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Published 15 Aug 2025, 12:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Neurodiversity in the farming community - Farmers Weekly's

Official notice

Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)

Below threshold - without competitionLight touch regime
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£15,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 8 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to MA Agriculture Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Defra is seeking access to a high-quality survey on neurodiversity in the farming sector. A comms partnership with the most widely read weekly Farming Magazine (the Farmers Weekly) would give Defra the opportunity to set out how Defra is working to improve the accessibility of its service to farmers. Data and information collected would also give Defra future insight and enable better future direction planning.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Aug 2025, 12:15 BST
Last source update
7 Nov 2025, 11:24 GMT
Authority reference
C30477
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071947
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0588d5 Find a Tender

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Aug 2025
  1. Contract details notice published
    15 Aug 2025, 12:15 BST
    UK7
  2. Contract details notice published
    7 Nov 2025, 11:24 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £15,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 2latest 8 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MA Agriculture Limited£15,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
MA Agriculture LimitedVCSE£15,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Neurodiversity in the farming community - Farmers Weekly · MA Agriculture Limited

    Signed
    8 Apr 2025
    Value
    £15,000
    Period
    9 Apr 2025 – 30 Nov 2025
    Status
    active
  • Contract 2 · MA Agriculture LimitedVCSE

    Signed
    8 Apr 2025
    Value
    £15,000
    Period
    9 Apr 2025 – 30 Nov 2025
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • MA Agriculture LimitedAwarded supplier 1st Floor Chancery House, St Nicholas Way, London, SM1 1JBContact email
  • MA Agriculture LimitedAwarded supplier 1st Floor St Nicolas Way, Sutton, London, SM1 1JBContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure