# Alternative business models - wetter farming and land management on an

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Harper Adams University](/suppliers/harper-adams-university/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £70,000
- Tender value: £70,000
- Award date: 28 October 2025
- Published: 12 November 2025
- Contract start: 29 October 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 58432ccd-a655-4af8-83e1-434297930d24-871788
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-044ee904-7464-410b-8f08-741a7f222cdc

## Description

The principal aim of this project is to provide a number of farm-by-farm \(or land holdings\) economic assessments of how land management that favours the restoration of lowland raised bogs and functionally linked land \(likely involving a period of ecohydrological restoration\), could be undertaken in an economically viable way, using any available means of funding and income generation\. Contract awarded by Defra\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/58432ccd-a655-4af8-83e1-434297930d24-871788)