Expired contract

Media Monitoring and Media Database

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): GB-CFS-173
Value: £120,000
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
Published: 10 May 2022
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The objective of the contract is to provide a morning compilation of all relevant media coverage for the Defra Group, which is used by the single press office to provide a morning summary of media to senior leaders. Procuring a media database will give press officers access to up-to-date contact details for journalists, allowing the media team to reach them easily with proactive stories, or to respond to reactive enquiries.

Timeline

Completed: Award date2 May 2022
Completed: Award published10 May 2022
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date29 March 2024

About the buyer

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.

Relevant CPV codes

22200000 · Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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