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title: "ecm_61928_Integrated_Geospatial_Services"
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# ecm_61928_Integrated_Geospatial_Services

Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4e45c60e-de61-418f-8eae-b56e3fbba59a

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), an executive agency under the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), for the contract titled "Integrated Geospatial Services". This contract, classified under the "Digital mapping services" industry category, is valued at £15,000,000 and is being procured through an open procedure. The tender period concluded on 24th May 2021, with the contract set to commence on 21st June 2021 and running until 20th June 2023. The activities to be performed include the provision of integrated geospatial digital mapping services, ensuring compliance and monitoring through advanced remote sensing techniques.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses engaged in geospatial and digital mapping services, particularly those able to harness remote sensing technology and data analytics. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in imagery product creation, ground truthing, and geospatial consultancy would be well-suited to compete. The ability to provide flexible workforce solutions and deliver high-quality geospatial data products will be advantageous in successfully securing this contract.

## Notice

Contract award notice for the provision of integrated geospatial digital mapping services and associated remote sensing techniques for: controls, compliance and monitoring; enforcing statutory environmental conditions and verifying subsidy scheme claims by remotely inspecting land through the use of computer aided photo interpretation (CAPI) and/ or machine learning techniques. Land registration and digitising entails the creation and maintenance of geospatial data products that are used as key controls or reference data against which subsidy scheme claims are cross-checked. Land registration service is administered by the RPA and the data is used extensively by DEFRA and outside the subsidy arena. The business activities can be associated with the contract services include but are not limited to: - Imagery product creation - including orthorectification and pre-processing - Ground truthing, collecting in situ data and rapid field visits - Crop and vegetation classification - Remote sensing inspection and controls - computer aided photo interpretation (CAPI) - Digitising - Rural land registration data maintenance (land parcel data layer, land cover data layer, hedge control data layer), - Quality Control - To provide quality trained resources that can be flexed up or down - Reporting of performance and quality using Management Information (MI) - Supplementary Business Analysis and IT support (Testing, Requirements input, Operational support, MI and performance monitoring) - Geospatial consultancy to deliver proof of concepts and pilot studies to exploit advancements in technology and evolve the operation The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) that is responsible for annual payments of over PS2 billion in direct aid and rural development to farmers, land managers and food producers in England.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2aff1a24-8a40-4b28-aaa2-1a4a16e1d7b6 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Aug 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Aug 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Jun 2021 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2021 - 31 Aug 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,701,669 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £3,701,669 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CYIENT EUROPE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71354100 - Digital mapping services

## Release History

- 12 Aug 2021 at 17:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2aff1a24-8a40-4b28-aaa2-1a4a16e1d7b6
- 22 Apr 2021 at 10:14 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cebdfde0-b0b0-4d2f-9bfc-41f1cefc5008

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2aff1a24-8a40-4b28-aaa2-1a4a16e1d7b6
  12th August 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cebdfde0-b0b0-4d2f-9bfc-41f1cefc5008
  22nd April 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=47737
  Bravo Opportunity Link

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