Expired contract

Provision of Mindfulness App

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Headspace Inc
Value: £162,000
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Health and safety services
Published: 6 July 2022
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Defra group is seeking to establish a Employee Benefit provision in the best way possible to service it's employees. Delivery of a mindfulness app, including state of the art mindfulness content, available currently to up to 27,000 users across Defra group, which comprises a number of organisations (up to 12).

Timeline

Completed: Award date25 March 2022
Completed: Award published6 July 2022
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 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

71317200 · Health and safety services

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