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Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Central government

In brief

Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs awarded environmental and IT and software work to Cranfield University on 29 September 2025.

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What the notice says

The existing LandIS agreement between Cranfield University (CU) and Defra sets out the conditions under which Defra can access:<br/><br/>• The platform which is owned and hosted by Cranfield for the provision of National Soil Map (NATMAP)<br/>• National Soil Inventory (NSI) and soil attribute data (SOILSERIES & HORIZON), and its supplementary data bases (broadly: the LandIS platform data).<br/><br/>All Crown bodies currently enjoy full royalty-free access to LandIS, and this available to charities and research institutions. Non-crown bodies such as the Environment Agency or Natural England, and other public sector bodies, private individuals, consultants, and businesses do not have royalty-free access to this data.<br/>Defra and Cranfield University are working towards reducing or removing some of the licencing restrictions pertaining to the afore mentioned datasets.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Cranfield University (SME)
1 bid received
£14,184,518

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · notice 066137-2025

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From notice 066137-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 17 October 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.