Geospatial analytics and remote monitoring service (GAS)

Rural Payments Agency · awarded 26 September 2025

Who

Buyer	Rural Payments Agency Reading
Supplier	Compass Informatics
Category	services
Classification	IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support CPV 72000000
Notice published	16 October 2025

What it is for

The capabilities required for this contract are summarised below: (a) to implement a minimum viable product (MVP) within twelve months of the contract start date; (b) to provide the following core functionality for users: • to use imagery sources to identify farm habitats; • to monitor land use and cover changes with respect to farming activities; • to extract markers from imagery sources; • to ingest imagery sources and other data from other RPA and Defra Group systems; • to publish outputs to other RPA and Defra Group systems; • to monitor compliance with scheme agreements for a land parcel; and • for users to utilise the Supplier's solution in the field and add their own imagery sources and ground truth data for a land parcel. (c) to provide product delivery, user-centred services, IT service management, and hosting; (d) to provide the capability to introduce future services, such as integrating additional imagery sources, provisioning additional imagery sources, developing new data products derived from imagery sources, developing new markers, and integrating the Supplier's solution with other RPA and Defra Group systems; and (e) to provide the option for other Defra Group Bodies (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations#department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs) and other UK "Paying Agencies" to utilise the contract.

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