Landscape and Animal Sector Productivity Grant

Landscape and Animal Sector Productivity Grant

With effect from 29 April 2023, the Landscape and Animal Sector Productivity Grant (LAPG) will replace the Landscape Productivity Grant (LPG) and Agriculture Productivity Fund (Non-Food). The LPG and Agriculture Productivity Fund (Non-Food) were previously streamlined into the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG).

Objectives

The Landscape and Animal Sector Productivity Grant (LAPG) helps companies defray the cost of purchasing equipment and creating new digital solutions to streamline work processes. It is part of NParks’ effort to encourage the digitalisation of the landscape sector to enhance productivity.

This will in turn drive sectoral transformation, resulting in a stronger, resilient, and agile industry that can better support efforts to intensify greening in Singapore as we transform into a City in Nature.

Who Can Apply

Landscape, orchid and ornamental fish companies with valid licence or registration issued by NParks are eligible to apply for the grant.

How to Apply

Companies can apply for this funding under two schemes:

I.               Standard Scheme

-       Allows companies to invest in equipment based on a pre-approved list of landscape equipment (as of 2023) :

All applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Under the standard scheme, companies are advised to avoid applying for the following:

a.    Equipment previously supported under earlier NParks’ grant tranches for their own or related companies as productivity improvements have already been ascertained for such equipment.

b.    Multiple units of the same type of equipment.

c.     Widely used equipment in the industry such as lorry cranes, excavators, forklift and buggies etc.

All applicants are to take note of the following;

For equipment that have multiple equipment vendors available in the market e.g. spider lift, company must submit 3 comparative quotes for the equipment with the same technical specifications. Companies must also provide clear justifications for the quotation and supplier they select.

For equipment being sourced from a sole distributor, the applicant is required to provide a copy of the sole distributorship appointment letter from the equipment supplier stating the said appointment including the validity period of the appointment. Applicants are also to provide additional supporting documentation on price quotation comparison where it is available from GeBIZ, public tenders or any other relevant sources. Companies may obtain such relevant information from the sole distributor.  

For customised solutions, applicant to submit 3 quotes. In the event, applicant is not able to provide comparative quote, applicant to submit 3 quotes of the basic equipment pricing without customisation for further evaluation.

II.             Innovation Scheme

-       Allows companies to develop innovative equipment and solutions which are not readily available in the market. Companies can collaborate with Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) or third-party service providers to develop new initiatives.

If you have any queries regarding the grant scheme, please contact NPARKS_Industry@nparks.gov.sg.