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DEFRA Agency Planning Dashboard - Early Market Engagement

Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Central government

In brief

Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 3 years with extensions, starting 3 November 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 38 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The Planning Dashboard is a core tool used by the Business Planning Team to coordinate and monitor operational and business delivery across the agency. It captures and manages plans, milestones, dependencies, updates, and reporting, providing assurance and visibility to senior stakeholders. It also supports dependency visualisation, cross-plan impact assessment, and multi‑year forecasting outputs. The team are looking to explore options for modernising/ replacing the legacy dashboard, which currently operates on an MS Access and macro‑enabled Excel solution. The purpose of this early market engagement is to engage with the market to understand available solutions (including Software As A Service type products) and gather feedback on how supplier offerings could meet our needs.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 040869-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 041623-2026

About the buyer

Department of Environment, Food and Rural AffairsLast 12 months

Procurements

176

Awards

130

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

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From notice 040869-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 5 May 2026, last updated 6 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.