# Defra Commercial: UK public-sector contract awards

> A public buyer profile built from sourced government contract award notices.

## Key facts

- Awards: 263
- Known award value: £806,068,029
- Distinct contract winners: 102
- First award: 1 September 2020
- Latest award: 10 September 2026

## Top contract winners

- [Cambridge Spark](/contract-winners/cambridge-spark/public-sector-contract-awards): 19 awards
- [University Of Reading](/contract-winners/university-of-reading/public-sector-contract-awards): 12 awards
- [Babington business college](/contract-winners/babington-business-college/public-sector-contract-awards): 10 awards
- Northern University London: 8 awards
- [Raise the Bar](/contract-winners/raise-the-bar/public-sector-contract-awards): 8 awards

## Contract awards

### [Permanent Recruitment Advertising Services for the Defra group](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9d3d1360-c9b4-42a0-aa34-da78913f3d83)

Defra Commercial · PeopleScout Limited · £4,500,000 · 5 June 2026 · awarded

### [HR Investigation Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-50522546-cbca-49aa-a89f-8013ccd50516)

Defra Commercial · Bloom Procurement Services · £150,000 · 21 May 2026 · awarded

### [Cyber Security Technologist ST1021 Level 4 x 4](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-70f63569-8e5d-4b6a-b1e6-b1baf4fb1091)

Defra Commercial · Estio Training Limited · £36,000 · 12 May 2026 · awarded

### [Major Projects Leadership Academy \(MPLA\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a90128ff-a063-47a3-9c4a-b906260bb582)

Defra Commercial · Said Business School · £19,235 · 22 April 2026 · awarded

### [HR Investigation Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2c72b5f3-660d-40ec-8391-c02a87c9f4af)

Defra Commercial · Safecall Limited · £150,000 · 22 April 2026 · awarded

### [Level 5 Coaching Apprenticeship ST0809 X 5](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-59aa445c-7ff9-48ab-9e4f-3cba6767d48e)

Defra Commercial · BPP Professional Education Limited · £25,000 · 14 April 2026 · awarded

### [Systems Thinking Practitioner L7 ST0787 X1](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ac207266-69ff-4027-9e09-0b3adcc90f5f)

Defra Commercial · JGA Group · £18,000 · 9 April 2026 · awarded

### [Cyber Security Technologist ST1021 Level 4](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ec956300-8949-4eeb-87b4-a202bbb336f4)

Defra Commercial · Estio Training Limited · £9,000 · 9 April 2026 · awarded

### [Cyber Security Technologist ST1021 Level 4](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8125e45d-369d-44b1-ae03-a9e6a5a43600)

Defra Commercial · BPP Professional Education Limited · £9,000 · 9 April 2026 · awarded

### [Level 7 Government Operational Research Specialist](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-47ddac63-abeb-49fe-b674-bd1025a83500)

Defra Commercial · University of Kent · £28,000 · 9 April 2026 · awarded

### [Scientist Level 6ST0626 X 5](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e6567066-dcc8-4d8e-846f-38202e22e970)

Defra Commercial · Tiro Training Ltd · £135,000 · 13 March 2026 · awarded

### [Procurement and supply chain practitioner ST0313 Level 4 x 4](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-62c739d4-0cc4-4f72-8217-06803d398c00)

Defra Commercial · Connexin Academy · £40,000 · 13 March 2026 · awarded

### [Data Analyst Level 4 ST0118 x 10](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b3695eea-ef7c-47ca-b7c1-692bf162e36e)

Defra Commercial · Cambridge Spark Ltd · £150,000 · 12 March 2026 · awarded

### [Asset Manager Level 4 ST0861 X 20](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ecbb57c6-17c7-4591-83b2-0907dc0dd93b)

Defra Commercial · Teesside University · £180,000 · 12 March 2026 · awarded

### [Director of Corporate and National Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-715f66da-f7ce-42c6-bb7a-ceba8e0aeeaa)

Defra Commercial · Saxton · £25,000 · 12 March 2026 · awarded

### [Level 6 Chartered Surveyor Degree ST0331/03/A](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bc81c048-7bb0-4b4f-8199-b85aa9773eb7)

Defra Commercial · UCEM trading as University of the Built Environment · £27,000 · 4 March 2026 · awarded

### [L5 Coaching Professional](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-576fb80b-35b5-4d12-b8c0-2c6d145bb294)

Defra Commercial · ioda Limited · £1,889 · 4 March 2026 · awarded

### [T520 Fundamentals of Groundwater Modelling Course](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4720c6ec-6c1a-40ab-a6dd-02fe23aea210)

Defra Commercial · Groundwater Science Ltd · £9,695 · 27 February 2026 · awarded

### [T519 Light Non- Aqueous Phase Liquids](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9a59de0b-6678-4eba-aa5e-7136000ed10e)

Defra Commercial · GroundH2O Plus Ltd · £9,698 · 26 February 2026 · awarded

### [T506 Groundwater Chemistry Training Course](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bf0e8fe6-d2aa-4de7-b43c-dfd250bc1780)

Defra Commercial · Stephen Buss Environmental Consulting Ltd · £43,169 · 25 February 2026 · awarded

### [Director of Operations x 2](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6c0a9049-3f95-492e-a143-6a6bedcf3147)

Defra Commercial · GatenbySanderson · £45,000 · 25 February 2026 · awarded

### [T504 Borehole Construction Course](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fb96a903-ef40-4d7e-a76f-c98978df2235)

Defra Commercial · Arcadis Consulting \(UK\) Ltd · £30,464 · 25 February 2026 · awarded

### [T500 Contaminant Conceptual Site Modelling](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4030e476-55aa-4b73-bd72-676c27e874d0)

Defra Commercial · Stephen Buss Environmental Consulting Ltd · £6,050 · 24 February 2026 · awarded

### [Machine Learning Engineer x 5](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1b2de3dc-dc73-40c5-8b43-976a4cd771bf)

Defra Commercial · Cambridge Spark Ltd · £110,000 · 17 February 2026 · awarded

### [Senior People Professional](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b149f6bf-e6b4-4484-96f3-84c543ac2789)

Defra Commercial · Babington Business College Ltd · £14,440 · 17 February 2026 · awarded

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