Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) tenders, awards, and pre-procurement notices.
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has 11 open tenders and 9,858 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 4,664 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
Bovine TB Biosecurity Training Materials
- Expired contract
English Vessel Engine Power Monitoring
- Expired contract
Home Office Courses for APHA
- Expired contract
Hosting for the Genesis IT Application Contract
- Expired contract
survey of breeding waders on in-bye land
- Awarded contract
Training programme services
- Expired contract
Quantitative Modelling Standing Capacity (QMSC) Framework
- Expired contract
APHA Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Expired contract
Soil Sampling and Analysis at Long-term Monitoring Network Sites in England 2015
- Expired contract
Supply of data from Inoculated Disease Trials
- Expired contract
QMSC Framework Agreement for Epidemiological Modelling for Animal Health
- Expired contract
Provision of Intellectual Property (IP) Management Services for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
- Awarded contract
People Counters for National Trails 2015/16
- Expired contract
Farming Advice Service 2016
- Expired contract
Environment Agency - Hydrogen Sulphide Analyser
- Expired contract
Hoveton Wetlands Restoration Project - Baseline PASE fish Surveys
- Expired contract
Contract for the Provisions of Staff for the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Tuna Investigation
- Expired contract
Development of Assessment of Best Available Technique Reference docs (BREFs)
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 services1,216£2.0bn
- Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services990£21.0bn
- Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security891£5.9bn
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support740£9.2bn
- Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services666£3.8bn
- Construction work656£18.8bn
- Education and training services383£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
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| 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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