# 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

### [Saxon Lode Midlands AOMR Lot1 Direct Award ECSC](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-72857592-de6d-486b-80e5-f00daa9fe764)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Amalgamated Construction Ltd \(AmcoGiffen\) · £52,490 · 20 October 2025 · awarded

### [WMD - PRF Lot 1 - Welland and Nene](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8b3e6efa-29b3-4928-b67b-cac71891fa11)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · RAB Consultants Ltd · £42,356 · 28 October 2025 · awarded

### [LNA & EMD Bridge Inspections 25/26 - CDF - Lot 1](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-58163f56-6ab1-42c5-9f2d-eed0bfa9a8e2)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Ove Arup & Partners Limited · £523,000 · 7 November 2025 · awarded

### [Monitoring groundwater microbial communities \(operational practice\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d89d1b6b-c504-4682-a71f-a0cc8a8725d7)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology \(UKCEH\) · £92,778 · 10 November 2025 · awarded

### [Senior Leader Level 7 ST0480 X 5- Future Leaders](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-80c8eea9-288b-4704-8290-5817c6f7df91)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · University of Reading · £70,000 · 12 November 2025 · awarded

### [pEPR Fee Modulation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b75a0390-eb98-4aff-a7e2-ec0881813f48)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · WSP UK Limited · £203,862 · 7 November 2025 · awarded

### [Recruitment of Director of Strategy](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b48de44a-58ee-40fd-9665-a3bdc9b6c8cf)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Saxton · £26,000 · 7 November 2025 · awarded

### [SW - WSX - Direct Award AOMR Lot 1 - Beggearn Huish Gauging Station](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ec494745-49a5-477a-bbe9-085eaabbc4b6)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Land & Water · £115,693 · 23 October 2025 · awarded

### [YOR - CDF - St Mary's Bridge Construction Phase](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2d90cfa0-f7f9-491f-9eb6-b93018c415c2)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · BAM Nuttall Ltd · £1,640,000 · 14 October 2025 · awarded

### [SW-WSX- Incident Response Contract- Kier](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6277ea68-b101-4fac-8057-0f0802f4d1b5)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Kier Integrated Services · £1,000,000 · 5 September 2025 · awarded

### [National - RtO CSM Services - Direct Award - Arcadis - CCS RM6165 Lot 1](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-834cbfef-3e8d-40f4-8cd8-863133262d26)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Arcadis Consulting \(UK\) Ltd · £196,267 · 9 October 2025 · awarded

### [National - RtO CSM Services - Direct Award - AECOM - CCS RM6165 Lot 1](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0e5d601b-e45c-4be1-8635-b4ead2798082)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · AECOM Ltd · £444,989 · 9 October 2025 · awarded

### [YNE - CDF - Hebble Brook - Lot 1 Design Support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b5640c17-a492-4225-8dce-51f148999eae)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Ove Arup & Partners Limited · £62,526 · 10 November 2025 · awarded

### [Plant Health and Biosecurity PgCs / PgDs](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4420dd67-c190-4136-ab0e-87cf511dc389)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Harper Adams University · £22,000 · 4 November 2025 · awarded

### [Nutrient Working Group Pilot](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9e76adf0-5c49-4688-940f-a9a644c5b615)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd · £15,964 · 31 October 2025 · awarded

### [RDE740 - To explore options for the long-term conservation and maintenance of th](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2d056192-24e3-4721-988f-cb82bebcffaf)

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · RSK ADAS Limited · £44,053 · 16 September 2025 · awarded

### [Environmental Impact of Chemical Fire Suppressants on Open Semi-natural](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-69ca1450-456f-4692-9e38-023043590391)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Ricardo-AEA Ltd · £14,899 · 4 November 2025 · awarded

### [The circular economy and pollution](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-760cecfc-9800-4651-b0c7-98e8b8c157fd)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Ricardo-AEA Ltd · £33,343 · 30 October 2025 · awarded

### [Allonby Bay HPMA Plankton Data Review](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c41696ae-192f-4a9f-829b-82e570863e32)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · The Marine Biological Association of the UK · £3,225 · 21 January 2025 · awarded

### [Alternative business models - wetter farming and land management on an](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-044ee904-7464-410b-8f08-741a7f222cdc)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Harper Adams University · £70,000 · 28 October 2025 · awarded

### [Phase 3: Phosphate Loss Tool 2025](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d4c70a4c-697c-4f70-abc6-08086c4cd438)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · WSP UK Ltd · £21,452 · 20 June 2025 · awarded

### [Collate a suite of natural capital evidence and metrics for 'best value](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4fc1f843-b0a5-4586-a83a-07bd59889a08)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology \(UKCEH\) · £49,999 · 12 August 2024 · awarded

### [Assessing the drivers of non-compliance within the fishing industry](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-92773c86-0919-436a-a4e8-26be73b016e8)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · ICF Consulting Services Limited · £93,678 · 3 November 2025 · awarded

### [Key evidence gaps on marine litter science required for UN Treaty Negot](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3e0133b4-a712-4e3c-8d99-4901acd0bc83)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · University of Plymouth · £114,999 · 23 October 2025 · awarded

### [Water Quality in the Lincolnshire Coast and Marine Priority Place](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0c33e958-1122-4ee4-b657-c8fe56660ce2)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd · £9,920 · 4 December 2024 · awarded

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