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Public sector contracts from DEFra
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- 187
- Awards, last 12 months
- 1,426
- Awards since 2021
- 457
- Distinct suppliers
- £99k
- Median contract value
- 131
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q1 2027.
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- Most of its current contracts end in the next 12 months
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021
- Took on 29 new suppliers in the last 12 months
187 contract awards published in the last 12 months, broadly level with 216 the year before, and 1,426 since 2021 from 457 suppliers.
DEFra at a glance
Its most active procurement category is research and development.
Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited appears most frequently, holding 78 awards.
The median published contract value is £99k (1,425 contracts state a value).
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131 contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.
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Latest activity
What DEFra has published recently
Open tenders, and the awards from the last 12 months that the table above does not list, newest first.An award is dated by its award date, or by its publication date where the award date is missing or later.
27 Aug 2026 (2 months ago)
20 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
18 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
17 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
17 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
Contract award
Ports Readiness Fund - Further Support (Further Economic Analysis)
Awarded to Deloitte LLP
14 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
12 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
12 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
12 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
Contract award
NBC PR22 - Coombelands Enabling Infrastructure
Awarded to Willmott Dixon Construction Limited
10 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
Contract award
Building Control Inspector for Facilities Management Hub- PR 26
Awarded to Salus (Building Control & Fire Safety Consultants) Ltd
24 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
23 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
21 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
20 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
YNE AOMR Lot 1 Asset Reconditioning- ESH M8 - AWOC FY26-27
Awarded to Esh Construction Ltd
14 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
C34786: Various -20⁰C and -80⁰C Freezers for APHA Laboratories
Awarded to Wolf Laboratories Limited
14 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
14 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
14 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
13 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
Central - AOMR Lot 3 Incident Response - Direct Award - 2026-27 - WMD - VMS
Awarded to Vegetation Management Services
13 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
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Most frequent suppliers
- Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited78 awards
- Mitie FM LIMITED59 awards
- WSP UK LImited57 awards
- Deloitte LLP Ltd33 awards
- Jeremy Benn Associates Limited T/A JBA Consulting Limited32 awards
- kpmg LLP28 awards
- RSK-ADAS Limited27 awards
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEHCharity27 awards
- JACOBS UK Ltd25 awards
- ICF Consulting Services Limited21 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
46 of 121 awards
Awards since November 2023 where DEFra recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
Every supplier to DEFra with a profile253
- 23Red Limited3
- A E Yates Limited2
- ABPMer16
- Accenture (UK) LTD4
- ACOEM UK LImited1
- Actiform Ltd1
- AECOM Limited11
- Agilent Technologies LDA UK LTD1
- Agilia Infrastructure Partners Limited1
- Ainsty Timber Marketing LTD1
- Air Quality Consultants Ltd3
- Amalgamated Construction Ltd (AmcoGiffen)18
- AMAZON WEB SERVICES EMEA SARL, UK Branch2
- Amelio Group LtdSME2
- Amentum Clean Energy Limited2
- APEM Limited6
- Arcadis (Consulting) (UK) LTD10
- Ashurst LLP1
- Atamis Limited1
- Atkins Limited2
- ATKINSREALIS UK Limited7
- ATOS IT Services UK Limited3
- Avepoint UK LTD1
- Baker Hicks Limited7
- Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited2
- BAM Nuttall Limited10
- Bangor UniversityCharity1
- Beckman Coulter United Kingdom LTD1
- Behavioural Insights Limited2
- BESA Publications Limited1
- BLOOM Procurement services Limited3
- Blue Marble Research Limited1
- Bluesky International Limited1
- BOC LTd1
- BOXXE LImited2
- Bramble Hub LTD4
- BravoSolution (UK) Limited1
- Breheny Civil Engineering Limited11
- BRIDGE Civil Engineering LTD1
- BRUKER UK Limited2
- BSI Standards Limited1
- CACI Limited1
- Calder Conferences Limited1
- Capella Associates Limited1
- CapGemini UK PLC5
- Carbon Trust Advisory Limited1
- Carl ZEISS Ltd1
- Carnell Support Services Limited1
- Centerprise International Limited1
- Cheetham Hill Construction LimitedSME13
- Chris Seabridge & Associates LimitedSME1
- Chubb Systems Limited1
- CIVICA UK Limited5
- Coforge U.K. Limited1
- Cognizant Worldwide LTD1
- COMPUTACENTER UK Ltd7
- Concerto Partners LLP1
- Constellia Public LTD1
- Cranfield University3
- CURRIE and BROWN UK LIMITED2
- DAI Global (UK) Limited2
- Darwin Group Limited1
- Deloitte LLP Ltd33
- Dentons UK and Middle East LLP1
- Diligent BoardBooks Ltd1
- DJS Research LTD1
- DLA Piper (UK) LLP5
- Ecorys UK Limited2
- ECS Engineering Services Limited4
- EDF ENERGY Limited8
- Electrical Test (Midlands) Limited1
- Enviro Technology Services PLC1
- Equal Experts UK Limited1
- Ernst Young LLP5
- ESH Construction Limited5
- Eunomia Research and Consulting LTD18
- Eviden Technology Services Limited2
- Facultatieve Technologies LTD7
- Fairfield Control Systems LimitedSME1
- FEI UK LImited1
- FERA Science Ltd4
- Finyx Consulting Limited1
- Fivium LTD1
- Forkers Limited1
- Galliford Try Construction Limited3
- Galliford Try PLC2
- GEZE UK Limited1
- Gleeds Cost Management Limited1
- Glendale Countryside Limited1
- Global Resourcing Limited1
- GovForms Limited2
- Grant Thornton (UK) LLP1
- Ground Control LTD9
- Groundwork Greater ManchesterCharity3
- Harper Adams UniversityCharity5
- HH Associates LTD3
- Hitachi Solutions Europe Limited3
- Howell Marine Consulting LtdSME13
- HR Wallingford Limited1
- I3Works Limited1
- IBM United Kingdom LTD4
- ICF Consulting Services Limited21
- Illumina Cambridge LTD1
- Imperial College Projects Limited3
- Informed Solutions Limited1
- INSIGHT DIRECT UK Limited10
- INTEGRA Biosciences Ltd2
- Integrated Business Software and Solutions Limited1
- Investigo LTD1
- IPSOS Limited7
- ISG Construction Limited1
- ISS Mediclean Limited2
- Jackson Civil Engineering Group Limited13
- Jacobs LTD3
- JACOBS UK Ltd25
- JBA Bentley Ltd10
- Jeremy Benn Associates Limited T/A JBA Consulting Limited32
- John GRAHAM Construction Ltd1
- John Sisk and Son Limited2
- JT Mackley & Co. Ltd2
- Kantar Public UK Limited6
- Kier Construction LTD8
- Kier Integrated Services Limited3
- kpmg LLP28
- Kyndryl UK Limited1
- Lakeside Flood Solutions Limited5
- Land and Water Ltd7
- LAND and WATER SERVICES LTD10
- Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited1
- LGC Limited6
- Live Group Limited3
- Lowther Forestry Group Limited2
- MACE Consult Limited1
- MCKINSEY and COMPANY INC UNITED KINGDOM6
- Mercateo UK Limited3
- Merit Holdings Limited1
- Method Consulting LLPSME1
- Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited78
- Microsoft LTD3
- Mills Reeve LLP2
- MITIE (Facilities Management) Ltd1
- Mitie FM LIMITED59
- Mitie Limited9
- MITIE TECHNICAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Limited2
- Montagu-Evans LLP2
- Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastucture Limited1
- Morgan Sindall PLC1
- Mott MacDonald LTD15
- MTI Technology LTD1
- National Oceanography CentreCharity1
- NCC Group (Security Services) Limited1
- Netcompany UK LTD1
- Network Rail Infrastructure Limited2
- NiabCharity4
- NIRAS Group (UK) Limited2
- NLA Media Access Limited1
- Norman Rourke Pryme Limited5
- Northern Powergrid PLC1
- Northumbrian Water Limited1
- Nurture Landscapes Limited1
- OCLC (UK) Limited1
- Octavius Infrastructure LTD1
- OpenView Security Solutions Limited1
- ORACLE Corporation UK Ltd1
- Ordnance Survey Limited1
- Orgvue Limited1
- OT Group Limited1
- OVE ARUP and PARTNERS LIMITED18
- Oxford BioSystems LtdSME1
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC1
- PA CONSULTING Services LTD18
- Phoenix Software LTD2
- PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP1
- PROMAR INTERNATIONAL LtdSME3
- RAB Consultants Limited3
- Ramboll UK LTD1
- Reed Talent Solutions Limited1
- Resource Futures Limited5
- RICARDO-AEA Ltd20
- Rider Levett Bucknall UK LTD2
- Rimini Street Limited1
- Risk & Policy Analysts Limited4
- Risual LTD1
- River Stewardship Company Ltd6
- Royal Mail Group Limited2
- RSK-ADAS Limited27
- S and P Global LTD1
- SAC Commercial Limited3
- Sakura Finetek UK Limited1
- Salesforce UK Limited1
- Savanta1
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies Limited1
- SGS United Kingdom Limited2
- SOCOTEC UK Limited1
- SODEXO Limited1
- SOFTCAT PlC2
- Sopra Steria Limited1
- Specialist Computer Centres (SCC) PLC3
- Specsavers Optical Superstores LTD1
- SQW Limited1
- SRUCCharity4
- Stantec UK LTD1
- Stonbury Limited5
- SynApps Solutions Limited3
- Tetra Tech LTD13
- The Carbon Trust1
- The James Hutton InstituteCharity2
- The Marine Biological Association of the UKCharity4
- The Nichols Group Limited2
- The University Of Liverpool1
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Ltd1
- Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limited1
- Tilbury Douglas Construction Limited2
- TlT LLP1
- TotalEnergies Gas and Power Limited3
- TPXIMPACT Limited2
- TTC 2000 Limited2
- Tuckwells1
- Turner - Townsend Project Management7
- TURNER and TOWNSEND COST MANAGEMENT LIMITED1
- Turner and Townsend Infrastructure Limited2
- UBDS IT Consulting Limited2
- UCL Consultants LTD2
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEHCharity27
- UK Farmcare Limited2
- UK Power Networks Ltd1
- UK Power Networks Services (Commercial) Limited1
- UKRI as represented by British Geological Survey3
- University Of Exeter3
- University of Gloucestershire2
- University Of Leeds1
- University Of Northumbria at Newcastle1
- University of Oxford1
- University Of Plymouth1
- University of Plymouth Enterprise Limited3
- University Of Portsmouth1
- University Of Sunderland1
- Van Oord UK Limited2
- Vegetation Management Services LimitedSME5
- Verian Group UK Limited1
- VolkerStevin Infrastructure Limited5
- Walter Lilly & Company Limited6
- Water Plus Limited2
- Water Research Centre Limited4
- Wellingtone Limited1
- Whitehouse Construction Company Ltd4
- WILLIS Ltd1
- Willmott Dixon Construction Limited11
- Wolf Laboratories Limited9
- WSP Environment and Infrastructure Solutions UK Limited10
- WSP UK LImited57
- York St. John University1
- YouGov PLC1
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes DEFra classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 73200000Research and development consultancy services205
- 79411000General management consultancy services135
- 45246410Flood-defences maintenance works69
- 45246000River regulation and flood control works47
- 72000000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support45
- 45246400Flood-prevention works40
- 72222300Information technology services37
- 71530000Construction consultancy services27
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DEFra, in short
Who does DEFra award contracts to?
Across 1,426 contracts recorded since 2021, DEFra has used 457 different suppliers. The most frequent are Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited (78 contracts), Mitie FM LIMITED (59 contracts), WSP UK LImited (57 contracts).
What does DEFra buy?
Its most active procurement categories are research and development, business and professional services, construction works. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do DEFra contracts come up for renewal?
131 contracts awarded by DEFra have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 20 Nov 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.
How much does DEFra spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £99k, across the 1,425 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 9 November 2025 to 8 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards fell, then stayed broadly level in the last year. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 8 Nov 2026 and the two years before it, oldest first: 482, 216 and 187. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- Most of its current contracts end in the next 12 months: 113 of its 169 contracts with an end date still to come end by 8 November 2027. Shown when that is more than half, with at least 5.
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021: At least one contract in every calendar year from 2021 to 2026, by award date (or publication date where the award date is later). Our records begin in 2021.
- Took on 29 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 9 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Most recent award: recorded 30 Oct 2026 (9 days ago).
- Values: value figures cover the 1,425 of 1,426 contracts where a value was published. Values are never added up: framework ceilings and values repeated across lots would make a total meaningless.
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 8 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from DEFra [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/defra (Accessed: 8 November 2026).
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