# Open Access LandIS Portal

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs \(Defra\).

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs \(Defra\)](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-and-rural-affairs-defra/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Cranfield University](/suppliers/cranfield-university/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £14,184,518
- Tender value: £14,184,518
- Award date: 29 September 2025
- Published: 17 October 2025
- Contract start: 30 September 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2030
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5508fe8c-f890-457b-b6cc-4c832b7648a2-868605
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4ffcf926-513b-454e-b0c0-d2e94fc1415f

## Description

The existing LandIS agreement between Cranfield University \(CU\) and Defra sets out the conditions under which Defra can access: • The platform which is owned and hosted by Cranfield for the provision of National Soil Map \(NATMAP\) • National Soil Inventory \(NSI\) and soil attribute data \(SOILSERIES & HORIZON\), and its supplementary data bases \(broadly: the LandIS platform data\)\. All Crown bodies currently enjoy full royalty-free access to LandIS, and this available to charities and research institutions\. Non-crown bodies such as the Environment Agency or Natural England, and other public sector bodies, private individuals, consultants, and businesses do not have royalty-free access to this data\. Defra and Cranfield University are working towards reducing or removing some of the licencing restrictions pertaining to the afore mentioned datasets\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5508fe8c-f890-457b-b6cc-4c832b7648a2-868605)