--- title: "DEFRA Agency Planning Dashboard - Early Market Engagement" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0690fb" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0690fb" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0690fb.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0690fb.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS" published: "2026-05-06" --- # DEFRA Agency Planning Dashboard - Early Market Engagement Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0690fb [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0690fb) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0690fb.json) ## Summary The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), located in London, with its offices at Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, is currently in the planning stage of procuring services for their “DEFRA Agency Planning Dashboard - Early Market Engagement” project. This initiative falls under the industry category of information technology services, with a focus on modernising the business planning dashboard to improve operational efficiency and reporting. The procurement process is aimed at understanding potential solutions for replacing the current legacy system, with a preliminary market engagement notice officially published on 6th May 2026. The critical deadline for interested parties to respond with engagement inputs is 22nd May 2026, while any clarification questions must be submitted by 15th May 2026. This procurement process presents significant growth opportunities specifically for businesses specialising in information technology and software services, particularly those offering modern Software as a Service (SaaS) products. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that can deliver innovative solutions to enhance dependency visualisation, cross-plan impact assessment, and forecasting capabilities within a business dashboard will find this tender particularly beneficial. Engaging in this market exploration could not only provide valuable exposure to DEFRA’s high-level stakeholders but also pave the way for long-term engagements and further public sector contracts. ## Notice The Planning Dashboard is a core tool used by the Business Planning Team to coordinate and monitor operational and business delivery across the agency. It captures and manages plans, milestones, dependencies, updates, and reporting, providing assurance and visibility to senior stakeholders. It also supports dependency visualisation, cross-plan impact assessment, and multi-year forecasting outputs. The team are looking to explore options for modernising/ replacing the legacy dashboard, which currently operates on an MS Access and macro-enabled Excel solution. The purpose of this early market engagement is to engage with the market to understand available solutions (including Software As A Service type products) and gather feedback on how supplier offerings could meet our needs. ### Planning Information Please find the questions for this early market engagement on this Microsoft form here - https://forms.office.com/e/bs8cAJ1xfu The deadline to respond to this early market engagement is the 22nd May at 5pm. The deadline to submit clarification questions is Friday 15th May. Please submit all clarification questions to izabella.roberts@defra.gov.uk. If you would like to receive the list of clarification questions and their responses, please email izabella.roberts@defra.com to be added to the mailing list. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041623-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 May 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 22 May 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 3 Nov 2026 - 2 Nov 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 4DF | | 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 | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72222300 - Information technology services ## Release History - 6 May 2026 at 16:05 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041623-2026 - 5 May 2026 at 09:22 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040869-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041623-2026 6th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040869-2026 5th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://forms.office.com/e/bs8cAJ1xfu - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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