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ES RDE 147 - Updating the FARM SCale Optimisation of Pollutant Emission Reducti

Environment Agency

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22 Oct 2026 at 14:13

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Environment Agency commissioned research and consultancy to update FARMSCOPER, a decision-support tool for assessing agricultural pollution and mitigation. Developed originally by RSK ADAS with funding from Defra and the Environment Agency, the tool compares the cost and effectiveness of farm mitigation methods across multiple pollutants. The work is to improve estimates of pollutant losses from farms and assess how effective policy interventions are. This is a specialist environmental research and development assignment, rather than a supply of farm equipment or general agricultural services. The buyer is the Environment Agency, and the procurement concerns the tool and its assessment of agricultural mitigation; no delivery location is identified in the procurement details.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. The Environment Agency selected RSK ADAS Limited for the single lot through a selective, non-competitive award under a framework. The award is recorded as active, but no separate award date or award value is published. The contract was signed on 13 October 2026 and runs from 14 October 2026 to 14 December 2027. Its value is £97,920 excluding VAT (£117,504 including VAT). The stated procurement purpose is updating FARMSCOPER to better estimate farm pollutant losses and assess the effectiveness of policy interventions. No evaluation criteria are recorded.

This award shows demand for specialist research and consultancy at the intersection of agricultural systems, pollution modelling and environmental policy. A credible competitor for a future requirement of this kind would need to demonstrate the ability to develop and update decision-support tools, estimate pollutant losses from farms, and assess the costs and effectiveness of agricultural mitigation methods across multiple pollutants. Experience evaluating policy interventions would also be relevant, as would the technical capacity to turn evidence into usable assessments for the Environment Agency. The selected supplier was RSK ADAS Limited, a large company, and the route was a framework award rather than an open competition. Suppliers should therefore consider whether they have relevant framework access as well as the specialist expertise to meet the buyer’s research need.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

ES RDE 147 - Updating the FARM SCale Optimisation of Pollutant Emission Reducti

Notice Description

Environment Agency Self - service Direct Award Farmscoper is a decision support tool, developed by consultants RSK ADAS (funded by Defra and the Environment Agency (EA)), that enables the assessment of the cost and effectiveness of agricultural mitigation methods against multiple pollutants.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078dfc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100016-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - award under framework
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£97,920 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
14 Oct 2026 - 14 Dec 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Environment Agency
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DF
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

RSK ADAS Limited

Further Information

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