Awarded contract

Further Update of the UK's POPs Multi-Media Emission Inventory 2026-2029

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): WSP UK Limited
Value: £224,935.38
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Environmental services
Published: 3 June 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Background - The UK is a party to the UN Stockholm Convention for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP's). The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty which is there to protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods. These chemicals become widely distributed geographically and accumulate in the fatty tissues of humans and wildlife and have potentially harmful impacts on both human health and the wider environment. Our Aim - Through this contract we aim to assist the UK in meeting some of the obligation to the Stockholm Convention and the POPs UK domestic regulations and in addition meeting the commitments made in the UK's National Implementation Plan (NIP) for POP's and producing evidence for the England 25 Year Environment Plan indicators. ## Contract award Title: Further Update of the UK's POPs Multi-Media Emission Inventory 2026-2029

Timeline

Completed: Award date22 April 2026
Completed: Award published3 June 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date4 May 2029in 3 years

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

90700000 · Environmental services

Decision makers

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