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Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
Environmental Science Research, Development and Evidence (ES RDE) Framework
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £192,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 9 Dec 2025
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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An open framework for Scientific Research and Development (R&D) and monitoring. It will cover the following thematic areas: Food Science, Farming, Air Quality and Sound, Vegetation and Soil, Flood and Water, Marine and Fisheries, Resource and Waste, Animal Welfare and Plant Health, Biodiversity and Chemicals. Contracts under the Environmental Science Research, Development and Evidence Framework (ES RDE) will comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications. Basic research, applied research and experimental development research will all be in scope. Evidence covers a range of sciences including economics, social research, operational research, statistics, natural science, evaluation, engineering and geography.
This notice informs the market of the award of suppliers who have been awarded a place on a framework only. There are no guarantees of work or contract value made as a result. All 'contract' values refer to total 8-year lot values.
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03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 73300000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 9 Dec 2025Notice
Notice published 9 December 2025.
Release 081210-2025
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Notice published 19 December 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 085019-2025
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05/ Limits
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- The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
06/ Questions
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ef64
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Fri 3 Apr 2026, 21:28 BST
- Read at
- Wed 28 Oct 2026, 18:19 GMT
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