ID 4665405 - DAERA - LPIS QAE - Software for completion of Executable Test Suite of LPIS Quality Assessment Exercise

Tender description

DAERA requires a Contractor to deliver a cost-effective Executable Test Suite (ETS) software solution for the LPIS QAE. The software solution will enable DAERA to comply with Article 6 of R640/2014 of EU law, which has been directly transposed into The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020. The LPIS is a map-based computerised Geographic Information System (GIS) that uniquely identifies and measures the extent of individual land parcels (i.e. fields) of agricultural land that farm businesses have registered with DAERA. The current LPIS was introduced in 2005 in line with amendment 1593/2000 of EEC Regulation 3508/1992. It holds the details of in excess of 740,000 fields (equating to 1.05 million hectares) approximately 640,000 are declared by circa 24,000 businesses every year. This information is used to validate statements of eligible area when farmers submit claims for area-based schemes such as Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). Please see document entitled “ID 4665405 – Specification Schedule” for full details of the requirement.