Hosting Provider Open-Data GIS Platform Tender, Dominican Republic - 47505812

Procurement Summary

Country : Dominican Republic

Summary : Hosting Provider Open-Data GIS Platform

Deadline : 18 Nov 2020

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 47505812

Document Ref. No. : 1271370

Competition : ICB

Financier : World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : THE WORLD BANK GROUP
Alejandra De La Paz Ave. Lope de Vega No. 29, Torre Novo-Centro, Piso 10, Ensanche Naco, Santo Domingo Tel: +809 872 7300
Dominican Republic
Email :adelapaz@worldbank.org
URL :https://www.worldbank.org/en/

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Hosting Provider Open-Data GIS Platform.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR SELECTION # 1271370

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Selection Information

Assignment Title

Hosting Provider Open-Data GIS Platform

Publication Date

12-Nov-2020

Expression of Interest Deadline

18-Nov-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time - Washington D.C.)

Language of Notice

English

Selection Notice

Assignment Country

DO - Dominican Republic
Funding Sources

The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment/services under:

BB - BANK BUDGET
TF0B1498 - Enhancing Resilient Territorial Development in the Dominican Republic
Individual/Firm

The consultant will be a firm.

Assignment Description

The Dominican Republic is highly exposed to climate-related and geophysical hazards that pose major challenges for its sustainable growth and development. Territorial and urban planning plays a key role in increasing resilience by ensuring the safe location of population, building disaster and climate-risk informed territorial and land use instruments. In line with the objectives of the National Development Strategy (END), in 2014 the National Geographic Institute (IGN) was created, under the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development (MEPyD) as technical body to implement the national Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI- RD) to guarantee public availability and access to geospatial for the formulation and monitoring of policies for territorial planning and disaster risk management. For this consultancy it is hence requested to the firm/consultant to provide Linux based hosting solutions for two (2) pilot web platforms. The duration of the hosting will be two (2) years.

Attachments

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Qualification Criteria

1. Provide information showing that they are qualified in the field of the assignment.
2. Provide information on the technical and managerial capabilities of the firm.
3. Provide information on their core business and years in business.
4. Provide information on the qualifications of key staff.




Terms of reference: hosting provider Open-Data GIS Platform

AIM:
The Dominican Republic is highly exposed to climate-related and geophysical hazards that pose major challenges for its sustainable growth and development. Historical data from 1961-2014, show losses associated with all types of disasters in the country averaged US$ 420 million annually, or 0.69 percent of 2015 GDP. This high level of exposure to natural hazards, is exacerbated by the rapid urbanization, accompanied by limited territorial and urban planning, the lack of infrastructure to accommodate it, and poor natural resource management increasing pressure on natural resources affecting human health, quality of life, and the main engines of growth such as agriculture and tourism. Rapid urbanization has also posed a challenge in the Greater Santo Domingo and secondary cities in terms of the location of new urban dwellers and their access to the labor markets by transit and other modes of transport.
Territorial and urban planning plays a key role in increasing resilience by ensuring the safe location of population, building disaster and climate-risk informed territorial and land use instruments, and through a comprehensive management of natural resources. In 2012, the Dominican Republic-s 2030 National Development Strategy (END) was approved by law to integrate territorial planning dimension in the design and management of public policies. In this context, the Government of the Dominican Republic through the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development (MEPyD) is committed to promoting a more balanced territorial planning through the provision of infrastructure and services and capabilities necessary to strengthen economic development of the less prosperous regions and municipalities, and promote regional development, resilience and competitiveness. Additionally, in line with the objectives of the END, in 2014 the National Geographic Institute (IGN) was created, under MEPyD as technical body to implement the national Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI- RD) to provide and promote the use of geospatial information for territorial development and disaster risk management (DRM).
In this context the World Bank is providing technical assistance (TA) to the IGN in the implementation of the SDI to guarantee public availability and access to geospatial information (generated by the sectoral agencies, academies, research centers and the private sector) for the formulation and monitoring of policies for territorial planning and disaster risk management. In particular, the TA will fund the following two IT activities: the creation of a pilot geo-node for the province of Espaillat and the pilot open data geo-portal for the IGN.
For this consultancy it is hence requested to the firm/consultant to provide hosting solutions for two (2) pilot web platforms.
The duration of the hosting will be two (2) years.
Technical requirements:
The platforms will be developed on GeoNode, a CMS based on Django. The design, development and implementation of the software will be carried out internally, no software development support is required from the hosting firm.

Preferred requirements for platform 1 (pilot node for the province of Espaillat):
• CPU: 4 cores
• RAM: 8 GB or more
• Storage: 80 GB minimum
• Network in: 30 Gbps
• Network out: 2000 M bps (or alternative)
• OS: Linux Ubuntu (latest version on the market)
• Backup solution
• Technical support and customer service in Spanish (and / or) - convenient but not restrictive
• Up-Time: 95% or more
Preferred requirements for platform 2 (pilot Spatial Data Interface node):
• CPU: 8 cores
• RAM: 16 GB or more
• Storage: 500 GB minimum (preferable “mirrored”)
• Incoming network: 30 Gbps
• Network output: 4000 M bps
• OS: Linux Ubuntu (latest version on the market)
• Backup solution
• Technical support and customer service in Spanish (and / or) - convenient but not restrictive
• Up-Time: 95% or more

Selection criteria and restrictions
The selection will be conducted based on a technical and a financial proposal.
Preference will be driven by the following factors:
• Compliance to the technical requirements
• Cost
• Sustainability and flexibility of the solution
• Firm compliance with international environmental and social standards
Payment will only be possible by wire transfer.
The selection will be carried out through the public competitive bidding system of the World Bank.

Documents

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