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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· 5 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £114.9k
    Published 4 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £114,863
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Not published
      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 5 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

    26 awards · 16 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS has awarded 26 contracts to 16 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. WSP UK LIMITED5× · 19%
    2. NIAB3× · 12%
    3. RSK ADAS LIMITED2× · 8%
    4. PML APPLICATIONS LTD2× · 8%
    5. FERA SCIENCE LIMITED2× · 8%
    6. APEM Limited2× · 8%

    +10 more suppliers

    Across research innovation, the most active winners are IPSOS MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED, WSP UK LIMITED, IFF RESEARCH 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

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