# Defra Digital Data Set Licence Agreement - BGS

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
- Contract winner: [The British Geological Survey](/contract-winners/british-geological-survey/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £109,000
- Tender value: £109,000
- Award date: 1 April 2021
- Published: 29 December 2021
- Contract start: 1 April 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d5a63e4d-a6fa-450b-8d67-95b5a9a0adcc-497261
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-819a22fe-3f33-4ef2-bd7d-df7a6b190272

## Description

By way of a Letter of Agreement \(LoA\), the Environment Agency \(EA\) currently holds a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable agreement with Defra, which enables them to be able to use \(by way of a licence agreement\) the British Geological Survey \(BGS\) datasets \(digital data\)\. This includes \(but is not limited to\) data such as:- - DigMap-GB 50 onshore geology map data at 1:50 000 scale for Great Britain - Dig Map-GB 250 onshore geology map data at 1:250 000 scale for Great Britain - DigSBS-250 offshore seabed sediment data at 1:250 000 scale \(full database\) - Active Mines and Quarries \(full dataset\)\. GBASE surface & dub-surface soil data for England - DiGROCK-250 offshore bedrock data at 1:250 000 seal for England 224\.715sqkm area - Superficial Thickness at 1:50 000 scale for England & Wales 155\.000sqkm area The EA use these datasets for internal use in connection with / fulfilment of their standard operational activities\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d5a63e4d-a6fa-450b-8d67-95b5a9a0adcc-497261)