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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) · awarded 29 September 2025

Who

Buyer	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) London
Supplier	Cranfield University
Category	services
Classification	Environmental information systems CPV 90714100
Notice published	17 October 2025

What it is for

The existing LandIS agreement between Cranfield University (CU) and Defra sets out the conditions under which Defra can access: • The platform which is owned and hosted by Cranfield for the provision of National Soil Map (NATMAP) • National Soil Inventory (NSI) and soil attribute data (SOILSERIES & HORIZON), and its supplementary data bases (broadly: the LandIS platform data). All Crown bodies currently enjoy full royalty-free access to LandIS, and this available to charities and research institutions. Non-crown bodies such as the Environment Agency or Natural England, and other public sector bodies, private individuals, consultants, and businesses do not have royalty-free access to this data. Defra and Cranfield University are working towards reducing or removing some of the licencing restrictions pertaining to the afore mentioned datasets.

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