Buyer profile · Central government

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) tenders and contracts

Northern IrelandDownpatrickWebsite

Official name on notices: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Tenders published
13
About one every 28 days
Contracts awarded
18
To 17 different suppliers
Value awarded
£14.6m
18 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£524k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
2 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. £360kestimated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. £600kestimated
  2. Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. 1 contract
  2. Veterinary Resources (NI) LTDSME£2.13m
    1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. Mistev Export Health Certification LtdSME£2.03m
    1 contract
  5. 1 contract
  6. 2 contracts
  7. Fundacio Pau CostaSME£605k
    1 contract
  8. 1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)68%
  • Direct award (no competition)32%
Based on 19 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
30 days
Shorter than 52% of central government buyers
Based on 13 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
68%
Higher than 74% of central government buyers
Based on 19 procurements
Won by small firms
78%
Higher than 88% of central government buyers
Based on 18 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
4
About the same as most central government buyers
Based on 11 awards
Split into lots
15%
Higher than 68% of central government buyers
Based on 13 advertised tenders
Direct awards
32%
Lower than 57% of central government buyers
Based on 19 procurements
Cancelled
8%
Higher than 81% of central government buyers
Based on 13 tenders

Compared with other central government buyers

Time to bid, 82 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days0
20–25 days6
25–30 days31
30–35 days32
35–40 days8
40–45 days5
45–50 days0
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 79 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids3
2–4 bids29
4–6 bids27
6–8 bids6
8–10 bids6
10–12 bids3
12–14 bids1
14–16 bids1
16–18 bids3
18–20 bids0
20+ bids0
Advertised openly, 151 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%33
10–20%24
20–30%21
30–40%9
40–50%8
50–60%11
60–70%7
70–80%9
80–90%10
90–100%19
Won by small firms, 145 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%3
10–20%5
20–30%13
30–40%18
40–50%33
50–60%27
60–70%22
70–80%7
80–90%12
90–100%5

Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

No contracts we hold from Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) end in the next 90 days.

8 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards