Rural Payments IT Support & Maintenance - Lot 1A Rural Payments Applications

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This contract was competed under the framework agreement procured by Crown Commercial Service titled Technology Services – Lot 5 Infrastructure and Platform, Maintenance and Support with reference number RM1058 and dated 27th May 2015. The service shall commence from 01 October 2016 and will continue for a period of 2 years duration with the possibility of an extension for a further two (2) years (2+1+1). Rural Payments Applications (Lot 1A) - This lot will provide Tier 2 and 3 support for the predominantly java based applications and services and enhancement capability. The key Applications and services within the lot are: • The Land Management Service (LMS) application is built using 1Spatial, Geoserver, Mastermap and Oracle. LMS is a fundamental component of BPS processing with the service covering Incident diagnosis and resolution for Tier 2 and Tier 3 support. • Rural Payments and RPA identity check are two applications which provide our end Customer access to the Policy Engine (Siti Agri/Farmer). This portal validates and confirms the Customer’s access and is used to record Customer details. The Application is largely bespoke using Java and linked to an Oracle back end. • Land Viewer is an application that gives Customers access to their land data that can be viewed on screen. Development currently underway will give the Customer the ability to change and or amend parcels. • The remaining requirements in this lot are functions the suppliers will be asked to carry out including but not limited to: Release management, Change Only Updates (Mastermap COU), enhancement capability.