# Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: UK public-sector contract awards > A public buyer profile built from sourced government contract award notices. ## Key facts - Awards: 1704 - Known award value: £369,478,357 - Distinct contract winners: 664 - First award: 22 September 2010 - Latest award: 29 September 2026 ## Top contract winners - [RSK ADAS](/contract-winners/rsk-adas/public-sector-contract-awards): 28 awards - [RICARDO AEA](/contract-winners/ricardo-aea/public-sector-contract-awards): 25 awards - [WSP UK](/contract-winners/wsp-uk/public-sector-contract-awards): 24 awards - [ICF Consulting Services](/contract-winners/icf-consulting-services/public-sector-contract-awards): 21 awards - Hall mark: 18 awards ## Contract awards ### [Contract for the provision of External Audit of BCGcattle Phase 3](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b362e58a-9a59-436a-a458-95a271f9df95) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Clinical Research & Communication · £162,899 · 30 October 2025 · awarded ### [WEEE Compound Relocation Works Technical Advisor](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8e6903b7-4270-4990-b5c6-bf1341fd0c8a) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Baker Hicks Limited · £14,851 · 1 December 2025 · awarded ### [NBC: WEEE Compound Relocation Works](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-82a0c0a2-47ee-4a7d-b43d-60def9d01507) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Walter Lilly & Co\. Limited · £2,183,004 · 14 November 2025 · awarded ### [NBC Programme and Weybridge site Legal Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-972f1252-1abf-4478-8c2a-faeb98968820) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Mills & Reeve LLP · £684,616 · 19 November 2025 · awarded ### [NBC Building Control Inspectors - PR30](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-03b6c019-60e2-4f77-9001-30307b16145e) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Salus \(Building Control & Fire Safety Consultants\) Ltd · £183,500 · 20 November 2025 · awarded ### [Proof of concept for Farm Data Exchange project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b3e5e47a-877d-457f-ad20-28ec051cf2de) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · VERSION 1 LIMITED · £150,000 · 17 July 2025 · awarded ### [NBC Building Control Inspectors - PR29](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6226f58f-7c90-4743-8916-7f9b6f996f78) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Salus \(Building Control & Fire Safety Consultants\) Ltd · £183,500 · 20 November 2025 · awarded ### [Yarner Woodland Centre Project - Professional Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1bf0c210-4801-45cd-8319-3d25ddfbb2a1) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · AtkinsRéalis · £99,997 · 19 November 2025 · awarded ### [RDE869 - Evaluation of the River Walks Demonstrator Project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4528e946-01be-411c-9ccb-f9b750a9b026) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · The National Centre for Social Research · £49,635 · 7 November 2025 · awarded ### [Aurora Transformation Programme - Asset Health Metric](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-46b8c23d-57c6-444c-959a-2b215d8c5a75) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Jeremy Benn Associates Limited \(t/a JBA Consulting\) · £386,799 · 10 October 2025 · awarded ### [Cross-cutting, Exit and Transition Project Work\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4282b912-4a46-45dd-97d0-8fa66cba29ef) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Capgemini UK Plc · £7,500,000 · 1 November 2025 · awarded ### [DEFRA - Press Office Collaboration Software](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c38dc146-1ba2-4903-87e3-3ae77dce1adb) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Intelogy Limited · £98,982 · 12 December 2025 · awarded ### [RDE948 - Investigating innovative ways to deliver Defra policy customer require](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8e3a9127-084e-4015-9467-8f9499d11e78) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Fera Science Ltd · £81,077 · 13 November 2025 · awarded ### [Supply of Qiagen Reagents](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3df12f3c-b7b2-4490-9d49-42e7de20a964) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · QIAGEN LTD · £3,100,000 · 14 November 2025 · awarded ### [Gartner Research Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e07401da-b4e8-4976-a26e-af9fce388fff) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Gartner UK Ltd · £1,859,500 · 21 November 2025 · awarded ### [NBC Building Control Inspector - PR21](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8ba3ed54-541e-4477-9820-62cfcc34a46b) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Bureau Veritas UK Limited · £23,750 · 27 October 2025 · awarded ### [NBC Building Control Inspector - PR36](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-725a6412-3c09-4336-a8d3-f4a76dd5dd17) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Bureau Veritas UK Limited · £48,600 · 27 October 2025 · awarded ### [NBC Building Control Inspector - PR33](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bd063734-1d6e-4d52-a5cd-c32ad597d2fe) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Bureau Veritas UK Limited · £19,500 · 27 October 2025 · awarded ### [Behavioural Insights Framework For Animal Health and Welfare System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-98617a4c-d2da-4b4e-a0d3-d95f8cdda864) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Behavioural Insights Team · £141,820 · 7 November 2025 · awarded ### [RDE961 - IPM Planning Tool Updates](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2bbd404d-d1cc-438c-a774-42cc508eaf75) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · RSK ADAS Limited · £27,300 · 5 November 2025 · awarded ### [RDE855 - A Review of the Comparative Advantages of Certified versus Farm Saved S](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-33107ff0-f50d-4315-af17-0e8217d5e9b2) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Harper Adams University · £67,359 · 12 November 2025 · awarded ### [Geospatial Enabling Programme Delivery Partner](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c8f4631c-1f2d-4058-98cf-183392bf444e) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Informed Solutions Ltd · £10,361,050 · 29 September 2025 · awarded ### [PFR Derbyshire 2025](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fbd98665-86ee-4923-88c9-c84f077e054c) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Whitehouse Construction Co\. Ltd · £279,154 · 1 August 2025 · awarded ### [TEAM2100 Cost Assurance and Management Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2d8ad5fd-b234-4c1f-895d-1905701b9261) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Arcadis Consulting \(UK\) Ltd · £118,544 · 10 October 2025 · awarded ### [Pig & Poultry Website Services Agreement 2025/2026](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9645eb1d-eebd-4b93-9a34-125cf1807af8) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · TLR Limited · £33,000 · 1 October 2025 · awarded Page 6 of 69; 1704 total records.