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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

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

Contact Name: Jemma Godleman

Contact Email: procurement@defra.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
14184518.0 GBP
Published
17 Oct 2025, 08:47
Deadline
01 Sep 2025, 11:00
Contract Start
29 Sep 2025, 23:00
Contract End
31 Mar 2030, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
90714100 - Environmental information systems
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Cranfield University
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

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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