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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: 2023-08-01 to 2026-08-01Updated 2026-08-01

£917.7M

Total spend

61

Contract awards

38

Unique suppliers

£16.7M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal) has awarded 61 contracts worth £917.7M to 38 suppliers between 2023-08-01 and 2026-08-01, at an average contract value of £16.7M, with the top five suppliers holding 94% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA…

Top-five suppliers hold 94% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Alexander Mann Solutions1£739.2M
Accenture (UK) Limited1£78.8M
Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd2£23.0M
Cranfield University2£13.0M
Sentinel Marine Limited1£12.8M
Capgemini UK Plc1£9.8M
Network Futures Limited2£8.0M
GLOBAL ALLIANCE ON HEALTH AND POLLUTION2£5.4M
Facultatieve Technologies LTD1£5.1M
ACCON UK Limited2£3.5M
NPL Management Limited2£2.9M
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH)4£2.8M
KPMG LLP2£2.3M
Integra Biosciences2£1.9M
Meteor Communications (Europe) Ltd1£1.8M
HR Wallingford Ltd2£970K
IBM United Kingdom Limited1£734K
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP2£651K
Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust2£650K
Interaction Learning and Development1£560K

Procurement categories

What DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… buys

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

Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

79620000
1 award£739.2M

Software-related services

72260000
4 awards£79.9M

Repair and maintenance services of measuring, testing and checking apparatus

50410000
2 awards£23.0M

Programming services of packaged software products

72210000
3 awards£22.8M

Ships

34510000
1 award£12.8M

Systems and technical consultancy services

72220000
4 awards£8.9M

Environmental management

90710000
4 awards£5.9M

Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services

90520000
1 award£5.1M

Pollution tracking and monitoring and rehabilitation

90730000
4 awards£4.3M

Consultative engineering and construction services

71310000
6 awards£4.2M

Business and management consultancy services

79410000
3 awards£2.6M

Detection and analysis apparatus

38430000
2 awards£1.9M

Data-processing services

72310000
1 award£1.8M

Meteorological instruments

38120000
2 awards£1.4M

Specialised chemical products

24950000
3 awards£776K

Engineering-related scientific and technical services

71350000
5 awards£773K

Vocational training services

80530000
2 awards£650K

Training facilities

80520000
1 award£560K

Research services

73110000
2 awards£329K

Asbestos removal services

90650000
1 award£300K

Recent contracts

Latest DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… contracts awarded

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

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Office Supplies TPP Comms to Market

DgC Environmental Goods & Services Category TPP Comms to Market PIN

£0

DgC Environmental Goods & Services Category TPP Comms to Market PIN

£0

DgC Environmental Goods & Services Category TPP Comms to Market PIN

£0

DgC Environmental Goods & Services Category TPP Comms to Market PIN

£0

DgC Infrastructure Category TPP comms to market PIN

£1

Fleet TPP Comms to Market

Supply of Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease Serotype 8 (EHDV-8) Vaccine

£1

Couriers TPP Comms to Market

Resourcing TPP Comms to Marke

Learning & Development TPP Comms to Market

Travel and Accommodation TPP Comms to Market

£1

Projects for Nature

£1

Procurement of Secretariat Services for for the UK’s National Decade Committee (UKNDC)

£675K

FRS23247 Valuing Resilience Actions

Supply of up to four (4) Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometers (ICPOES)

£328K

A Review of Plant Genetic Breeding Approaches for Field Grown Crops

£1

Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Painting Pilot

Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) Services

Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) Services

Market analysis

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

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

94%

Top-5 supplier share

31d

Avg response window

31d

Median response window

Avg contract duration

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 61 contracts totalling £917.7M between 2023-08-01 and 2026-08-01, working with 38 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £16.7M.

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 Alexander Mann Solutions, Accenture (UK) Limited, Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 94% 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 supply services of personnel including temporary staff, software-related services, repair and maintenance services of measuring, testing and checking apparatus, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… contracts?

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What's the typical response window for DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… tenders?

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURA… typically gives suppliers a median of 31 days to respond (average 31 days). Standard contract duration is around 0 months.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-08-01

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
  • · Spend Network
Full methodology — calculations, refresh cadence & caveats

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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