Awarded contract

FCP: LEEP NEV - Climate Resilience of Agricultural Production and Farm Business

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): University of Exeter
Value: £388,126
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Social research services
Published: 4 July 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

An R&D piece of work using a unique modelling tool developed by the supplier, that bridges the gap between farm decision making in response to changes in agricultural potential and survey data, which resolves the economics of farms and to understand how climate change will impact food production, farm businesses and future land use ## Contract award Title: FCP: LEEP NEV - Climate Resilience of Agricultural Production and Farm Business

Timeline

Completed: Award published4 July 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date4 July 2025
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 6 months

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

79315000 · Social research services

Decision makers

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