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Public sector contracts from DEFRA Commercial
128 of its contracts end in the next 18 months. Get its new tenders, and see who holds the work now.
- 70
- Awards, last 12 months
- 266
- Awards since 2021
- 104
- Distinct suppliers
- £90k
- Median contract value
- 128
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q3 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 17 new suppliers in the last 12 months
70 contract awards published in the last 12 months, broadly level with 74 the year before, and 266 since 2021 from 104 suppliers.
DEFRA Commercial at a glance
Its most active procurement category is education and training.
Cambridge Spark Limited appears most frequently, holding 20 awards.
The median published contract value is £90k (260 contracts state a value).
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128 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 contract awards
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Latest activity
What DEFRA Commercial 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.
11 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
11 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
Contract award
Operations or Departmental Manager Level 5 ST0385 X 25
Awarded to Raise The Bar Limited
11 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
28 Jul 2026 (3 months ago)
22 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
13 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
13 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
7 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
5 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
Contract award
Permanent Recruitment Advertising Services for the Defra group
Awarded to PeopleScout Limited
21 May 2026 (6 months ago)
12 May 2026 (6 months ago)
22 Apr 2026 (7 months ago)
22 Apr 2026 (7 months ago)
14 Apr 2026 (7 months ago)
Contract award
Level 5 Coaching Apprenticeship ST0809 X 5
Awarded to BPP Professional Education Limited
9 Apr 2026 (7 months ago)
9 Apr 2026 (7 months ago)
Contract award
Cyber Security Technologist ST1021 Level 4
Awarded to BPP Professional Education Limited
9 Apr 2026 (7 months ago)
9 Apr 2026 (7 months ago)
13 Mar 2026 (8 months ago)
Contract award
Procurement and supply chain practitioner ST0313 Level 4 x 4
Awarded to Connexin Academy
13 Mar 2026 (8 months ago)
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Most frequent suppliers
- Cambridge Spark Limited20 awards
- University Of Reading12 awards
- Babington Business College LTD10 awards
- Saxton10 awards
- Raise The Bar LimitedSME9 awards
- University Of Exeter8 awards
- Northern University London8 awards
- BPP Professional Education Limited8 awards
- The JGA Group8 awards
- Tiro Training Limited6 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
6 of 10 awards
Awards since November 2023 where DEFRA Commercial 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 Commercial with a profile62
- Alexander Mann Solutions Limited1
- Anglia Ruskin University3
- Arcadis (Consulting) (UK) LTD2
- ASK Europe PLC1
- Assist Knowledge Development LimitedSME5
- Babington Business College LTD10
- Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited1
- Blackpool and The Fylde College2
- BLOOM Procurement services Limited1
- BPP Professional Education Limited8
- BPP University LTD1
- Bridgwater and Taunton College1
- Cambridge Spark Limited20
- CAPITA Business Services Limited1
- CMC Partnership Global LTDSME2
- Coventry University2
- Cranfield University1
- CSA (Services) LTD2
- Damar Limited3
- Deloitte LLP Ltd1
- ESTIO Training2
- G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited1
- GatenbySanderson LTD1
- Global Resourcing Limited1
- Intelligencia Training LTD2
- IODA Limited1
- IRG ADVISORS LLP trading as Odgers Berndtson1
- kpmg LLP2
- Lighthouse (Training and Development) Limited2
- LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Ltd2
- London South Bank University1
- MBKB Limited1
- MCKINSEY and COMPANY INC UNITED KINGDOM1
- Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited1
- Multiverse Group LTD1
- PA CONSULTING Services LTD1
- PeopleScout Limited1
- QA Limited3
- Queen Mary University of London5
- Raise The Bar LimitedSME9
- REED Specialist Recruitment Limited1
- Reward Gateway (UK) LTD2
- RICARDO-AEA Ltd2
- Russell Reynolds Associates Limited1
- Saxton10
- Teesside University4
- The JGA Group8
- The University Of Sheffield1
- UK Farmcare Limited5
- University College London2
- University Of Birmingham1
- University Of Central Lancashire2
- University of Cumbria1
- University Of Exeter8
- University Of Kent5
- University of Nottingham1
- University Of Portsmouth1
- University Of Reading12
- WSP UK LImited2
- York St. John University1
- Sheffield Hallam University2
- Leeds Beckett University1
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes DEFRA Commercial classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 80000000Education and training services186
- 85200000Veterinary services15
- 80532000Management training services15
- 75111100Executive services9
- 72224000Project management consultancy services7
- 79600000Recruitment services6
- 80511000Staff training services3
- 71310000Consultative engineering and construction services3
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DEFRA Commercial, in short
Who does DEFRA Commercial award contracts to?
Across 266 contracts recorded since 2021, DEFRA Commercial has used 104 different suppliers. The most frequent are Cambridge Spark Limited (20 contracts), University Of Reading (12 contracts), Babington Business College LTD (10 contracts).
What does DEFRA Commercial buy?
Its most active procurement categories are education and training, health and social care, business and professional services. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do DEFRA Commercial contracts come up for renewal?
128 contracts awarded by DEFRA Commercial have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 13 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 Commercial spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £90k, across the 260 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: 117, 74 and 70. 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: 92 of its 175 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 17 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 22 Oct 2026 (2 weeks ago).
- Values: value figures cover the 260 of 266 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 Commercial [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/defra-commercial (Accessed: 8 November 2026).
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