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    ContractsAssessing Conventional Crop Tolerance to Elevated Water Table Levels
    Awarded contract

    Assessing Conventional Crop Tolerance to Elevated Water Table Levels

    Awarded
    £114.9k
    Published 4 Jun 2026

    Defra-funded research to identify horticultural crops and cultivars that can tolerate higher water tables and generate data for crop modelling and field trials.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· EnglandPublished 4 Jun 2026· 2 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £114.9k
    Published 4 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £114,863
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Agriculture & Food
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      England

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • RA
      RSK ADAS LIMITED
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 2 months ago.

    4 June 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    This Defra-funded research opportunity aims to identify which conventional horticultural crops and cultivars can effectively tolerate higher water table conditions. The work will generate critical physiological, morphological, and yield-related data to support future crop modelling studies and inform field-scale trial designs. This is a self-service direct award opportunity suitable for research organizations, agricultural institutions, and crop science specialists with expertise in horticulture and soil-water plant interactions. The successful recipient will conduct controlled assessments to determine crop performance under elevated water table scenarios, providing evidence-based insights to help farmers adapt to changing water management conditions and soil moisture regimes.

    Track record

    8 awards · 6 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS has awarded 8 contracts to 6 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. WSP UK LIMITED3× · 38%
    2. NIAB1× · 13%
    3. RSK ADAS LIMITED1× · 13%
    4. Ricardo-AEA Limited1× · 13%
    5. FERA SCIENCE LIMITED1× · 13%
    6. APEM Limited1× · 13%

    Across research innovation, the most active winners are IPSOS MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED, WSP UK LIMITED, TUV SUD LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06ad9f
    DF
    Buyer
    DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
    Sector
    Agriculture & Food