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DEFRA: public contracts and tenders
DEFRA awarded 330 public contracts worth €908.5M where a value is stated since 2025-02-26; the construction work contract held by Land and Water Services Ltd ends on 2026-10-26 (end date stated). Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .
Awarded value = the award values the notices state (EUR at the notice date), 326 of 330 awards; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Buyer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | DEFRA |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| City | London |
| Sources | UK Contracts Finder |
Top suppliers
| Supplier | Registry number | Website | Awards | Value won alone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methods Business and Digital Technology Ltd. | 36 | €5.8M | ||
| WSP UK Limited | 17 | €6.8M | ||
| Amalgamated Construction Ltd (AmcoGiffen) | 11 | €1.6M | ||
| Land and Water Services Ltd | 10 | €4.2M | ||
| JBA Bentley Ltd. | 9 | €2.4M | ||
| Jacobs UK Ltd | 8 | €31.0M | ||
| Ove Arup & Partners Limited | 8 | €2.3M | ||
| Jackson Civil Engineering Limited | 7 | €6.6M | ||
| Jeremy Benn Associates Limited (t/a JBA Consulting) | 7 | €3.8M | ||
| BAM Nuttall Ltd | 6 | €10.9M | ||
| Ground Control Limited | 6 | €2.5M | ||
| Willmott Dixon Construction Limited | 6 | €63.3M | ||
| AECOM Ltd | 5 | €477k | ||
| Cheetham Hill Construction Ltd | 5 | €596k | ||
| Esh Construction Ltd | 5 | €571k |
Suppliers named on DEFRA's award notices (the top 15 of 89); registry number and website where the supplier is linked to its register entry. Winners that could be a private person are withheld.
Contracts ending in the next 18 months
End dates checked against the official notice: 99% right (n=100, 95% CI 94%-100%, 2026-10-26; method).
Award notices of DEFRA whose contract period ends in the next 18 months: the end date the notice states, else its start or signature date plus the stated duration. 90 contracts (the 25 soonest shown); a framework's value is a ceiling and is not shown.
Open calls for tender
No open call for tender from DEFRA today.
Spend by sector (CPV divisions)
| Sector | CPV | Awards | Awarded value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction work | 45 | 89 | €116.2M |
| Business services | 79 | 60 | €42.6M |
| Architecture and engineering services | 71 | 41 | €38.8M |
| IT services | 72 | 25 | €220.7M |
| Research and development | 73 | 9 | €406.1M |
| Laboratory and precision equipment | 38 | 6 | €959k |
| Software packages and information systems | 48 | 4 | €1.0M |
| Construction materials | 44 | 3 | €4.7M |
| Education and training | 80 | 3 | €159k |
| Financial and insurance services | 66 | 2 | €147k |
| Waste, cleaning and environmental services | 90 | 2 | €403k |
| Fuel and energy | 09 | 1 | €4.0M |
Award notices with a named winner, by the main CPV code; value = the total the notices state, in EUR at the notice date; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Recent awards
| Published | Contract | Winners | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | South East - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Services - Competitive Tender - Mott MacDonald Limited | Mott MacDonald Limited | €1.8M |
| 2026-09-30 | South East - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Services - Competitive Tender - AECOM | Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Limited | €838k |
| 2026-09-29 | South East - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Services - Competitive Tender - WSP | WSP UK Limited | €301k |
| 2026-09-29 | South East - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Services - Competitive Tender - T&T | Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Limited | €1.1M |
| 2026-09-29 | Property Optimisation Programme - Property costs analysis | WSP UK Limited | €115k |
| 2026-09-24 | LNA - MMF - PSC - Rating Reviews | Mott MacDonald Limited | €85,474 |
| 2026-09-18 | Corporate Eyecare Services | Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd | €350k |
| 2026-09-18 | ASITE Licence 2026/27 | Asite Solutions Limited | €168k |
| 2026-09-17 | Order for Laboratory Equipment for LSBA and B940 | Wolf Laboratories Limited | €149k |
| 2026-09-16 | FM Asset data collection surveys | WSP UK Ltd | €15,129 |
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Sources: UK Contracts Finder, read through their open-data feeds without logging in. Buyer = contracting authority as named on the notice; notices are grouped by the normalised name and country.
Source: Arcadium Data tenders database, 3,647,894 official public procurement notices from EU TED and UK Find a Tender, read through their open-data APIs (no logins). Winners that could be a private person (sole traders) are withheld; buyers are public bodies. Data as of 2026-10-26.
Questions
How many public contracts has DEFRA awarded?
DEFRA published 330 contract award notices between 2025-02-26 and 2026-10-20; the 326 that state a value add up to €908.5M (official notices, as of 2026-10-26).
Who are DEFRA's biggest suppliers?
By contract awards: Methods Business and Digital Technology Ltd. (36), WSP UK Limited (17) and Amalgamated Construction Ltd (AmcoGiffen) (11) (as of 2026-10-26). Winners that could be a private person are not named.
Which DEFRA contracts end soon?
90 contracts awarded by DEFRA end in the next 18 months. The soonest with a named holder is the construction work contract held by Land and Water Services Ltd, ending on 2026-10-26 (end date stated) (as of 2026-10-26).
Does DEFRA have open tenders now?
No call for tender from DEFRA is open today in the official notices we read (as of 2026-10-26). Its 8 earlier calls are counted on this page.
What does DEFRA buy?
Most of DEFRA's awards are in Construction work (CPV 45) (89), Business services (CPV 79) (60) and Architecture and engineering services (CPV 71) (41) (as of 2026-10-26).
Cite as: Arcadium Data, "DEFRA tenders and contracts: 330 awards, suppliers, contracts ending", https://arcadiumdata.io/tenders/buyers/defra-gb/, data as of 2026-10-26.