Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) tenders, awards, and pre-procurement notices.
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has 12 open tenders and 9,852 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 4,674 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.
- Closed tender
Environment Agency - Gossmore Lane Road Raising
- Expired contract
EU use of Earth Observation Information
- Expired contract
Urgent Requirement for one (1) Animal Health Officer (AHO) in Chelmsford
- Closed tender
HLF Skills for the Future Programme: Nurturing Nature Conservation Skills using NNRs - External Evaluation Specialist
- Expired contract
Establishment of Typical Background Levels of Dispersed Asbestos Fibres in Urban and Rural Soils In England and Wales
- Expired contract
The Bovine Tuberculosis Farm Level Risk Management (FLRM) pilot - Gloucestershire
- Expired contract
Provision of Criminal Litigation Services to MMO in South Eastern Marine Area
- Expired contract
MF1237 - Development of an evaluation framework for the Common Fisheries Policy
- Expired contract
The Bovine Tuberculosis Farm Level Risk Management (FLRM) pilot - Somerset
- Expired contract
Zostera BNNC EMS Lindisfarne: Nutrient Analyses
- Expired contract
Mini Tender Lot 3 Evaluating the contribution of agri-environment agreements to climate change adaptation
- Expired contract
Provision of Environmental Change Network Central Coordination Unit 2014-16
- Expired contract
Salisbury Plain SSSI Breeding Bird Survey 2015
- Expired contract
A Review of Thames Basin Heaths SANGs sites
- Expired contract
VDP Services A-C Geographical Lot 2 - Wales South
- Expired contract
VDP Services A-C Geographical Lot 3 - South West 1
- Expired contract
VDP Services A-C Geographical Lot 4 - South West 2
- Expired contract
VDP Services A-C Geographical Lot 7 - North
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 services1,215£2.0bn
- Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services993£21.0bn
- Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security891£5.9bn
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support743£9.2bn
- Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services667£3.8bn
- Construction work655£18.8bn
- Education and training services382£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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