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Defra Special Project - Stakeholder Engagement

Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Central government

In brief

Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was looking for suppliers for legal and consultancy work. Bidding has closed and no award has been published yet.

The estimated value is £170,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 8 months, starting 16 July 2026.

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

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What the notice says

Defra is responsible for managing a confidential and sensitive project that is exploring options to deliver organisational change to support a long-term strategic objective. The project is complex, multi-year, and involves stakeholders who are accustomed to current arrangements and may be resistant even to the discussion of change. We require an experienced Stakeholder Engagement Adviser to provide strategic advice and support in shaping and delivering an engagement approach that helps to build trust, address concerns, and guide stakeholders through a common-sense discussion of the options and their benefits/disbenefits, and potentially also a sensitive transition process. Defra has already completed stakeholder mapping but requires support in engagement planning, advisory services, and risk management.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 074424-2025
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 074543-2025
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 074653-2025
  4. Tender notice · UK4, notice 006768-2026
  5. Tender notice · UK4, notice 007264-2026

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From notice 074424-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 17 November 2025, last updated 27 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.