# 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: 1718 - Known award value: £373,491,814 - Distinct contract winners: 664 - First award: 22 September 2010 - Latest award: 2 November 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 ### [Using Suspended Solids Captured by Citizen Scientists to Indicate Effective Locations to Target Measures to Mitigate Urban Diffuse Pollution](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-70283586-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · South East Rivers Trust · £40,000 · 1 February 2016 · awarded ### [Farming Advice Service 2016](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-47692dc3-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Ricardo-AEA Ltd · £262,359 · 1 December 2015 · awarded ### [Hoveton Wetlands Restoration Project - Archaeology Survey](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3bb336a1-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · 18 November 2016 · open\_tender ### [Environment Agency - Severn Estuary Minor Repairs 2016](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cbc3b038-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · 18 November 2016 · open\_tender ### [Provision of ISO Certification and Audit Services for the Veterinary Medicines Directorate](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b2797bb4-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · 18 November 2016 · open\_tender ### [Ennironment Agency - Automated Particle Size Analyser](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0f10718e-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · 18 November 2016 · open\_tender ### [Provision of Research and Development Toward a sustainable viticulture: Improved grapevine productivity and tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses by combining resistant cultivars and beneficial microorganisms \(VitiSmart\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-12314d7d-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Fera Science Ltd · £139,226 · 22 August 2016 · awarded ### [Office Cleaning Services at Thames Barrier](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-649d4d9c-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · 18 November 2016 · open\_tender ### [Earth Observation Data Integration Pilot 9, Innovative application of remote sensing to Forestry management and monitoring\. Defra Project Code SD0497](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-31fba163-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Forest Research · £49,994 · 22 February 2016 · awarded ### [North Somerset - Aust to Brean Down Severn Estuary English Coast Path](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-04a5d0f6-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · North Somerset Council · £13,647 · 4 August 2016 · awarded ### [Memorandum of Understanding with JNCC for data analysis within the Environment Analysis Unit](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-04abaab4-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · JNCC Support Co\. · £39,771 · 5 August 2016 · awarded ### [Environment Agency - Climate Change and Trading Regulatory Services Framework \(CCTRS\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f8eea9ba-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · 18 November 2016 · open\_tender ### [Restoration of the River Eye SSSI](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-40c6b284-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · The Trent Rivers Trust · £55,000 · 30 September 2016 · awarded ### [Refurbishment of Edenbridge House](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e583f63f-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · CLC CONTRACTORS LIMITED · £434,313 · 20 October 2016 · awarded ### [Contract for the Provision of a Cetacean Bycatch Monitoring System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b41ae19f-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · University of St Andrews · £1,373,053 · 29 June 2011 · awarded ### [Authent-Net - Assessing the Transnational Knowledge Base in Food Authenticity](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a95b1c04-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Fera Science Ltd · £62,000 · 1 March 2016 · awarded ### [Contract for the Provisions of Staff for the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated \(IUU\) Tuna Investigation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-43cf6740-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · The RedSnapper Group · £125,000 · 1 April 2015 · awarded ### [SBS Framework - Service Order for CSU Equipment at APHA Weybridge](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3ab75e67-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Illumina Cambridge Ltd · £33,697 · 18 May 2016 · awarded ### [Supply of Laboratory Quality Testing](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3716e079-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · 18 November 2016 · open\_tender ### [Environment Agency - C00218 Silk Stream and Edgware Brook](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-13ba25e2-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · 18 November 2016 · open\_tender ### [Centrifuge Maintenance, Repair and Calibration Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c163afdc-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Meadowrose Scientific Ltd\. · £34,000 · 28 April 2016 · awarded ### [River Nene Waterspace Study](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-79e9ebfe-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · 18 November 2016 · open\_tender ### [Organic Solvent Concentrators](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-32c614f2-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · 18 November 2016 · open\_tender ### [Wessex Chalk Stream Project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7b929d48-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Wiltshire Wildlife Trust · £85,000 · 1 April 2015 · awarded ### [River Mease SSSI/SAC SuDS Retrofitting Feasibility](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e7505000-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Trent Rivers Trust · £18,000 · 1 July 2016 · awarded Page 67 of 69; 1718 total records.