Buyer profile · Central government
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
- Tenders published
- 13
- About one every 28 days
- Contracts awarded
- 137
- To 110 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £50.2m
- 131 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £78k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 16 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £2mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £18mestimated
- £1.7mestimated
- £4mestimated
- £360kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £300kframework ceiling
- £3.73mestimated
- £45mestimated
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.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)13%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)29%
- Direct award (no competition)57%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 68% of central government buyers
- Based on 11 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 13%
- Lower than 73% of central government buyers
- Based on 127 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 33%
- Lower than 80% of central government buyers
- Based on 150 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 62% of central government buyers
- Based on 37 awards
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 66% of central government buyers
- Based on 13 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 57%
- Higher than 67% of central government buyers
- Based on 127 procurements
- Cancelled
- 8%
- Higher than 81% of central government buyers
- Based on 13 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
This buyer: 28 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 3
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
This buyer: 13%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 |
This buyer: 33%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.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.