# Noise Modelling System

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Noise Consultants Limited](/contract-winners/noise-consultants/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,893,475
- Tender value: £1,893,475
- Award date: 13 March 2025
- Published: 24 March 2025
- Contract start: 17 March 2025
- Contract end: 6 April 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 01514578-9174-4f2d-b917-11c71cb47c8e-835769
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c3b911c1-4a03-4006-87b8-8c572bce3c82

## Description

The Defra Noise Modelling System \(NMS\) has been designed, built, hosted and managed under a single-supplier framework\. This contract overs five main areas: 1\. Hosting, supporting and managing the NMS, including data and software licensing, cloud services, backups, security patching, etc\. 2\. Handover provision, to ensure a seamless continuous provision of service with a new provider\. 3\. Pilot - the NMS is to be piloted with a number of users before the full launch that has been agreed by Ministers 4\. Provision of datasets \(accompanied by appropriate documentation and coding\) to allow Defra to carry out R&D activities 5\. Preparation for Round 5 mapping - Defra has a legal requirement to deliver noise maps across the country in 5 yearly intervals, known as rounds\. Preparation for Round 5 must commence in 2025 to have any chance of meeting the legal deadline for delivering these maps\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/01514578-9174-4f2d-b917-11c71cb47c8e-835769)