Open Access LandIS Portal
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
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- 90714100 Environmental information systems
- 72267100 Maintenance of information technology software
What happened
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) awarded this contract to Cranfield University worth £14,184,518 on 29 Sept 2025. The contract runs until 31 Mar 2030.
Description
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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