Guidance

Procurement team contact details

Updated 16 June 2020

Procurement expenditure categories at the Environment Agency. Names and contact details for the team member responsible for each procurement category.

The category manager:

  • tenders and manages national contracts
  • provides advice and guidance
  • develops standard specifications

This page is currently being reviewed, for all queries please contact procurement@defra.gov.uk

Category name Category description Procurement contact
Buildings - Office Commercial support for the works related to Buildings. Cheryl Tyler
Cheryl.Tyler@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: +442082257042
Mobile: +447500578827
Buildings - Interserve Commercial support for the Facilities Management provision (Interserve). Becca Simmins
becca.simmins@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442030252166
Mobile: +447876478434
Infrastructure (North West) Construction service providers, consultancy design and all supporting services to the capital programme and operational maintenance. Ian Lockhart
Ian.Lockhart@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +447585103097
Mobile:+442030251134
Infrastructure (North East) Construction service providers, consultancy design and all supporting services to the capital programme and operational maintenance. Louise Bates
Louise.Bates@environment-agency.gov.uk
Infrastructure (Midlands) Construction service providers, consultancy design and all supporting services to the capital programme and operational maintenance. Jon Mannering
Jon.Mannering@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442084745471
Mobile: +447795641941
Infrastructure (Anglia) Construction service providers, consultancy design and all supporting services to the capital programme and operational maintenance. Tracey Marsden
Tracey.Marsden@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442030256222
Mobile: +447833390887
Infrastructure (FCRM) Construction service providers, consultancy design and all supporting services to the capital programme and operational maintenance. Bernadette Weaver
Bernadette.Weaver@environment-agency.gov.uk
Infrastructure (Exeter) Construction service providers, consultancy design and all supporting services to the capital programme and operational maintenance. Neil Rowlands
neil.rowlands@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442030252392
Mobile: +447785527618
Infrastructure (South East) Construction service providers, consultancy design and all supporting services to the capital programme and operational maintenance. Derek Matthews
derek.matthews@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442030257065
Mobile: +447979703117
Corporate Services -Professional Services This category includes all financial, legal and business outsourcing requirements as well as consultancy. Steph Galliford
steph.galliford@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442030254752
Mobile: +447769878537
Corporate Services - Corporate Solutions This category includes all marketing, advertising, and communications, Fleet, travel and print requirements. Bryan Neary
Bryan.neary@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: +442087203501
Corporate Services - Workforce Recruitment (Temporary and Permanent), Learning & Development (Including Apprenticeships), Employee Services and Pensions. Erica Collins
erica.collins@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: +447799072168
Technology - Service Operations - Software & Service Desk Commercial lead for software, security and service desk. Amanda Allen
amanda.allen@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442030254053
Technology - Service Operations - Digital Workplace Provision and support of end user services, including; desktop, laptop, mobiles, and printers. Dave Hale
dave.hale@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone:+442030254190
Mobile: +447766076823
Technology - Service Infrastructure - Connectivity Connectivity - connecting devices to each other to transfer data back and forth. It often refers to network connections, which embraces bridges, routers, switches and gateways as well as backbone networks.
Network connectivity the extensive process of connecting various parts of a network to one another, for example, through the use of routers, switches and gateways, and how that process works.
Gemma Burke
Gemma.Burke@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442080261743
Mobile:+447552253060
Technology - Service Infrastructure - HAS Crown Hosting Commercial lead for hosting services and associated application support including Crown Hosting, Hosting and Application Support, CSC and associated contracts. Danielle Woodall
danielle.woodall@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: +447467336545
Technology – Business Apps - Food & Farming Responsible for commercial delivery relating to business applications supporting food and farming. Rachel Jennings
rachel.jennings@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: +442080261694
Mobile:+447810291465
Technology – Business Apps - AD&M Applications development and maintenance services via Capgemini and IBM. Keith Morgan
keith.morgan@rpa.gov.uk
Telephone: +442077642302
Technology – Business Apps - Flood & Water Applications Development for Flood Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO). Claire Mace
claire.mace@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442030254162
Mobile:+447810502468
Technology – Business Apps - Livestock Responsible for commercial delivery relating to business applications supporting Livestock. Martin Ryder
martin.ryder@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442030254524
Mobile:+447826890438
Technology – Business Apps - Environmental Quality & Corporate Services Applications development for environmental quality including climate change, regulation, water quality, water resources, fisheries, ecology, waste management, radioactive substances and industrial installations.

Applications development for Corporate Services – commercial delivery relating to corporate services business applications.
Alicia Simms
alicia.simms@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442030254048
Mobile:+447826890647
Environmental Goods and Services - Tech Services Land use and Biodiversity Technical Services – Including monitoring and advising on land use and biodiversity. Sara Bushnell
sara.bushnell@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +447810815451
Environmental Goods and Services - Grants Competed and direct award general grants. Sharon Denham
sharon.denham@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: +442082256757
Mobile: +447771838525
Environmental Goods and Services - Evidence Environmental surveying, reporting and research. Robin Browne
robin.browne@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: +442030252457
Environmental Goods and Services - Vets and Labs Laboratory Goods and Services Markets including:
Laboratory and Scientific equipment, Laboratory Equipment maintenance and Forensic and Laboratory Services.

Veterinary, Animal and Plant Related Goods and Services Markets including:
Disease Prevention and Control, Animal/Veterinary Related Research, Plant Health Research, Epidemiology Research Services (including Virology), Vaccines, Antigens and Toxoids, Animal Husbandry and Live Animals.
Simon Desborough
simon.desborough@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: +442080266480
Mobile: +447795014129