Regional Software Holdings Limited

Integrated National Farm Data Platform

Regional Software Holdings Limited (RSHL) on behalf of Te Uru Kahika – Regional and Unitary Councils Aotearoa expects to approach the market shortly to procure the services of a supplier for the new Integrated National Farm Data Platform (INFDP). The INFDP project aims in the long term, to provide a strategic solution to support the consistent collection, storage, and reporting of regulatory farm data through the adherence of agreed data standards. Initially, INFDP is to be developed as a shared service for Te Uru Kahika – Regional and Unitary Councils Aotearoa and central Government to collect, hold and report on data to be provided from regulated Freshwater Farm Plans (FWFP). FWFP have been legislated under Part 9A of the Resource Management Act (RMA) 1991 and the Resource Management - Freshwater Farm Plans Regulations 2023.
The Freshwater Farm plans are a key delivery tool of the 2020 Essential Freshwater reforms. The reforms were introduced to:

• stop further decline to the health of our freshwater
• improve water quality
• reverse past damage
• bring our waterways to a healthy state within a generation

Indicative RFx Release Date: Q4 2023
Project Status: Initial development
Indicative Total Value: $5M - $10M
Expected number of contracts offered: 1