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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: public contracts, suppliers and opportunities
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has published 1,069 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender since 23 Oct 2023, worth £3,252m in total as published. Most of its spending is on business services (hr, legal, marketing, admin), r&d, it services. Below: what it buys, who wins, what ends soon and what is coming up.
What Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs buys
Contract awards by CPV category (Common Procurement Vocabulary division), from 23 Oct 2023 to 21 Oct 2026.
| Category | CPV | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin) | 79000000 | 213 | £687m |
| R&D | 73000000 | 210 | £380m |
| IT services | 72000000 | 163 | £1,149m |
| Construction works | 45000000 | 149 | £152m |
| Architecture & engineering | 71000000 | 145 | £622m |
| Cleaning, waste & environmental | 90000000 | 38 | £39.6m |
| Software | 48000000 | 19 | £11.4m |
| Education & training | 80000000 | 18 | £4m |
| Other community services | 98000000 | 13 | £967k |
| Lab & scientific equipment | 38000000 | 11 | £1.4m |
| Most used CPV codes | Notices |
|---|---|
73200000 Research and development consultancy services | 174 |
79411000 General management consultancy services | 121 |
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support | 52 |
72222300 Information technology services | 50 |
45246410 Flood-defences maintenance works | 49 |
45246000 River regulation and flood control works | 35 |
71530000 Construction consultancy services | 32 |
45246400 Flood-prevention works | 23 |
71500000 Construction-related services | 22 |
45000000 Construction work | 19 |
Recent contract awards
The latest awards with a company or organisation named as supplier. Values are as published and may be framework or multi-year totals.
Top suppliers to Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Companies and organisations named most often in its award notices since 23 Oct 2023. 8% of awards went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
| Supplier | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Methods Business and Digital Technology Ltd. | 57 | £9.7m |
| WSP UK Limited | 53 | £50.1m |
| ICF Consulting Services Limited | 26 | £75.5m |
| Kpmg LLP | 26 | £9.6m |
| Ricardo-AEA Ltd | 26 | £8.9m |
| RSK ADAS Limited | 26 | £3m |
| Jeremy Benn Associates Limited (t/a JBA Consulting) | 22 | £11m |
| Deloitte LLP | 22 | £9.1m |
| Jacobs UK Ltd | 21 | £30.2m |
| Mitie FM Ltd. | 19 | £2.3m |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
164 contracts end by 23 Oct 2027. Buyers usually re-tender 6 to 12 months before the end date, so these are the next opportunities to prepare for. End dates are as published and exclude optional extensions.
Upcoming and open opportunities
Open tenders and planned procurements (pipeline and preliminary market engagement notices) published by Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. Always read the official notice for documents and how to bid.
| Type | Opportunity | Deadline or date | Est. value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned procurement | National Focal Centre (NFC) to Model and Map Air Pollution Impacts on UK habitat | 17 Sept 2026 | £0 |
| Planned procurement | Certification for Fuel and Appliance Emissions Testing | 18 Sept 2026 | £0 |
| Planned procurement | Bycatch Monitoring Programme (BMP) - 26-35 | 30 Sept 2026 | £0 |
| Planned procurement | Rhydymwyn Wildlife Management Contract | 7 Oct 2026 | £360k |
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Source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service) notices published 23 Oct 2023 to 23 Oct 2026, and Find a Tender (Cabinet Office) notices published 16 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Figures are our own summary of those notices. Award counts include notices with a named organisation as supplier; notices naming individuals are left out and no individual's name is shown.
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Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only; check the official notices before acting. Brightbench is not connected to Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.