AwardedAwarded 26 September 2025
Geospatial analytics and remote monitoring service (GAS)
Rural Payments Agency · Central government
In brief
Rural Payments Agency awarded IT and software and laboratory equipment work to Compass Informatics UK Limited on 26 September 2025.
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What the notice says
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency sponsored by Defra. As the only accredited paying agency in England, the RPA makes payments to farmers, traders and land owners. The RPA also make payments on behalf of Natural England, and manages over 40 schemes to help ensure England has a healthy rural economy and strong rural communities.<br/><br/>Satellite data is business critical for RPA to provide risk assurance in the delivery of the Farming and Countryside Programme (FCP) schemes which use the RPA's Rural Land Register (RLR). The current compliance monitoring processes for FCP schemes are manual, resource-intensive, inefficient and have high fraud and error rates. They rely on field visits, paperwork, and subjective assessments, leading to delayed evaluations, increased administrative burdens, and only capture a small percentage of the entire population.<br/><br/>To overcome these challenges, RPA requires an advanced technological solution capable of streamlining national monitoring processes.
Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Compass Informatics UK Limited 15 bids received | £9,691,693 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Contract award notice · notice 066047-2025
About the buyer
Rural Payments AgencyLast 12 months
Procurements
2Awards
1Suppliers it has used most for IT and software
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From notice 066047-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 16 October 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.