Environmental Land Management Payment Rate Development and Verification

Lot 1: Payment Rate Development - The Supplier shall provide technical support for the calculation of E.L.M payment rates, including:<br/>The production and updating of new building blocks that are needed for E.L.M actions, with clear sources of data and assumptions. Primarily this will be national averages, but some local/bespoke building blocks will be required; <br/>Generating assumptions, in collaboration with Defra Group specialists, needed for payment calculations on how an E.L.M action affects a particular farming system.<br/>Construction of payment calculations, using the above information, in the Defra payments calculator and ensuring the model can be scaled up in size for new payment calculations. <br/>Providing a clear audit trail from data and assumptions through to final payment rates. Additional information: One winner per Lot – Lot 1 and Lot 2 to be awarded to different suppliers. <br/>Breakdown of Estimated total value: <br/>Lot 1 up to an initial £400,000 over 2 years, with an additional 2 year extension option (subject to approval) + £400,000 = £800,000 total

Lot 2: Payment Rate Verification - The supplier will undertake a wide-ranging role in scrutinising and independently verifying payment rate calculations, including:<br/>Ensuring the data and evidence sources used in the creation of building blocks are robust and representative of the target farming or land system. <br/>Checking that the assumptions underpinning payment calculations are appropriate for the target farming system and that they are used correctly in the calculation. <br/>Providing an assessment, and constructive advice, on how E.L.M. payment rates sit against World Trade Organisation Green box requirements under the Agreement on Agriculture. Additional information: One winner per Lot – Lot 1 and Lot 2 to be awarded to different suppliers. <br/>Breakdown of Estimated total value: <br/>Lot 2 up to an initial £200,000 over 2 years, with an additional 2 year extension option (subject to approval) + £200,000 = £400,000 total