Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-05-05
Buyer: Welsh Government
Country: UK
Region: WALES
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35631200 | 38800000 | 48326100 | 48514000 | 71354100
Estimated value: 640000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: A 2 year contract with the option to extend for an additional 1 + 1 years is required to assist the Welsh Government to deliver Remote Sensing inspections in accordance with European and domestic legislation under the Common Agricultural Policy.
— Analysing acquired 2017 satellite imagery for the zones identified for controls within Wales (in line with the client's National addendum requirements), and
— Interpreting the satellite imagery for the preparation of dossiers for individual cases within the zones (to assist the client in confirming if customers have accurately declared against field parcels on their holding/s on their 2017 Single Application Forms).
Deliver and complete the service in sufficient time to allow the client to process applications and calculate accurate payments to customers by 1.12.2017.
A 2 year contract with the option to extend for an additional 1 + 1 years is required to assist the Welsh Government to deliver Remote Sensing inspections in accordance with European and domestic legislation under the Common Agricultural Policy.
— Analysing acquired 2017 satellite imagery for the zones identified for controls within Wales (in line with the client's National addendum requirements), and
— Interpreting the satellite imagery for the preparation of dossiers for individual cases within the zones (to assist the client in confirming if customers have accurately declared against field parcels on their holding/s on their 2017 Single Application Forms).
Deliver and complete the service in sufficient time to allow the client to process applications and calculate accurate payments to customers by 1.12.2017.
The contractor must follow the requirements and guidelines laid down in the EC guidance unless specified otherwise in the National Addendum.
The main exercise in Wales will involve carrying out controls of between 800 to 1 000 records of Single Application Form (SAF) applications for subsidy aid (hereafter referred to as ‘dossiers’), spread across 9 Remote Sensing Zones.
These will consist of an average of around 50 parcels per application and will need to be reviewed against satellite imagery to confirm the declaration and update LPIS in order to meet the on the spot checks requirements set out by the EC.
If the number of parcels per application is less than the expected average, the Client would expect the process and costs per dossier to be reviewed accordingly.
The client would expect that the identification of potential changes to the LPIS and differences with the declaration and the controls of remote sensing should be done via an automated process using an algorithm. The algorithm should check the available data from satellite and sentinel imagery and the data provided by the client (Aerial imagery, mastermap and LPIS / declaration data) in order to identify these changes. A sample of parcels where no change has been identified should be reviewed to confirm the algorithm is functioning correctly.
An additional exercise in Wales may also be required as part of the contract each year. This would involve examining parcels, which have not been part of that years Control regime.
The exercise should be carried out using the same principles as the main Remote Sensing process, in order to identify changes and provide updates for the LPIS where applicable by utilising one or more of the following:


Winner: Abaco SpA
Award value: 640000
Number of bids: 3