Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) tenders, awards, and pre-procurement notices.
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has 10 open tenders and 9,859 awarded contracts on Stotles. Its activity spans Research and development services and related consultancy services, Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services and Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security. It is the 2nd largest buyer in London by recent notice volume. Over the last five years it has awarded 4,663 contracts worth £10.1bn.
About Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.
Recent notices from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Browse open tenders, awarded contracts, and pre-procurement documents from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Click on any notice to view more details.
- Expired contract
Laboratory Chemicals for APHA
- Expired contract
Poole Harbour Nitrogen use Efficiencies Project
- Expired contract
Developing a practical user-friendly outdoor recreation valuation appraisal tool
- Expired contract
Weybridge Consolidation Programme
- Awarded contract
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Expired contract
Extension to MTCF Telephony Services Contract - Defra
- Expired contract
Contract for risk analysis of potential trichinella exposure for pigs with outdoor access.
- Expired contract
ADDING VALUE TO FOOD PROCESSING WASTE: INNOVATIVE WAYS TO INCORPORATE FIBRE EXTRACTED FROM POMACE INTO CEREAL-BASED FOODS
- Expired contract
One temporary SVI for APHA Carmarthen
- Expired contract
Application Maintenance and Support with Systems and Service Integration for the Genesis IT Application
- Expired contract
Operation and Management of the Toxic Organis Micro Pollutants (TOMPs)
- Expired contract
Site condition assessment - WeBS analyses
- Expired contract
Mini Tender Lot 4: Assessment of the water quality outcomes from Agri-Environment & development of an associated Rural Development Programme (RDP) ‘impact’ indicator for Agriculture & Water Quality
- Awarded contract
Construction consultancy services
- Expired contract
Application Development for the Genesis IT Application Contract
- Expired contract
New storage cells with environmental control (Potatoes)
- Expired contract
Tender for Provision of Equine Disease Quarterly Reports
- Expired contract
Mapping and Modelling of Critical Loads and Critical Levels Exceedance 2016-19
Top procurement categories
Categories Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published tenders under over the last five years.
- Research and development services and related consultancy services1,214£2.0bn
- Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services985£21.0bn
- Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security891£5.9bn
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support739£9.2bn
- Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services665£3.8bn
- Construction work654£18.7bn
- Education and training services384£152.4m
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)217£136.7m
- Software package and information systems140£665.7m
- Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services140£1.2bn
Unlock decision-makers at Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Get direct contact details for senior stakeholders at Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) so you can get your business in front of the people who actually sign off on contracts.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov |
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