# RDE884 - Innovation in Soil Mapping & Classification Project - ALC data capture

> 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: [Ricardo-AEA Ltd](/contract-winners/ricardo-aea/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £73,746
- Tender value: £73,746
- Award date: 20 August 2025
- Published: 28 August 2025
- Contract start: 25 August 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ff1eaa44-ad6e-43c2-b3af-19ddf8638689-861151
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f701c222-237d-4687-9b36-715c495c1e6f

## Description

It is our aim to collate, georeferenced and provide this data for free public use under a gov\.uk data sharing licence in a geo-referenced form so that all the soils information from a single boring or soil pit are associated with a single line of data, which can then be associated with a georeferenced sampling point\. Contract awarded by Defra\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ff1eaa44-ad6e-43c2-b3af-19ddf8638689-861151)