Türkiye Climate Smart and Competitive Agricultural Growth Project (TUCSAP) - Procurement of Consultancy Services for the Preparation of Technical Documents within the Scope of Sub-Component 1.2

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Project title

Türkiye Climate Smart and Competitive Agricultural Growth Project (TUCSAP) - Procurement of Consultancy Services for the Preparation of Technical Documents within the Scope of Sub-Component 1.2

Türkiye

5 LTE
3 STE

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Information Technologies

World Bank

22/04/2025 – 19/09/2025 + Extension

31/12/2025

BYS GRUP

MIA

PROJETAS

The assignment is implemented under the World Bank–financed Türkiye Climate Smart and Competitive Agricultural Growth Project (TUCSAP), Component 1 “Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Climate-Smart Agri-Food Policy, Planning and Investments,” Sub-component 1.2 “Digital model for sectoral data collection, analysis and management.”

The overall objective of the consultancy is to support the modernisation of Türkiye’s agricultural data and decision-support ecosystem by designing an integrated TOB Digital Model that consolidates sectoral information on production, stocks, risks and support schemes and enables climate-smart, data-driven policy making. Building on the “Agricultural Information Systems Applications Country Model Feasibility Study” prepared by TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE, the project analyses TOB’s existing agricultural information systems, geospatial and remote-sensing tools, data flows, cyber-security posture and institutional workflows, and translates them into a coherent target architecture and implementable tender packages.

The project is structured in three main phases. The inception phase focuses on stakeholder mapping, consultation meetings and the preparation of a detailed work programme, including risk analysis and alternative scenarios. The requirements and architecture phase comprises a comprehensive assessment of the current software and hardware landscape, agricultural data ecosystem and integration needs, and the definition of functional, technical, performance, security and capacity requirements for new software systems, big-data and AI-based decision support systems, remote-sensing and GIS modules, and the supporting ICT and network infrastructure. The final design and documentation phase converts these requirements into complete World Bank–compliant tender dossiers for software services and hardware supply, supported by cost estimates and implementation roadmaps.

Throughout the implementation period, we have applied a rigorous, quality-assured and participatory approach, combining desk research, technical analysis, field consultations and validation workshops with BTGM, TOB central and provincial units and other stakeholders. The consultancy ultimately delivers a complete and implementable blueprint for the TOB Digital Model, providing TOB with a secure, scalable and sustainable agricultural data and decision-support platform that strengthens climate-smart agricultural policies and improves the monitoring and management of sectoral interventions in Türkiye.

• Stakeholder mapping and categorisation, meetings with BTGM and relevant TOB units.
• Comprehensive assessment of TOB’s existing software landscape and agricultural data ecosystem, covering functional and technical review of current systems, evaluation of TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE feasibility-study results, analysis of data sources and flows, interoperability and integration points, and identification of gaps and improvement needs.
• Analysis of the current data ecosystem and integration processes, including examination of central and provincial data repositories, support-scheme and monitoring databases, existing GIS platforms and remote-sensing tools, and formulation of requirements for unified data standards, APIs and data-sharing mechanisms.
• Definition of detailed technical and functional requirements for the TOB Digital Model, including:
• – integrated agricultural information and registry systems,
  – big-data and AI-based decision support systems (data warehouse, predictive models, risk and price analysis, dashboards and reporting),
  – remote-sensing and GIS-based monitoring systems for crop pattern, drought and soil analysis and pest and disease surveillance, and
  – cross-cutting performance, scalability, availability and usability requirements.
• Design of the target ICT, hardware and cyber-security architecture to support the TOB Digital Model: analysis of existing data centres, servers, storage and network infrastructure; definition of future capacity needs and performance criteria; specification of network, connectivity and communication requirements; and formulation of modernisation and upgrade scenarios.
• Identification and specification of information-security and cyber-security requirements, including role-based access control, encryption and secure communication, intrusion detection and prevention, network-security policies, SIEM-based monitoring and incident-management processes.
• Development of hardware procurement strategies, including definition of technical standards and compatibility requirements, “green IT” and energy-efficiency considerations, budgeting and total-cost-of-ownership analysis, vendor support and maintenance requirements, and preparation of an ideal infrastructure topology report.
• Preparation of structured requirements documentation—constraints and assumptions, system architecture requirements, technical and functional requirements, non-functional and performance requirements, integration and data-management requirements, security and quality-assurance requirements, and existing-data migration requirements
• Preparation of complete World Bank–compliant tender dossiers for:
  – TOB Digital Model Software Services Procurement (İş 1), and
  – TOB Digital Model Hardware Supply and Installation (İş 2);
  including technical specifications, terms of reference, evaluation and qualification criteria, bidding forms, draft contracts, bill of quantities and other necessary annexes, in line with IPF Borrower’s Regulations and World Bank procurement guidelines.
• Development of approximate cost estimates for software and hardware packages, using unit-rate and market-price analysis, and preparation of detailed cost tables to support budgeting and procurement planning.
• Establishment and implementation of a quality-assurance framework, including periodic internal and external quality-review meetings, independent expert input, and continuous integration of stakeholder feedback into requirements, architecture and tender documents.
• Preparation and submission of Inception, Interim and Final Reports that consolidate analyses, requirements, architectural designs, infrastructure topology and final tender packages