Notice Information
Notice Title
FCP: Rural Payments Service Continuity Project
Notice Description
Defra is responsible for responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. For further information please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs<br/><br/>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. We pay out over PS2 billion each year to support a thriving farming and food sector, supporting agricultural and rural communities to create a better place to live. The Rural Payments service (RPS) is Defra's online registration system for farmers, animal keepers and rural traders and businesses.<br/><br/>At its core is the payments policy and rules engine application ABACO Agri (previously known as SITI Agri). This has been developed over a number of years and delivers > 80% of the large, complex, reoccurring land-based grants/schemes offered by Defra such as Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS), Combined Offer (CO), Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) among others for more than 90,000 farmers.<br/><br/>As part of Defra's digital strategy this application will be replaced with a new solution/service as part of the Farming Countryside Programme (FCP) that is also delivering major policy changes over the next few years.<br/><br/>To provide sufficient time to implement, transition and migrate to a new solution/service, the Authority requires a contract for the support, maintenance and development of schemes/grants on Defra's existing deployment of ABACO Agri for up to 3 years.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Defra is responsible for responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. For further information please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. We pay out over PS2 billion each year to support a thriving farming and food sector, supporting agricultural and rural communities to create a better place to live. The Rural Payments service (RPS) is Defra's online registration system for farmers, animal keepers and rural traders and businesses.
At its core is the payments policy and rules engine application ABACO Agri (previously known as SITI Agri). This has been developed over a number of years and delivers > 80% of the large, complex, reoccurring land-based grants/schemes offered by Defra such as Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS), Combined Offer (CO), Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) among others for more than 90,000 farmers.
As part of Defra's digital strategy this application will be replaced with a new solution/service as part of the Farming Countryside Programme (FCP) that is also delivering major policy changes over the next few years.
To provide sufficient time to implement, transition and migrate to a new solution/service, the Authority requires a contract for the support, maintenance and development of schemes/grants on Defra's existing deployment of ABACO Agri for up to 3 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-048671
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009603-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £27,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £27,000,000 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Aug 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Oct 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Feb 2025 - 31 Jan 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
- Additional Buyers
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL)
- Contact Name
- Navid Ghamsari
- Contact Email
- navid.ghamsari@defra.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 4DF
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-h6vhtk-048671-2025-03-17T11:25:32Z",
"date": "2025-03-17T11:25:32Z",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-048671",
"initiationType": "tender",
"tender": {
"id": "C27326",
"legalBasis": {
"id": "32014L0024",
"scheme": "CELEX"
},
"title": "FCP: Rural Payments Service Continuity Project",
"status": "complete",
"classification": {
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "72000000",
"description": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support"
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"description": "Defra is responsible for responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. For further information please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs<br/><br/>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. We pay out over PS2 billion each year to support a thriving farming and food sector, supporting agricultural and rural communities to create a better place to live. The Rural Payments service (RPS) is Defra's online registration system for farmers, animal keepers and rural traders and businesses.<br/><br/>At its core is the payments policy and rules engine application ABACO Agri (previously known as SITI Agri). This has been developed over a number of years and delivers > 80% of the large, complex, reoccurring land-based grants/schemes offered by Defra such as Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS), Combined Offer (CO), Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) among others for more than 90,000 farmers.<br/><br/>As part of Defra's digital strategy this application will be replaced with a new solution/service as part of the Farming Countryside Programme (FCP) that is also delivering major policy changes over the next few years.<br/><br/>To provide sufficient time to implement, transition and migrate to a new solution/service, the Authority requires a contract for the support, maintenance and development of schemes/grants on Defra's existing deployment of ABACO Agri for up to 3 years.",
"value": {
"amount": 27000000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"lots": [
{
"id": "1",
"description": "Defra is responsible for responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. For further information please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs<br/><br/>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. We pay out over PS2 billion each year to support a thriving farming and food sector, supporting agricultural and rural communities to create a better place to live. The Rural Payments service (RPS) is Defra's online registration system for farmers, animal keepers and rural traders and businesses.<br/><br/>At its core is the payments policy and rules engine application ABACO Agri (previously known as SITI Agri). This has been developed over a number of years and delivers > 80% of the large, complex, reoccurring land-based grants/schemes offered by Defra such as Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS), Combined Offer (CO), Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) among others for more than 90,000 farmers.<br/><br/>As part of Defra's digital strategy this application will be replaced with a new solution/service as part of the Farming Countryside Programme (FCP) that is also delivering major policy changes over the next few years.<br/><br/>To provide sufficient time to implement, transition and migrate to a new solution/service, the Authority requires a contract for the support, maintenance and development of schemes/grants on Defra's existing deployment of ABACO Agri for up to 3 years.",
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"name": "Technical",
"type": "quality",
"description": "60"
},
{
"name": "Sustainability",
"type": "quality",
"description": "10"
},
{
"name": "Commercial",
"type": "cost",
"description": "30"
}
]
},
"contractPeriod": {
"startDate": "2025-02-01T00:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2028-01-31T23:59:59Z"
},
"hasRenewal": false,
"submissionTerms": {
"variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
},
"hasOptions": false,
"status": "cancelled"
}
],
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UK"
},
{
"region": "UK"
}
],
"relatedLot": "1"
}
],
"submissionMethod": [
"electronicSubmission"
],
"submissionMethodDetails": "https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome",
"documents": [
{
"id": "economic",
"documentType": "economicSelectionCriteria"
},
{
"id": "technical",
"documentType": "technicalSelectionCriteria"
}
],
"procurementMethod": "open",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
"coveredBy": [
"GPA"
],
"tenderPeriod": {
"endDate": "2024-08-30T12:00:00+01:00"
},
"submissionTerms": {
"languages": [
"en"
],
"bidValidityPeriod": {
"durationInDays": 180
}
},
"awardPeriod": {
"startDate": "2024-07-31T16:00:00+01:00"
},
"bidOpening": {
"date": "2024-07-31T16:00:00+01:00"
},
"hasRecurrence": true
},
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-FTS-118855",
"name": "DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street",
"locality": "London",
"region": "UK",
"postalCode": "SW1P 4DF",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Navid Ghamsari",
"email": "navid.ghamsari@defra.gov.uk",
"url": "https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome"
},
"roles": [
"buyer",
"reviewBody",
"mediationBody"
],
"details": {
"url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs",
"buyerProfile": "https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome",
"classifications": [
{
"scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
"id": "MINISTRY",
"description": "Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions"
},
{
"scheme": "COFOG",
"id": "05",
"description": "Environmental protection"
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "GB-FTS-139505",
"name": "DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street",
"locality": "London",
"region": "UK",
"postalCode": "SW1P 4DF",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Navid Ghamsari",
"email": "navid.ghamsari@defra.gov.uk"
},
"roles": [
"buyer",
"reviewBody"
],
"details": {
"url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs",
"buyerProfile": "https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome",
"classifications": [
{
"scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
"id": "MINISTRY",
"description": "Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions"
},
{
"scheme": "COFOG",
"id": "05",
"description": "Environmental protection"
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "GB-FTS-140826",
"name": "ABACO(UK) LIMITED",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "ABACO(UK) LIMITED",
"id": "14444842"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "5th Floor, Aldermary House 10-15 Queen Street, C/O Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati Ltd, London",
"locality": "London",
"region": "UK",
"postalCode": "EC4N 1TX",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"contactPoint": {
"telephone": "+44 7757038203",
"email": "procurement@abacogroupuk.com"
},
"roles": [
"supplier"
],
"details": {
"url": "http://www.abacogroupuk.com",
"scale": "large"
}
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-FTS-139505",
"name": "DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS"
},
"language": "en",
"awards": [
{
"id": "009603-2025-1",
"relatedLots": [
"1"
],
"status": "active",
"suppliers": [
{
"id": "GB-FTS-140826",
"name": "ABACO(UK) LIMITED"
}
]
}
],
"contracts": [
{
"id": "009603-2025-1",
"awardID": "009603-2025-1",
"status": "active",
"value": {
"amount": 27000000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"dateSigned": "2024-10-31T00:00:00Z"
}
],
"bids": {
"statistics": [
{
"id": "2",
"measure": "bids",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 1
}
]
}
}