Geospatial Information Services.

The Geospatial Information Services contract for IEPS will provide support in two broad areas listed below. Both areas will be supported in the base contract as well as in the two options years. A. SUPPORT IEPS DUE DILIGENCE OF COUNTRY PROGRAMS Our objective is to provide geospatial technical assistance to IEPS management and staff responsible for scoping, designing, preparing and overseeing Compact and Threshold Programs. This would include, but not be limited to: 1) Providing technical assistance. Areas include (but are not limited to): a. Opportunities to improve due diligence, decision-making, and oversight through the use of geospatial tools, technology, and information. b. Assessing geospatial information needs and opportunities for an individual compact/threshold program, identifying appropriate geospatial tools and information to meet those needs, and supporting IEPS' oversight efforts involving their application. c. At an IEPS Division level, assessing and selecting the appropriate technology and related software/IT platform(s) to be used for a given geospatial information objective, including the administrative requirements such as how to standup the system and coordinate responsibilities across MCC teams and contractors, MCAs and their contactors. This will include an appropriate mix of agency-approved cloud based applications (such as ESRI's ArcGIS Online, Collector, and Survey123 for ArcGIS and associated hardware, such as smartphones and GPS-enabled tablets) and desktop applications (such as ArcGIS). d. Developing technical specifications and scopes of work for GIS-related work. e. Day to day use of geospatial information and technology, providing authoritative guidance to IEPS staff. 2) Assisting implementation of geospatial work (data collection/generation, compilation and analyses) in support of IEPS involvement in program scoping, design, due diligence and oversight. Provision of related "on-the-job" training/mentoring for IEPS staff as appropriate. 3) Supporting IEPS interface with other MCC units and MCA staff, contractors, and other stakeholders or outside agencies regarding geospatial systems and opportunities in Compacts and Threshold Programs, as appropriate. 4) Travel to MCC countries to provide in country support for IEPS staff as appropriate, e.g. where the work will have relevance and applicability for multiple MCC country programs. B. COORDINATION IEPS's generation and use of geospatial information must be consistent with policies and systems developed by MCC. Because agency policies and systems will inform IEPS use of geospatial information, the consultant may be called upon to: 1) Advise IEPS Management on key opportunities, constraints and recommended courses of action for using geospatial data and technology in the development and oversight of investments. 2) Contribute to IEPS planning and coordination related to the use of geospatial information for due diligence and oversight. This may include geospatial standards, policy, programs and technology related to IEPS staff's core day to day tasks and objectives. 3) Help IEPS develop technical guidelines, standards, contract templates and other guidance essential for effective due diligence and oversight. One aim of IEPS is to adequately capture and share geospatial information consistently throughout Compacts and Threshold Programs. This may require coordination with management in other agency departments regarding relevant technical, legal and operational policies and procedures relevant to such guidelines and standards, including those related to data security and personally identifiable information (PII). 4) Support IEPS coordination with relevant MCC offices (e.g. DCO Front Office and Office of the Chief Information Officer). This may include (but not be limited to) guidance on technical challenges such as integration, configuration and interfacing with data storage requirements for web-based enterprise architecture applications; sharing data between MCC and overseas counterpart agencies (MCA's); advising IEPS on how to help the Agency meet relevant United States Government requirements on data collection, storage and sharing; and systems for retrieving data from contractors and consultants. The contractor may be called on to perform other related duties.