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TENDERRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council · South Tees All Age Carers Support Serviced·£7.1M·North East
GRANTMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local… · Common Ground Award 2026-2027·£250k·England
TENDEREduco · DMAT - Catering Tender·£2.8M·East Midlands
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Sir James Knott Fund·Value TBC·North East
TENDERLondon Borough of Croydon · Best Start In Life Family Hubs Services·Value TBC·London
GRANTInnovate UK, part of UK Research and… · Battery Innovation: Concept Development Rd 3·£4.0M·National
TENDERStotfold Town Council · Stotfold Cemetery - Toilet and Storage·£168k·East of England
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · START - West of England·Value TBC·South West
TENDERPost Office Limited · Post Office Branch - Dunnock Way·Value TBC·London
GRANTInnovate UK on behalf of the Department for… · Battery Innovation: Feasibility Studies Rd 3·£500k·National
TENDERPost Office Limited · Post Office Branch - Southall·Value TBC·London
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Peer Networks - Redbridge Council·Value TBC·London
TENDERRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council · South Tees All Age Carers Support Serviced·£7.1M·North East
GRANTMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local… · Common Ground Award 2026-2027·£250k·England
TENDEREduco · DMAT - Catering Tender·£2.8M·East Midlands
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Sir James Knott Fund·Value TBC·North East
TENDERLondon Borough of Croydon · Best Start In Life Family Hubs Services·Value TBC·London
GRANTInnovate UK, part of UK Research and… · Battery Innovation: Concept Development Rd 3·£4.0M·National
TENDERStotfold Town Council · Stotfold Cemetery - Toilet and Storage·£168k·East of England
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · START - West of England·Value TBC·South West
TENDERPost Office Limited · Post Office Branch - Dunnock Way·Value TBC·London
GRANTInnovate UK on behalf of the Department for… · Battery Innovation: Feasibility Studies Rd 3·£500k·National
TENDERPost Office Limited · Post Office Branch - Southall·Value TBC·London
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Peer Networks - Redbridge Council·Value TBC·London
DOE

UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal) 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: 2023-09-15 to 2026-09-15Updated 2026-09-15

£214.7M

Total spend

38

Contract awards

36

Unique suppliers

£6.5M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal) has awarded 38 contracts worth £214.7M to 36 suppliers between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, at an average contract value of £6.5M, 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
Accenture (UK) Limited2£157.6M
Sentinel Marine Limited1£12.8M
Capgemini UK Plc1£9.8M
Cranfield University1£6.5M
Facultatieve Technologies LTD1£5.1M
Network Futures Limited1£4.0M
Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd1£3.2M
GLOBAL ALLIANCE ON HEALTH AND POLLUTION1£2.7M
Meteor Communications (Europe) Ltd1£1.8M
ACCON UK Limited1£1.8M
NPL Management Limited1£1.5M
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH)2£1.4M
KPMG LLP1£1.2M
Integra Biosciences1£935K
IBM United Kingdom Limited1£734K
Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust1£650K
Semarchy Limited1£510K
HR Wallingford Ltd1£485K
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP1£325K
SOCOTEC UK Limited1£300K

Procurement categories

What DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… buys

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

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
11 awards£176.7M

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
6 awards£10.9M

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

79
5 awards£1.5M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
5 awards£3.5M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
3 awards£2.3M

Education and training services

80
2 awards£650K

Software package and information systems

48
1 award£30K

Industrial machinery

42
1 award£5.1M

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
1 award£935K

Services related to the oil and gas industry

76
1 award£12.8M

Repair and maintenance services

50
1 award£0

Postal and telecommunications services

64
1 award£191K

Recent contracts

Latest DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… contracts awarded

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

Open Access LandIS Portal

Cranfield University · 2025-02-19

£6.5M

ODA - Environmental Pollution

GLOBAL ALLIANCE ON HEALTH AND POLLUTION · 2025-02-10

£2.7M

(VEAT) Procurement of Support, Maintenance, and Continued Development to the Risk Attribution and Field Based Tool + (RAFT+)

HR Wallingford Ltd · 2025-02-05

£485K

Soil & Slurry/Manure Analysis for the Catchment Sensitive Farming Project

Cawood Scientific Ltd · 2025-02-01

£116K

Cloud Technical Design Authority Service 2

Network Futures Limited · 2025-01-31

£4.0M

Stage Discharge training - Lot 2

Jeremy Benn Associates Limited (t/a JBA Consulting) · 2025-01-27

PhD Studentship for Developing a Welfare Assessment Protocol for Kennelled Dogs

University of Bristol · 2025-01-22

£167K

Defra Group Baseline Agricultural Training

Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust · 2025-01-14

£650K

Supply of UKEAP- AGA-Net & NAMN – Denuder for Long-Term Atmospheric sampling (Delta)

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) · 2025-01-06

£692K

Noise and Statutory Nuisance – Ad-hoc Technical Support

ACCON UK Limited · 2024-12-17

£1.8M

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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.

37%

Awards to SMEs

89%

Top-5 supplier share

0%

Framework call-offs

Awards to social enterprises

Around 37% of DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA…’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized 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 38 contracts totalling £214.7M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 36 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £6.5M.

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 Accenture (UK) Limited, Sentinel Marine Limited, Capgemini UK Plc. 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 it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15

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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