modelling & Data 2026 Package 1

Jeremy Benn Associates Limited (t/a JBA Consulting) · 2026-08-06

£303K

East Anglia Modelling and Data 2026 Package 2

Mott MacDonald Ltd · 2026-07-15

£333K

LNA - AOMR Lot 3 - Stallingborough 3 - Landscaping

River Stewardship Company · 2026-07-06

£68K

LNA - Helpston - CDF Lot 2 - ESE

Jackson Civil Engineering Limited · 2026-06-11

£50K

Bentley Priory - Measures in the Interest of Safety

CPC Civils Ltd · 2026-05-31

£100K

East Anglia - (EAN) - CDF Lot 2 - Great Yarmouth Epoch 3 - Early Supplier Engagement (ESE) - OBC-FBC

BAM Nuttall Ltd · 2026-05-21

£57K

UKIFS Justification Application Decision Document Preparation

Energy, Safety and Risk Consultants (UK) Limited 1 · 2026-05-14

£150K

Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme ECI

John Graham Construction Ltd, Trading as GRAHAM · 2026-03-31

£1.5M

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Market analysis

Bidding into Defra group Commercial — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

53%

Awards to SMEs

63%

Top-5 supplier share

99%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 53% of Defra group Commercial’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 99%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 group Commercial

How much does Defra group Commercial spend on procurement?

Defra group Commercial awarded 101 contracts totalling £33.4M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 32 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £334K.

Who are Defra group Commercial's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Defra group Commercial by total award value are Jackson Civil Engineering Group Limited, BAM Nuttall Ltd, Jackson Civil Engineering Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 63% of contract value.

What does Defra group Commercial buy from suppliers?

Defra group Commercial's procurement is concentrated in construction work, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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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

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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