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# Digitising and Remote Sensing Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digitising-and-remote-sensing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029ef7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Network eTendering Portal: "Digitising and Remote Sensing Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £15,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £15,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Aerial mapping services, Data services, Digital mapping services, Rural areas mapping services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029ef7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digitising-and-remote-sensing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029ef7#tl-md)

## Description
Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) that is responsible for annual payments of over £2 billion in direct aid and rural development to farmers, land managers and food producers in England. Primary business activities this contract will deliver are around the provision of a flexible workforce and use of remote sensing techniques for: Controls, compliance and monitoring – Enforcing statutory environmental conditions and verifying subsidy scheme claims by remotely inspecting land through the use of computer aided photo interpretation (CAPI) and/ or machine learning techniques. Land registration and digitising – Creation and maintenance of geospatial data products that are used as key controls or reference data against which subsidy scheme claims are cross-checked. Land registration service is administered by the RPA and the data is used extensively by DEFRA and outside the subsidy arena.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71222200, 71354200, 72300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Primary business activities this contract will deliver are around the provision of a flexible workforce and use of remote sensing techniques for: Controls, compliance and monitoring – Enforcing statutory environmental conditions and verifying subsidy...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006021-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-24T22:56:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T20:18:53.670Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029ef7