Contract award · 4 Feb 2025

GB-LONDON: RBGKEW1379 - Medium resolution Digital Elevation/ Digital Terrain Model coverage for fire spread modelling in the Itremo highlands region, Madagascar

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew awarded “GB-LONDON: RBGKEW1379 - Medium resolution Digital Elevation/ Digital…” to DSM Geodata Limited for £14,501.

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Value £14,501

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Key facts

Buyer
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£14,500.80
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
IT services · Data supply services (CPV 72319000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date4 Feb 2025
  2. Published28 Mar 2025Published 52 days after the contract date

Description

Summary and background The supply of a medium resolution Digitial Elevation Model (DEM)/Digital Terrrain Model (DTM) coverage is required to inform the landscape modelling of fire and carbon dynamics in Madagascar. The coverage required will extend across a section of the central highlands of Madagascar. The target area will be centered on the Massif d'Itremo Protected Area, southeast of the major city of Antsirabe. The DEM/DTM product is an input to a six-year UK government (Defra) major project examining a series of interventions to support and assist Madagascar-based institutions to more effectively manage protected areas, conserve Madagascar's unique endemic biodiversity, explore how terrestrial carbon can be retained and uplift local communities living near the protected areas through sustainable livelihood support. The requirements for this product are based on the needs of the objectives identified within the modelling approach and the outputs linked to the research activity wi…

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