Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs procurement and contracts
Covering 600+ buyer sites · 5 years of records · Contracts awarded in the 24 months to 15 October 2026 · Updated 15 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 1,327
- Last 24 months
- Median contract
- £100k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £5.6bn
- 1,294 of 1,327 have a published value
- Suppliers
- 495
- Won its contracts
- Tenders open now
- 0
- Ending in 12 months
- 439
- Contracts with a recorded end date
Compiled by BidSkim from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ published notices. Not an official Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs page.
Also appears in official records as “Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)”, “AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal)”, “Defra Group Commercial”.
What Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs buys
By service, contracts awarded in the 24 months to 15 October 2026. BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned
- 1Engineering research71 contracts£358m
- 2Flood risk management46 contracts£25.3m
- 3Flood risk assessment34 contracts£11.2m
- 4Literature review30 contracts£1.7m
- 5Application development28 contracts£530m
- 6Cost benefit analysis25 contracts£3.1m
- 7Degree apprenticeships25 contracts£3.2m
- 8Change management24 contracts£4.0m
- 9Management apprenticeships22 contracts£2.7m
- 10Data analyst apprenticeship21 contracts£3.8m
Who wins Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ contracts
By contracts won, the 24 months to 15 October 2026.
- 1WSP51 contracts£8.8m
- 2Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited42 contracts£5.4m
- 3Jacobs29 contracts£33.6m
- 4Ricardo Energy & Environment24 contracts£7.1m
- 5JBA Consulting22 contracts£8.4m
- 6RSK22 contracts£2.2m
- 7Land & Water20 contracts£5.5m
- 8AECOM20 contracts£2.1m
- 9Jackson Civil Engineering16 contracts£10.0m
- 10Arup16 contracts£7.3m
Contracts awarded by quarter
Frameworks it buys through
841 of 1,327 contracts were call-offs from a framework or dynamic purchasing system.
- Environmental Science Research, Development and Evidence (ES RDE) Framework · Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs27 contracts
- Technology Services 42 contracts
- Courier, Distribution, Storage and Specialist Solutions · Crown Commercial Service1 contract