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Geospatial Web Harvester Development and Operations

Solicitation number 5000072834B

Publication date

Closing date and time 2024/02/29 14:00 EST

Last amendment date

Status Status Expired

Description

By means of the RFP, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is seeking proposals from bidders in response to this requirement “Geospatial Web Harvester Development and Operations.” This work will advance filtering methodologies to increase the relevancy of geospatial web service catalogue content, broaden endpoint services, and develop a catalogue harvesting framework that can serve as a procedural guideline for future SDI implementations both in Canada and internationally.

NRCan is looking to award up to two (2) Contracts under Stream 1 and up to three (3) Contracts under Stream 2.
Stream 1 – Provide access to an operational (subscription-based) Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) geospatial Web services/API harvester automated solution and deliver weekly catalogues to NRCan and partners (e.g. federal departments, standards bodies (e.g. Open Geospatial Consortium OGC), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)), and project partners (Arctic Council working groups, Arctic SDI communities, Arctic Data Committee, Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability (CCADI)) for publication. Stream 1 Contractor(s) will work with NRCan project authority (taskings) to implement harvester refinement solutions proposed by Stream 2 Contractor(s).

Stream 2 – Refine existing methodologies and explore new solutions for automatically harvesting, cataloguing, validating, filtering, and publishing geospatial Web services/APIs. Methodologies will be shared with Stream 1 Contractor(s) to implement.

Contract duration

The estimated contract period will be 12 month(s).

Trade agreements

  • World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
  • Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
  • Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
  • Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
  • Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
  • Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
  • Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
  • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
  • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
  • Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
  • Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
  • Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA)

Reason for limited tendering

A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

  • None

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Contact information

Contracting organization

Organization
Natural Resources Canada
Address

580 Booth Street

Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E4
Canada
Contracting authority
Raymond Thai
Phone
(343) 543-7427
Email
raymond.thai@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Bidding details
Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.
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Document title Amendment no. Language Unique downloads Date added
RFP NRCan 5000072834B.pdf 001 EN 60 2024/02/15
DDP RNCan 5000072834B.pdf 001 FR 12 2024/02/15
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Summary information

Notice type
Request for Proposal
Language(s)
English, French
Region(s) of delivery
Canada
Region of opportunity
World
Contract duration
12 month(s)
Procurement method
Competitive – Open Bidding
Selection criteria
Variations or combinations of the above methods
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