Published date: 17 October 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 September 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Maintenance of information technology software - 72267100

  • Environmental information systems - 90714100

Location of contract

SW1P 4DF

Value of contract

£6,184,518 to £14,184,518

Procurement reference

CF-0547400D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

17 October 2025

Closing date

1 September 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

30 September 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The existing LandIS agreement between Cranfield University (CU) and Defra sets out the conditions under which Defra can access:

• The platform which is owned and hosted by Cranfield for the provision of National Soil Map (NATMAP)
• National Soil Inventory (NSI) and soil attribute data (SOILSERIES & HORIZON), and its supplementary data bases (broadly: the LandIS platform data).

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.
Defra and Cranfield University are working towards reducing or removing some of the licencing restrictions pertaining to the afore mentioned datasets.

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Award information

Awarded date

29 September 2025

Contract start date

30 September 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2030

Total value of contract

£14,184,518

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cranfield University

Address

Cranfield, Bedfordshire,
MK43 0AL MK43 0AL

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Jemma Godleman

Address

Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Email

procurement@defra.gov.uk