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title: "ES RDE 147 - Updating the FARM SCale Optimisation of Pollutant Emission Reducti"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078dfc"
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# ES RDE 147 - Updating the FARM SCale Optimisation of Pollutant Emission Reducti

Buyer: Environment Agency  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078dfc

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100016-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 14 Oct 2026 - 14 Dec 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £97,920 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Environment Agency |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | RSK ADAS Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 22 Oct 2026 at 14:13 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100016-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100016-2026
  22nd October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-04ef64
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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