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title: "Geospatial analytics and remote monitoring platform"
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buyer: "RURAL PAYMENTS AGENCY (RPA)"
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# Geospatial analytics and remote monitoring platform

Buyer: RURAL PAYMENTS AGENCY (RPA)  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-629feec7-7cf6-4a58-a9a3-8260ab784329

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## Summary

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has issued an early engagement notice for an upcoming procurement of a geospatial analytics and remote monitoring platform. This procurement falls under the IT services category, specifically consulting, software development, Internet, and support, along with geographic information systems and data management services. The RPA, an executive agency sponsored by Defra, is planning this procurement to enhance its compliance monitoring processes for the Farming and Countryside Programme schemes. Interested parties are invited to participate in the procurement planning stage by reviewing the prospectus and responding to the market engagement questionnaire by 28th June 2024. The engagement phase aims to gather input before the formal tendering process begins.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in geospatial analytics, remote monitoring, IT consultancy, and software development, particularly those that can offer innovative solutions to streamline monitoring processes and reduce administrative burdens. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to engage, as the contract is suitable for SMEs. Companies that can provide advanced technological solutions to improve risk assurance and efficiency in rural land management will find this tender particularly beneficial. The project offers the potential to contribute to a major government initiative, with an expansive reach, including delivery addresses in the UK, British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Europe, and the Rest of the World.

## Notice

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency sponsored by Defra. As the only accredited paying agency in England, the RPA makes payments to farmers, traders and land owners. The RPA also make payments on behalf of Natural England, and manages over 40 schemes to help ensure England has a healthy rural economy and strong rural communities. Satellite data is business critical for RPA to provide risk assurance in the delivery of the Farming and Countryside Programme (FCP) schemes which use the RPA's Rural Land Register (RLR). The current compliance monitoring processes for FCP schemes are manual, resource-intensive, inefficient and have high fraud and error rates. They rely on field visits, paperwork, and subjective assessments, leading to delayed evaluations, increased administrative burdens, and only capture a small percentage of the entire population. To overcome these challenges, RPA requires an advanced technological solution capable of streamlining national monitoring processes. The purpose of this notice is for the RPA to make known its intention of a planned procurement and to commence the market engagement process (in advance of commencing any formal procurement process) for a geospatial analytics and remote monitoring platform. Prospective tenderers are requested to read the prospectus on this Contracts Finder microsite and to complete a response to the market engagement questionnaire in Annex 1 of the prospectus by Friday 28th June 2024 10:00.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4a3bfe86-c34c-42ad-873f-3b6fd2ac6439 |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Dec 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 28 Jun 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | RURAL PAYMENTS AGENCY (RPA) |
| Locality | READING |
| Post town | Reading |
| Postcode | RG1 1AF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ16 Berkshire West |
| Local authority | Reading |
| Electoral ward | Abbey |
| Westminster constituency | Reading Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 38221000 - Geographic information systems (GIS or equivalent)
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72322000 - Data management services

## Release History

- 16 Dec 2024 at 16:48 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4a3bfe86-c34c-42ad-873f-3b6fd2ac6439
- 7 Jun 2024 at 11:56 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb511b03-3dd5-4543-b8d2-6d97738ab9f1
- 7 Jun 2024 at 09:28 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/438824b3-7209-4f5d-b5c0-3ad58c93325c

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4a3bfe86-c34c-42ad-873f-3b6fd2ac6439
  16th December 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb511b03-3dd5-4543-b8d2-6d97738ab9f1
  7th June 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/438824b3-7209-4f5d-b5c0-3ad58c93325c
  7th June 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ad0e97a5-33b6-4161-b3f6-7ecd332ca277
  Geospatial analytics and remote monitoring platform prospectus
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a7134f44-56d0-4a05-ac13-180a3b6b66da
  Geospatial analytics and remote monitoring platform prospectus
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d63e9928-4a72-483d-9097-f184fba82f9a
  Annex 1 market engagement questionnaire
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8ca042ea-dde4-463b-b7ea-520bb6675de0
  Geospatial analytics and remote monitoring platform prospectus
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7a98fbc3-8351-49db-8f62-a6f71c4c3584
  Annex 1 market engagement questionnaire
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0d977f2e-1314-4c26-bf8a-1ece1f2131e2
  RPA GAS Joint Schedule 1 - Definitions (draft)
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/24524be5-3987-400e-806e-7d2214747659
  RPA GAS Joint Schedule 1b - Project Specific Definitions (draft)
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/98795151-aa0a-4ce2-9a89-c6c2a820993b
  RPA GAS Invitation to Tender (ITT) Part Two - Response Instructions and Assessment Methodology (draft)
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c77fcdd7-0cfb-4058-ac17-ff3877cbda30
  RPA GAS Order Schedule 20 - Specification (draft)

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