# RDE948 - Investigating innovative ways to deliver Defra policy customer require

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Fera Science Ltd](/contract-winners/fera-science/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £81,077
- Tender value: £81,077
- Award date: 13 November 2025
- Published: 24 November 2025
- Contract start: 23 November 2025
- Contract end: 30 April 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 037f4ff9-44dd-4fd4-ad75-da9dbbacea82-873384
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8e3a9127-084e-4015-9467-8f9499d11e78

## Description

This research project will explore how Defra policy customers' requirements for information on how the environment is changing in response to policy interventions from the baseline gathered by the NCEA programme between 2023-2028 might be delivered innovatively, and cost effectively post 2028\. Contract awarded by Defra\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/037f4ff9-44dd-4fd4-ad75-da9dbbacea82-873384)