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ClosedStage · preprocurement

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

2nd Generation Support & Maintenance - Market Sounding

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
ValueValue not published
Deadline23 Feb 2018
Published14 Mar 2016
RegionSouth East
Timeline
Published 14 Mar 2016ClosedCloses 23 Feb 2018
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The brief

Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

It is the single paying agency responsible for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) schemes in England and certain other schemes throughout the UK.

Managing change is at the heart of successful policy delivery.

It requires the implementation of ever evolving policies through services that must achieve economic, environmental and social outcomes while being efficient and cost effective.

These challenges must be overcome with the minimum disruption to customers and service standards.

The CAP is a framework of agricultural policies that are agreed by the European Union (EU) every seven years.

The implementation of these schemes and programmes falls to each administration within the UK.

The UK Government (as with all Member States and Devolved Regions) is subject to substantial disallowance penalties if the EU Commission auditors consider that key and ancillary controls are not in place or if they disagree with the local interpretation of the rules.

The CAP Delivery Programme was set up in 2012 by Defra to design and implement the service that will enable Defra to deliver CAP.

The overall CAP solution consists of a technical solution, a set of supporting services including Service Management and infrastructure.

The 1st generation contracts for the design and implementation of IT systems that support the development CAP schemes are due to expire at the end of September 2016.

Replacements will be required to ensure continuity of services.

The 2nd Generation Procurement (2GP) project has been initiated to define scope and procure new contracts which will be predominantly for the support, maintenance and hosting of applications with limited development capability going forward.

Suppliers should read the attached document carefully to gain a thorough understanding of our CAP Systems support requirement.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

It is the single paying agency responsible

It is the single paying agency responsible for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) schemes in England and certain other schemes throughout the UK.

02

It requires the implementation of ever evolving

It requires the implementation of ever evolving policies through services that must achieve economic, environmental and social outcomes while being efficient and cost effective.

03

These challenges must be overcome with

These challenges must be overcome with the minimum disruption to customers and service standards.

04

The CAP Delivery Programme was set up

The CAP Delivery Programme was set up in 2012 by Defra to design and implement the service that will enable Defra to deliver CAP.

05

The 1st generation contracts for the design

The 1st generation contracts for the design and implementation of IT systems that support the development CAP schemes are due to expire at the end of September 2016.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Stage
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