Software package and information systems

Tender description

CAP Reform refers to the new EU Common Agricultural Policy regulations for paying schemes running from 2015-2019. As part of the CAP implementation there is a requirement to develop a new central Integrated Administration Control System (IACS) with enhanced, interactive geo-spatial capability, including an updated Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS), which must include GIS capability supporting a map-enabled customer interface. European Regulations require the Agriculture, Food and Rural Communities Directorate (AFRC) within Scottish Government to uniquely identify, map and evaluate the area of every land parcel in Scotland claimed under the various EC grant-aid schemes covered by the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS). Subsidy claims cannot be paid to Rural Businesses until they have been successfully verified against the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS), which is a fundamental part of the Integrated Administration and Control system (IACS) and part of the technical implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy stipulated since the early 1990s. The primary objective of the LPIS procurement is to replace the existing Business as Usual (BAU) technology and to deliver a new LPIS that supports CAP compliance and the Futures Programme strategic objectives and vision. An accurate and functioning LPIS is critical to the payments and compliance processes. As such, a successful delivery of a fully functioning and compliant LPIS is a pre-requisite and key enabler for the successful delivery of CAP reform.