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title: "DEFRA Digital Consultation System"
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buyer: "Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs"
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# DEFRA Digital Consultation System

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2157e3a8-70e7-4cfb-8db7-784db9e68dd4

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## Summary

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) procured a digital consultation system: an IT software package and associated services for running consultations. The requirement is categorised as services and is associated with delivery in London, the United Kingdom and international locations, including Europe, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, British Overseas Territories and the rest of the world. The system is intended for Defra’s consultation activity, so relevant suppliers are those providing online consultation, survey, stakeholder engagement or related digital platforms and services. The buyer is Defra, based at 2 Marsham Street, London. The stated requirement is a single digital consultation system rather than a set of separately described goods or works.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. Defra used a selective procedure as a call-off from a framework agreement. The tender deadline was 26 July 2026 at 12:00. SmartSurvey was awarded the contract on 3 August 2026 for £80,000. The awarded contract runs from 27 July 2026 to 29 July 2029. The tender’s estimated value was also £80,000. The opportunity was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The published outcome records SmartSurvey as the active supplier. This was a framework call-off rather than a standalone open tender, so participation depended on access to the relevant framework and its call-off arrangements.

For suppliers that did not win, this award demonstrates Defra’s demand for a digital consultation platform capable of supporting public-sector consultation activity across the UK and international locations. A credible future competitor would need a proven online system for creating, managing and reporting on consultations, with the operational capacity to support a government department and users in multiple territories. Experience with survey, stakeholder engagement or public consultation technology would be directly relevant. Suppliers should also be able to operate through the appropriate framework route, since this requirement was bought as a framework call-off. The buyer expressly considered SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises suitable, indicating that smaller specialist providers can be relevant where they can demonstrate the required platform capability, service reliability and delivery capacity.

## Notice

DEFRA Digital Consultation System

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/23a8afaa-fa9e-4371-b6e7-b85aaee9a908 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Jul 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 27 Jul 2026 - 29 Jul 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £80,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £80,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3JR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SmartSurvey |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48517000 - IT software package

## Release History

- 26 Aug 2026 at 13:52 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/23a8afaa-fa9e-4371-b6e7-b85aaee9a908

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/23a8afaa-fa9e-4371-b6e7-b85aaee9a908
  26th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/eee6ad24-4740-47c5-8209-74cd1e7d3383
  P-38636 Call-Off Contract Digital Consultation_V4.0 Final_Redacted

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