Awarded contract

Organic Control Bodies Service Contract

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Soil Association Certification Limited
Value: £301,779.91
Topic: Data supply services
Published: 11 December 2023
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Supply of organic control body data by Soil Association Certification to Defra. Lot 1: Annual, quarterly, monthly and ad-hoc information on organic land area, crops and organic livestock produced in the United Kingdom, and the numbers of organic producers or processors who are registered with Organic Certification Bodies in the UK. Additional information: The purpose of this contract is for organic Control Bodies to provide certain information to Defra to assist the Department to meet legal requirements under Retained Regulation No 834/2007, Retained Regulation No 889/2008 and Retained Regulation No 1235/2008 on organic food and farming and generally to assist with the governance of the organic food and farming sector in GB.

Timeline

Completed: Award date26 July 2023
Completed: Award published11 December 2023
Current notice

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

72319000 · Data supply services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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