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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS 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

£454.7M

Total spend

176

Contract awards

139

Unique suppliers

£3.2M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS has awarded 176 contracts worth £454.7M to 139 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £3.2M, with the top five suppliers holding 89% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA…

Top-five suppliers hold 89% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Fera Science Ltd3£345.9M
ABACO(UK) LIMITED1£27.0M
Cranfield University1£14.2M
Informed Solutions Ltd.1£10.4M
Imperial College Projects Ltd1£6.7M
3B Data Security Ltd1£3.4M
Royal Society of Wildlife Trust2£2.8M
GLOBAL ALLIANCE ON HEALTH AND POLLUTION1£2.7M
Jumping Rivers Ltd2£2.4M
Bureau Veritas UK Limited1£2.0M
Noise Consultants Limited1£1.9M
Jacobs UK Ltd2£1.7M
AJ Vaccines A/S1£1.5M
University Of Exeter6£1.5M
A C Nielsen Company Limited1£1.4M
NFU1£1.4M
Environmental Resources Management Limited1£1.4M
Atos IT Services UK Ltd1£1.4M
Southern Ecological Solutions Ltd1£1.3M
The Andersons Centre2£1.2M

Procurement categories

What DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… buys

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

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
44 awards£26.6M

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

79
31 awards£8.8M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
24 awards£357.9M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
21 awards£45.9M

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77
17 awards£2.8M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
15 awards£4.1M

Education and training services

80
7 awards£1.2M

Software package and information systems

48
4 awards£2.5M

Other community, social and personal services

98
4 awards£800K

Construction work

45
3 awards£670K

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
1 award£1.5M

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
1 award£239K

Financial and insurance services

66
1 award£29K

Administration, defence and social security services

75
1 award£245K

Health and social work services

85
1 award£1.4M

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
1 award£67K

Recent contracts

Latest DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… contracts awarded

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

NMU Design Consultancy

Environmental Policy Innovation Center · 2026-01-23

£29K

CQI and IRCA Certified ISO9001 Lead Auditor Training

BSI Group · 2026-01-23

£11K

CQI and IRCA Certified ISO9001 Lead Auditor Training Course

BSI Group · 2026-01-22

£11K

Project Delivery Leadership Programmes MPLA & OMP

Said Business School · 2026-01-20

£1.1M

Procurement of Data Research Repository Replacement Proof of Concept

Elsevier B.V · 2026-01-15

£37K

Regional Food Systems Citizen's Advisory Council Analysis

food farming countryside commission · 2026-01-15

£134K

Management of the Marine Env. Monitoring & Assessment National Database - Plus

National Oceanography Centre · 2026-01-14

£345K

NCF: LAP Water Infrastructure Grant - Enabling ADA Contract

Association of Drainage Authorities (ADA) · 2026-01-12

£1.1M

Bycatch Monitoring Programme (BMP) - 25-26

University Court of the University of St Andrews (USTAN) · 2026-01-09

£436K

Capturing transitional changes in GHGfluxes following peat restoration

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) · 2026-01-07

£200K

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Most of it is in R&D, business services and architecture & engineering.

23

contracts ending in 12 months

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7

planned procurements

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

3

frameworks running

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2

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Market analysis

Bidding into DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

46%

Awards to SMEs

89%

Top-5 supplier share

6%

Framework call-offs

16

Awards to social enterprises

Around 46% of DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA…’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 16 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA…

How much does DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… spend on procurement?

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… awarded 176 contracts totalling £454.7M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 139 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £3.2M.

Who are DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA…'s top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… by total award value are Fera Science Ltd, ABACO(UK) LIMITED, Cranfield University. The top five suppliers together hold 89% of contract value.

What does DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… buy from suppliers?

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA…'s procurement is concentrated in sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, research and development services and related consultancy services, 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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